INSTITUTION PROFILE / NEXT-GEN ENERGY STORAGE
European Commission
The body that proposed the EU Batteries Regulation and writes its detailed rules. Member States enforce it
The European Commission proposed the EU Batteries Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2023/1542) and is the body that adopts the delegated and implementing acts the regulation calls for. It did not adopt the regulation itself, though: that was done by the European Parliament and the Council, and checking conformity and policing the market fall to national authorities and notified bodies. For stationary storage, the regulation covers safety documentation, degradation data held in the battery management system, and the battery passport. This profile looks at one question only: how much influence the Commission actually has over next-generation energy storage, keeping the stages of proposal, adoption and application apart.
What this article covers
- The European Commission in 30 seconds
- What kind of body it is: the four types of influence
- What it does for energy storage
- How far its influence reaches (powers and geography)
- Organisations connected to the Commission's storage work
- Outlook
- Glossary, references and claim-to-source audit
1. The European Commission in 30 seconds
FULL NAMEEuropean CommissionAn EU institution. It proposes legislation and adopts delegated and implementing acts. The European Parliament and the Council adopt EU laws
COUNTRY / REGIONEuropean UnionThe Batteries Regulation is marked as relevant to the European Economic Area (EEA)
STAFFAbout 33,000Permanent and contract employees, per the Commission. We could not find a headcount for the battery units
BATTERIES REGULATIONRegulation (EU) 2023/1542Proposed 10 December 2020; adopted 12 July 2023; published 28 July 2023; in force 17 August 2023
ROLE IN STORAGEProposals, detailed rules, funding, an industry allianceSafety, degradation data and the passport for storage systems; the Innovation Fund; the European Battery Alliance
WHO IMPLEMENTSMember StatesNotified-body designation, market surveillance and producer-responsibility authorities sit with Member States
FUNDINGThe Innovation FundThe Battery Booster Facility (up to €1.5 billion in loans) targets electric-vehicle cells
REACHAnyone selling batteries on the EU marketNon-EU manufacturers are included. It does not reach the rules of countries outside the EU
The one thing to grasp first
The Batteries Regulation phases in over time, and what is mandatory from when differs item by item. The regulation sets safety documentation and degradation data in the battery management system (BMS) for stationary storage systems from 18 August 2024, and the battery passport for industrial batteries above 2 kWh from 18 February 2027 Sourced. Due diligence on the supply chain, by contrast, was postponed from 18 August 2025 to 18 August 2027 by Regulation (EU) 2025/1561 of July 2025 Sourced. Items such as the carbon footprint, whose start date is tied to "18 months after the delegated or implementing act enters into force", cannot begin until those detailed rules are adopted. On our check date (10 October 2026), EUR-Lex listed only one delegated act (recycling efficiency) and one implementing act (reporting format for waste batteries) as adopted under the regulation; the carbon-footprint rules appeared only as drafts Not yet confirmed. The simplification proposal (Omnibus VIII) and the Industrial Accelerator Act proposal on EU-made content are both still proposals and are not law.
2. What kind of body it is: the four types of influence
Unlike the companies in this series, none of the institutions that appear in energy storage coverage makes batteries. What separates them is the route by which they influence the industry, and that gives four types. Through proposing laws and adopting detailed rules the Commission belongs to the policy type, and through the Innovation Fund and similar funding it belongs to the funding type. But laws are adopted by the European Parliament and the Council, and enforcement is done by Member States.
3. What it does for energy storage
The Commission's involvement in storage falls into three parts: proposing the Batteries Regulation and adopting its detailed rules, moves to postpone and simplify, and industrial policy and funding Sourced. The regulation sorts batteries into categories such as industrial and electric-vehicle batteries. A stationary battery energy storage system is defined as an industrial battery with internal storage that is specifically designed to store energy from, and deliver it to, the grid or end-users.
