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European UnionProposed measure, open for comments

Electric accumulators – European Union

Official title

Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing and amending Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards minimum values for the electrochemical performance and durability of rechargeable industrial batteries, technical and safety parameters, and standards concerning the battery passport

The European Union notified this proposed TBT measure to the WTO on 5 October 2026. Comments are open until 4 December 2026.

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At a glance

Products

Industrial batteries, including residential battery energy storage systems; electric vehicle batteries; batteries for light means of transport (HS code ex 8507)

HS codes
  • 85 · Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers; television image and sound recorders and reproducers, parts and accessories of such articles
    • 8507 Electric accumulators, incl. separators therefor, whether or not square or rectangular; parts thereof (excl. spent and those of unhardened rubber or textiles)
Notifying member
European Union
Status
Proposed measure, open for comments
Objectives
  • Protection of the environment
Area
TBT: Technical product rulesTechnical barriers to trade
Notification type
Regular notification
Document symbol
G/TBT/N/EU/1242

Key dates

Distributed by the WTO
Comment deadline
Open until 4 December 2026
Proposed adoption
December 2026
Proposed entry into force
20 days from publication in the Official Journal of the EU (The provisions as regards minimum values for the electrochemical performance and durability of rechargeable industrial batteries shall apply

How to comment

Comments on a notification go from government to government. If this measure affects your exports, send your comments to your country's WTO TBT enquiry point before 4 December 2026, quoting the document symbol G/TBT/N/EU/1242 and how the measure affects your products. Your enquiry point forwards them to the European Union.

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What the notification says

This draft Commission Delegated Regulation sets limit values for industrial batteries for capacity fade, energy round trip efficiency (residential battery energy storage systems only), and expected lifetime in cycles or years. It contains measurement and calculation methods to help determine whether limit values are met and details whether and how various second life batteries should be evaluated with regard to the limit values. In addition, the draft amends certain parts of Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 in view of technical and scientific progress: the standards relevant for QR codes and unique identifiers for the battery passport and technical parameters concerning performance and durability, safety (stationary battery energy storage systems only) and state of health (stationary battery energy storage systems and batteries for light means of transport).

Sources

Expodite writes its summary from the official record. The notification and the documents it notifies are on the WTO's own websites.

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