Battery Compliance
Ensuring Compliance with Regulation (EU) 2023/1542
Battery Regulation at a Glance
The Battery Regulation sets rules for placing batteries on the market and managing them at the end of life. It strengthens producer responsibility for collection and recycling, introduces clearer labeling, and raises expectations for sustainability and supply chain responsibility to support a circular battery value chain.
What does battery compliance typically involve?
Battery compliance usually starts with confirming whether your batteries are in scope and how they are classified. From there, companies typically need to set up the right registrations, ensure correct labelling and customer information, and establish reliable processes for tracking volumes placed on the market and submitting periodic reports. In many cases, compliance also includes arranging the financing of collection and treatment through approved schemes or local structures, and maintaining documentation that supports audits and regulatory checks. Depending on battery type and market, additional requirements may apply.
Who needs to comply with the Battery Regulation?
Battery obligations generally apply to organisations that place batteries on the market, such as
- Battery manufacturers/brand owners selling under their own name or trademark
- Importers bringing batteries (or battery-containing product) into an EU country
- Distributors and retailers, including online and distance sellers supplying cross-border
- Companies placing private-label products on the market (if considered 'producer')
Весаuse enforcement and practical setup can involve national registers and local processes, the exact product role and administrative steps can differ by country.
What we do to keep you Battery Compliant
Detailed regulatory obligations analysis
Registrations with authorities and PROs
Submission of mandatory declarations
Financial Services
Continous Compliance guidance
Questions and Answers – Battery Compliance
Battery compliance is the set of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) obligations that can apply when you place batteries on an EU market – typically covering producer registration, volume reporting, take-back readiness, and required customer information.
If you are considered the producer in a specific country, you generally need to register with the national authorities and join a national take-back scheme before selling.
In some cross-border setups, appointing an Authorized Representative can be part of the producer registration and scheme participation process.
Reporting typically means submitting sales/volume data (often as declarations and forecasts), and in some cases additional recycling-related declarations depending on the country and scheme.
Yes – battery compliance commonly involves paying recycling fees to national schemes based on reported volumes and categories.
A practical expectation is having a clear way to take back waste from customers when needed and ensuring proper recycling/destruction through compliant downstream routes, including financing the related processes.
Requirements can include product/packaging labelling and making your registration details available (for example on your website or invoices), depending on national rules.
EU-level rules are implemented through national laws and local scheme processes, which is why obligations and administration can vary between Member States.
Depending on the country, risks can include fines, sales disruption, and commercial friction when customers or partners request proof of registrations and compliance.
viron can manage the end-to-end workflow: producer registration and scheme setup, reporting processes, take-back readiness, and keeping documentation organised for audits and partner checks.
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