Position paper on substances in battery labels

This position paper provides recommendations on harmonised specifications for battery levels, specifically as regard the listing of hazardous substances.

In connection with the labelling issue, the documents also aims to shape expected delegated act(s) revising Annex XIII of the Batteries Regulation regarding the information requirements for the battery passport.

Overall, two aspects of information requirements on substances in batteries deserves close scrutiny from policy-makers. First, as mentioned, the listing of hazardous substances on the label and in the battery passport. Second, the disclosure of granular information on the composition of battery cells via the battery passport.

A third issue, linked with the need to indicate the  manufacturing date and batch number of the battery for small industrial batteries and SLI batteries through the QR code, should also be addressed.