The Batteries Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2023/1542): items relevant to storage and their dates
| Item (article) | What the regulation says | Date it applies | Status (checked 10 October 2026) |
|---|---|---|---|
| General application | It entered into force on the twentieth day after publication (17 August 2023). It applies in general from 18 February 2024, with other dates set for individual provisions (Article 96) | 18 February 2024 | Sourced Already applying |
| Safety of stationary storage systems (Art. 12) | They must be safe in normal operation and use. The technical documentation must show test results for the safety parameters in Annex V, an assessment, mitigation and testing of other foreseeable hazards, and instructions for events such as fire or explosion | 18 August 2024 (technical documentation) | Sourced Already applying. The Commission may amend Annex V by delegated act |
| State-of-health data (Art. 14) | The BMS of a stationary storage system must hold up-to-date data on the parameters for state of health and expected lifetime, and give the purchaser, or a third party acting for the purchaser, read-only access without discrimination (including for making the battery available to independent aggregators and for assessing reuse) | 18 August 2024 | Sourced Already applying |
| Performance and durability (Art. 10) | Rechargeable industrial batteries above 2 kWh must carry a document of performance and durability values. Minimum values apply from the later of 18 August 2027 and 18 months after the delegated act enters into force | Document: 18 August 2024. Minimum values: open | The document is Sourced. The delegated act setting minimum values (due by 18 February 2026) was not found in our EUR-Lex search Not yet confirmed |
| Carbon footprint (Art. 7) | Rechargeable industrial batteries above 2 kWh (excluding those with exclusively external storage) must declare a carbon footprint from the later of 18 February 2026 and 18 months after the delegated and implementing acts enter into force. Performance-class labelling starts from 18 August 2027, and a maximum threshold from 18 February 2029, on the same "later of" basis | Tied to the detailed rules | For the electric-vehicle methodology and the declaration format, EUR-Lex shows only drafts dated 29 April 2024; we found no adopted text Not yet confirmed |
| Battery passport (Art. 77) | Every LMT battery, industrial battery above 2 kWh and electric-vehicle battery gets an electronic record. The public part includes chemistry and critical raw materials, carbon footprint, rated capacity, expected lifetime in cycles and initial round-trip energy efficiency (Annex XIII). It is reached by a QR code (Art. 13(6)) | 18 February 2027 | Sourced A date in the regulation; not yet reached |
| Due diligence (Art. 48) | Policy obligations for the sourcing of cobalt, natural graphite, lithium and nickel. The Commission can recognise due diligence schemes as equivalent (Art. 53) | 18 August 2027 (after postponement) | Sourced Regulation (EU) 2025/1561 postponed it by two years from 18 August 2025 (in force 31 July 2025) |
| Recycled content (Art. 8) | Industrial batteries above 2 kWh must carry documentation on the share of recycled cobalt, lithium and nickel. Minimum shares apply from 18 August 2031 (cobalt 16%, lead 85%, lithium 6%, nickel 6%) and rise from 18 August 2036 | Documentation: the later of 18 August 2028 and 24 months after the delegated act | The delegated act on the calculation method (due by 18 August 2026) was not found in our EUR-Lex search Not yet confirmed |
Note: the dates come from the regulation as published in the Official Journal on 28 July 2023 and from the amendments we confirmed on EUR-Lex (Regulations (EU) 2024/1781, 2025/1561 and 2026/1738). Items that concern only electric-vehicle or portable batteries are omitted. "Not found" means not found in the EUR-Lex pages we checked for delegated and implementing acts; it does not mean the item is absent from every other official page.
Postponement and simplification: adopted versus proposed
| Document | What the sources say | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| Regulation (EU) 2025/1561 (18 July 2025) | Postpones the due diligence date from 18 August 2025 to 18 August 2027. Its recitals cite the delay in designating notified bodies and the fact that schemes are not yet recognised. It moves the deadline for the Commission's guidelines (Art. 48(5)) to 26 July 2026. It entered into force on 31 July 2025. The proposal was the Commission's COM(2025) 258 of 21 May 2025 | Sourced Adopted and in force |
| COM(2025) 981 (10 December 2025) | "Omnibus VIII". Simplifies the Batteries Regulation: the producer definition for distance sales, a definition of substances of very high concern for labelling, exempting LMT battery packs from removability and replaceability requirements, and more flexible data reviews. In the European Parliament the ENVI committee is responsible, with its vote planned for early November 2026 (Parliament's Legislative Train). The Council has set its negotiating mandate | Not yet confirmed Proposed; under negotiation |
| COM(2025) 982 (10 December 2025) | A proposal to suspend the rules on appointing an authorised representative for extended producer responsibility for batteries and packaging (by its title; for the Batteries Regulation it concerns Article 56(3)) | Not yet confirmed Proposed |
| COM(2025) 504 (21 May 2025) | A cross-cutting proposal on digitalisation and common specifications that lists the Batteries Regulation among the acts to be amended. We did not check its content or status | Not yet confirmed Proposed |
| Regulation (EU) 2026/1738 (8 July 2026) | The end-of-life vehicles regulation. It replaces Annex I (restrictions on substances) of the Batteries Regulation. Published 24 July 2026; EUR-Lex's consolidated version is dated 13 August 2026. We did not check what the replacement changes | Sourced Adopted |
Industrial policy and funding: the Battery Alliance, the Innovation Fund and the Industrial Accelerator Act
