The old directive mainly concerned collection, recycling, and disposal. The regulation covers the entire life cycle and sets requirements for the product itself: safety, performance, labeling, origin of raw materials, and information. Furthermore, it applies directly in all member states without national transposition. <\/p>\n\n
Regulation (EU) 2023\/1542 dates from July 12, 2023. Directive 2006\/66\/EC is repealed with effect from August 18, 2025, with a few provisions that still continue. For you, the core is that a battery is now a product with its own conformity requirements. It is no longer primarily a waste issue. <\/p>\n\n
A stationary battery energy storage system has its own definition in this regard. It is an industrial battery with internal storage designed to store electricity from the grid and supply it to the grid. The second variant stores electricity for the end user and supplies it to them. Where or by whom the system is used does not matter for that definition. <\/p>\n\n
The regulation does not have a single effective date but a series of them. The bulk of the provisions have applied since February 18, 2024. These are followed by separate dates for safety documentation, labeling, the battery passport, and due diligence requirements. The latter were postponed by two years in 2025. <\/p>\n\n Regarding labeling, there is a caveat in the text itself. Article 13 applies from August 18, 2026, or eighteen months after the entry into force of the implementing act containing the harmonized specifications, whichever is later. Therefore, check the status of that implementing act before having your label printed. <\/p>\n\n Article 12 requires that since August 18, 2024, your technical documentation demonstrates that the system is safe during normal use. That evidence consists of tests on the safety parameters of Annex V, supplemented by an assessment of risks not listed there. <\/p>\n\n Annex V lists eleven parameters: thermal shock and cycling test, external short-circuit protection, overcharge protection, over-discharge protection, over-temperature protection, thermal propagation protection, mechanical damage from external influences, internal short-circuit, thermal exposure, fire test, and emission of gases.<\/p>\n\n Two things are often missed in this regard. Firstly, the parameters only apply insofar as the associated risk can occur in your system under your intended conditions of use, so you must substantiate that scope. Secondly, the regulation requires instructions to mitigate the consequences of a detected risk, for example, in the event of fire or explosion. <\/p>\n Suppliers often send a test report for the cell or the module. Article 12 concerns the stationary system as you place it on the market, including housing, control, and protection. Anyone who only has cell reports in the file is missing the level at which the regulation assesses. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n Batteries bear CE marking. The conformity assessment for the requirements from, among others, Article 12 proceeds for series production via Module A (internal production control) or via Module D1 (quality assurance of the production process). For batteries not manufactured in series, Module G also exists, conformity based on unit verification. <\/p>\n\n The marking is applied before the battery is placed on the market or put into service. If a notified body is involved according to Annex VIII, the identification number of that body follows the CE marking. <\/p>\n\n Note that a stationary system rarely falls only under the Battery Regulation. Depending on the construction, the Low Voltage Directive, the EMC Directive, and, for grid-connected inverters, additional requirements also play a role. Your declaration must mention all of that legislation. <\/p>\n Briefly let us know what kind of system it concerns. We will contact you regarding what we can do and the costs involved. <\/p>\n\t\n\t\n <\/p>
Obligation<\/th> From<\/th> Reference<\/th><\/tr> <\/thead> Regulation largely applicable<\/td> 18 Feb 2024<\/td> Article 96<\/td><\/tr> Safety documentation stationary storage<\/td> 18 Aug 2024<\/td> Article 12, Annex V<\/td><\/tr> Notified bodies and Chapter VI<\/td> 18 Aug 2024<\/td> Article 17, Article 96<\/td><\/tr> Directive 2006\/66\/EC repealed<\/td> 18 Aug 2025<\/td> Article 95<\/td><\/tr> Labeling with general information<\/td> 18 Aug 2026<\/td> Article 13, Annex VI<\/td><\/tr> Battery passport<\/td> 18 Feb 2027<\/td> Article 77<\/td><\/tr> Removable and replaceable portable batteries<\/td> 18 Feb 2027<\/td> Article 11<\/td><\/tr> Supply chain due diligence requirements<\/td> 18 Aug 2027<\/td> Chapter VII, Regulation 2025\/1561<\/td><\/tr> <\/tbody> <\/table> Article 12 and the eleven safety parameters<\/h2>\n\n
CE marking and the conformity assessment<\/h2>\n\n
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