[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":102},["ShallowReactive",2],{"update-\u002Fupdates\u002F2026-02-18-battery-carbon-footprint-applies":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"date":90,"description":91,"extension":92,"meta":93,"navigation":94,"path":95,"sector":96,"seo":97,"stem":98,"tags":99,"__hash__":101},"updates\u002Fupdates\u002F2026-02-18-battery-carbon-footprint-applies.md","Battery carbon-footprint declaration now applies",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":83},"minimark",[9,18,23,26,42,46,57,61],[10,11,12,13,17],"p",{},"From today, ",[14,15,16],"strong",{},"18 February 2026",", the carbon-footprint declaration obligation under Article 7 of Regulation (EU) 2023\u002F1542 applies to electric-vehicle batteries placed on the EU market.",[19,20,22],"h2",{"id":21},"what-is-required","What is required",[10,24,25],{},"Manufacturers must provide, for each battery model and each manufacturing plant:",[27,28,29,33,36,39],"ul",{},[30,31,32],"li",{},"Total carbon footprint in kg CO₂-equivalent per kWh of energy provided over the battery's service life.",[30,34,35],{},"A breakdown by life-cycle stage (raw-material acquisition, main production, distribution, end-of-life).",[30,37,38],{},"Reference to the PEFCR for Batteries (v2) methodology.",[30,40,41],{},"A link to a verifiable dataset in line with Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025\u002F134.",[19,43,45],{"id":44},"what-this-means-operationally","What this means operationally",[10,47,48,49,52,53,56],{},"The declaration is a precursor to the ",[14,50,51],{},"full Battery Digital Product Passport",", which applies from ",[14,54,55],{},"18 February 2027",". Data, signatures and access controls that are stood up for the carbon-footprint declaration today are the same infrastructure you will extend to host the full DPP next year.",[19,58,60],{"id":59},"foundation-guidance","Foundation guidance",[27,62,63,66,69],{},[30,64,65],{},"If your organisation places EV batteries on the EU market and has not published a carbon-footprint declaration, treat this as a compliance incident and contact your market-surveillance authority.",[30,67,68],{},"If you are on schedule, start the transition to the full DPP now: the data model, resolver and Verifiable Credentials infrastructure are shared.",[30,70,71,72,77,78,82],{},"Track operational guidance updates via the ",[73,74,76],"a",{"href":75},"\u002Fregulations\u002Fdelegated-acts","delegated-acts tracker"," and the ",[73,79,81],{"href":80},"\u002Fsectors\u002Fbatteries","batteries sector page",".",{"title":84,"searchDepth":85,"depth":85,"links":86},"",2,[87,88,89],{"id":21,"depth":85,"text":22},{"id":44,"depth":85,"text":45},{"id":59,"depth":85,"text":60},"2026-02-18","As of 18 February 2026, manufacturers of EV batteries must provide a carbon-footprint declaration per model per manufacturing plant.","md",{},true,"\u002Fupdates\u002F2026-02-18-battery-carbon-footprint-applies","batteries",{"title":5,"description":91},"updates\u002F2026-02-18-battery-carbon-footprint-applies",[96,100],"carbon-footprint","BNRdBwWT1LSKnNrC3zMKX_zVwSGeF0xQxF5Te9yR3SY",1776873996762]