| Item | What the sources say | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| European Battery Alliance (EBA) | Launched in 2017 by the Commission, EU countries, industry and the scientific community. The Commission holds meetings with interested countries and oversees the alliance's work. The European Investment Bank (EIB) supports it, and EIT InnoEnergy organises stakeholder involvement. 440 industrial and innovation actors have joined. The Commission adopted a strategic action plan for batteries in 2018 | Sourced |
| Recommendation on energy storage | 14 March 2023. It covers energy storage in general, including electrical and thermal. A recommendation is, under the Treaty, a legal form with no binding force | Sourced |
| Innovation Fund | Funded from revenues of the EU Emissions Trading System. On 3 December 2024 it opened a €1 billion call for electric-vehicle battery cell manufacturing (IF24 Battery) | Sourced |
| Battery Booster Strategy | Communication adopted on 16 December 2025. Commission Decision (EU) 2026/1283 of 9 June 2026 set up the Battery Booster Facility: up to €1.5 billion in interest-free loans, at most €500 million per project. The call ran from 28 July to 30 September 2026. It is for cell manufacturing suitable for electric vehicles, a first full commercial-scale project with at least 10 GWh a year. The communication also says batteries matter for grid-scale storage | Sourced Call closed; we could not find the awards |
| Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA) | Proposed on 4 March 2026 as COM(2026) 100 (procedure 2026/0068(COD)). In public procurement, auctions and support schemes it would require stationary battery energy storage systems (BESS) to be made in the Union. Phase 1 (from one to three years after entry into force): the system must originate in the Union and, above 1 MWh, so must its BMS. Phase 2 (from three years): the battery cells, the BMS and one more main component must also originate in the Union. Three Parliament committees are responsible; the first-reading plenary is indicatively set for 14 December 2026 (Parliament's procedure file) | Not yet confirmed Proposed; under negotiation |
Note: the IAA dates are written as "[so many years after entry into force]"; the entry-into-force date is not yet fixed. The text is that of the proposal and may change during negotiation.
A materials engineer's view: where the regulation comes closest to materials suppliers
The Batteries Regulation is aimed at batteries (cells and systems), and few of its items place duties directly on materials suppliers. In practice, though, information about materials is requested through the battery maker. The public part of the battery passport includes chemistry, critical raw materials, carbon footprint and recycled-content information (Annex XIII), and due diligence covers the sourcing of cobalt, natural graphite, lithium and nickel. Minimum recycled-content shares (cobalt 16%, lithium 6%, nickel 6% and so on) start on 18 August 2031. For a supplier, being able to explain to the battery maker which raw materials came from where, and how much recycled material was used, is likely to come up in future negotiations. Many of the detailed rules (calculation methods, formats) are still not adopted, however, so the exact format is not settled.
4. How far its influence reaches (powers and geography)
| Aspect | What the Commission has | What the Commission does not have |
|---|---|---|
| Legislation | The proposal of laws (COM(2020) 798 for the Batteries Regulation). Within the limits the regulation sets, it adopts delegated acts (Art. 89) and implementing acts (Art. 90, committee procedure). The delegation lasts five years from 17 August 2023, and the Parliament and Council can object or revoke it | The adoption of the law (European Parliament and Council). The power to stretch a delegated act beyond the regulation's framework |
| Conformity assessment and market surveillance | Designing the framework, recognising due diligence schemes as equivalent (Art. 53) and drawing up guidelines | Designating notified bodies, running market surveillance and appointing producer-responsibility authorities are jobs for Member States. Whether an individual battery meets the rules is judged by designated bodies and national authorities |
| Standards | The recitals expect the safety tests for stationary storage to be complemented by applicable standards of the European standardisation organisations | Writing standards belongs to the European standardisation organisations and bodies such as IEC. National fire rules that decide whether a system can be installed are for Member States |
| Electricity market | A recommendation (non-binding) on the role of storage | EU electricity-market rules are in other legislation (Directive (EU) 2019/944). Cooperation among wholesale-market regulators is for another EU body (ACER) |
| Funding | Running the Innovation Fund (financed by emissions-trading revenue) and its calls; allocating money to battery research and manufacturing | National State aid itself (country by country). EIB lending decisions (the EIB is a separate institution) |
| Geography | The EU. Anyone selling batteries on the EU market, including manufacturers outside the EU, is covered by the regulation | The rules and subsidies of Japan, the United States and other countries. Direct orders to battery makers elsewhere |
| Scale | About 33,000 staff (the whole Commission) | We could not find a headcount for the battery units |
Do not confuse similarly named bodies
Besides the Commission, coverage of energy storage mentions ACER, ECHA and the EIB. They are different bodies. ACER (the EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators) is a decentralised agency that supports integration of EU electricity and gas markets; it is a separate legal entity from the EU institutions. ECHA (the European Chemicals Agency) is the agency established by the REACH regulation on the registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals. The EIB (the European Investment Bank) is the EU's lending arm, and it supports the European Battery Alliance together with the Commission. Of these, only the Commission proposes the Batteries Regulation and adopts its detailed rules.
5. Organisations connected to the Commission's storage work
The Batteries Regulation works in two layers: the Commission builds the framework, and national authorities and notified bodies carry it out. Fig. 2 traces the path from proposal to business, following the articles of the regulation.
