On July 28th, 2023, the Official Gazette of the European Union officially promulgated the regulation (EU)2023/1542 on batteries and waste batteries, and abolished the primary battery directive 2006/66/EC. The new regulations came into effect on the 20th day after promulgation (i.e. August 17th, 2023).
Official original text of regulations:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/? uri=uriserv%3AOJ.L_.2023.191.01.0001.01.ENG&toc=OJ%3AL%3A2023%3A191%3ATOC
Release background:
Since the draft of the new EU battery regulation was issued in December 2020, the content and control requirements of the new battery regulation have changed greatly compared with the original EU battery directive, which has attracted great attention from battery manufacturers and upstream and downstream industries. After more than two years of consultation, discussion and content revision, the new EU battery regulation was finally officially promulgated and will take effect on August 17, 2023.
Scope of application:
The new battery regulations will apply to all types of batteries within the EU (except for military, aerospace, nuclear energy and other special purposes). According to different usage scenarios, the batteries are divided into the following five categories:
1. Portable battery/portable battery
sealed
Under 5kg
Do not belong to other types of batteries.
2. Start the lighting battery/starting, lighting and ignition battery.
Used for vehicle ignition, lighting, or starting.
Auxiliary or spare batteries for vehicles, other transportation or mechanical transportation equipment.
SLI battery for short
3. Light electric vehicle battery/light means of transport battery
sealed
Under 25kg
Drive an l-shaped vehicle
Do not belong to electric vehicle batteries.
LMT battery for short
4. Electric vehicle battery/electric vehicle battery
Battery for traction of hybrid or pure electric vehicle
Batteries used for L-type light vehicles, but weighing more than 25kg.
EV battery for short.
5. industrial battery/industrial battery
Or batteries for industrial use after reuse.
Or other batteries exceeding 5kg and not belonging to LMT/SLI/EV.
For these five types of batteries, the new battery regulations put forward detailed requirements from the following aspects:
-Sustainability and safety: including hazardous substances limitation, carbon footprint, recycled materials, performance and durability, battery removability and replaceability, safety, etc.
-Tag information
-Due diligence
-Waste battery management
-Battery passport
-Green public procurement
Among them, the requirements for limiting the composition of hazardous substances are summarized as follows:
Restricted substance | New battery regulations（EU）2023/1542 | Primary battery instruction2006/66/EC&2013/56/EU |
↓↓(Hg) CAS号:7439-97-6 | The mercury content of batteries, whether contained in electrical appliances, light vehicles or other vehicles, shall not exceed 0.0005% (by weight). | 1. For all batteries and accumulators, the mercury (Hg) content shall not exceed 0.0005%. 2. Before October 1, 2015, the mercury (Hg) content in button cell is allowed to be no more than 2%. 3. For hearing aid button cell, the European Commission will review its exemption before October 1, 2014. |
E (Cd) CAS No: 7440-43-9 | The cadmium content of portable batteries, whether included in electric light vehicles or other vehicles, shall not exceed 0.002%. (expressed as metal cadmium) | 1. The content of cadmium (Cd) in portable batteries and storage batteries shall not exceed 0.002%. 2. Except for the following products: -Emergency and early warning system, including emergency lighting and medical equipment. Wireless power tools (this exemption ends on December 31st, 2016) |
lead（Pb） CAS No： 7439-92-1 | 1. From August 18th, 2024, the lead content of portable batteries, whether included in electrical appliances or not, shall not exceed 0.01% (by weight). 2. The restrictions specified in point 1 shall not apply to portable zinc-air button electricity before August 18th, 2028. | For all batteries and storage batteries, if the lead (Pb) content exceeds 0.004%, the mercury (Hg) content exceeds 0.0005% and the cadmium (Cd) content exceeds 0.002%, it is necessary to indicate the chemical symbols of the excessive heavy metals under the trash can logo and mark them on the products. |
Identification and information requirements:
General information: All batteries are attached with labels containing basic battery information, including manufacturer information, battery type, chemical composition, other harmful substances except lead, cadmium and mercury, key raw materials, etc.
Capacity information: rechargeable portable batteries, LMT batteries and SLI batteries should be labeled with their capacity information;
Individually collected symbols: trash can logo. For batteries with more than 0.002% cadmium or 0.004% lead, corresponding chemical element symbols (at least 1/4 of the size of trash can logo) should be added under the trash can logo;
Identification code: the battery should be attached with an identification code. For different types of batteries, the information contained in the identification code is different, and the identification code should be recognized and read by a general code reader (such as handheld communication equipment).
CE mark and EU declaration of conformity: CE mark should be affixed to the battery before it is put on the market or put into use.
Important reminder:
The introduction of the new EU battery regulations indicates that the EU's requirements for batteries have been upgraded to full-life cycle control, which will have a significant impact on domestic battery manufacturers and upstream and downstream industries. At the same time, it also brings greater challenges to related enterprises.
Remind all relevant enterprises to pay attention to the latest requirements in time to ensure the compliance and safety of products, so as to ensure that products can enter the EU market in compliance.
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