Organisations and documents named on the Commission's official pages (selection)
| Organisation | Relationship with the Commission (sources) | Link to this series |
|---|---|---|
| European Parliament and Council | The co-legislators that adopted the Batteries Regulation. Both are also negotiating Omnibus VIII and the Industrial Accelerator Act | Adopters of the law |
| EIB (European Investment Bank) | Supports the European Battery Alliance together with the Commission. The EU's lending arm | A separate body from the Commission |
| EIT InnoEnergy | Organises stakeholder involvement in the European Battery Alliance on the Commission's behalf | Not covered in this series |
| U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) | The Battery Alliance page records that the Commission and DOE support collaboration between the European Battery Alliance and the U.S. Li-Bridge Alliance | See our profile of DOE |
| National authorities and notified bodies | Carry out the Batteries Regulation (designating notified bodies, market surveillance, producer responsibility). The Commission publishes a list of competent authorities | Country-level authorities are not covered here |
Note: we did not check whether any particular battery maker or storage operator has received an individual Commission decision or support. We could not find published awards for the Battery Booster call as of our check date.
6. Outlook
| What can be read from the sources | Supporting primary sources | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Ahead of the passport and QR code on 18 February 2027, whether the detailed rules (such as who may access which information) arrive in time is the open question | Article 77(9) asks the Commission to adopt, by 18 August 2026, implementing acts specifying who may access the passport. In our EUR-Lex check the only adopted implementing act was 2025/2289 (reporting format for waste batteries) | Inference |
| For due diligence by 18 August 2027, whether recognised schemes and notified bodies are in place is the condition for it working | The recitals of Regulation (EU) 2025/1561 give the delay in designating notified bodies and the lack of recognised schemes as the reasons for postponement | Inference |
| The simplification proposal (Omnibus VIII) is heading for a vote in the Parliament from autumn 2026, but whether and in what form it passes is open | Parliament's Legislative Train (updated 20 September 2026): the ENVI vote is planned for early November 2026. The procedure file gives an indicative first-reading plenary date of 23 November 2026 | Not yet confirmed |
| The IAA's EU-made content requirement for stationary storage may change in negotiation | In the procedure file the proposal is awaiting a committee decision; the indicative plenary date is 14 December 2026. The dates in the text depend on an entry-into-force date that is not yet set | Not yet confirmed |
| Whether funding for stationary storage will be set up separately from the Battery Booster is not yet clear | The Facility's call is limited to electric-vehicle cells. The communication says the Commission will propose EU-content requirements for BESS under the Industrial Accelerator Act | Inference |
7. Glossary
- Delegated act / implementing act
- Detailed rules the regulation leaves to the Commission. Delegated acts (annex amendments, calculation methods) can be objected to by the Parliament and the Council; implementing acts (formats and similar) go through a committee of Member States.
- Stationary battery energy storage system
- An industrial battery with internal storage that is specifically designed to store energy from, and deliver it to, the grid or end-users (the regulation's definition).
- Battery passport
- An electronic record for each battery, reached by a QR code. It applies to industrial batteries above 2 kWh, among others, from 18 February 2027.
- LMT battery
- A battery for light means of transport such as e-bikes.
- Due diligence
- The duty to examine and address human-rights and environmental impacts in the sourcing of cobalt, natural graphite, lithium and nickel. It applies from 18 August 2027.
- Omnibus VIII
- The environmental simplification package proposed on 10 December 2025, which includes an amendment proposal for the Batteries Regulation.
- EBA
- The European Battery Alliance, a battery value-chain alliance launched in 2017 by the Commission and others.
8. References
- EUR-Lex Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 concerning batteries and waste batteries (Official Journal version of 28 July 2023: definitions in Article 3; Articles 7-14, 22, 53, 77, 89, 90, 96; annexes). https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32023R1542
- EUR-Lex Document page for Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 (consolidated version of 13 August 2026; list of amendments and related proposals; procedure 2020/0353/COD). https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:32023R1542
- European Commission (EUR-Lex) COM(2020) 798 final (10 December 2020; the proposal for the Batteries Regulation). https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:52020PC0798
- EUR-Lex Regulation (EU) 2025/1561 (18 July 2025; postpones the due diligence date to 18 August 2027). https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32025R1561
- European Commission (EUR-Lex) COM(2025) 258 final (21 May 2025; proposal to postpone due diligence). https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:52025PC0258
- European Commission (EUR-Lex) COM(2025) 981 final (10 December 2025; simplification of the Batteries Regulation and the Industrial Emissions Portal Regulation, Omnibus VIII). https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:52025PC0981
- European Commission (EUR-Lex) COM(2025) 982 final (10 December 2025; proposal to suspend the authorised-representative rules). https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:52025PC0982
- European Commission (EUR-Lex) COM(2025) 504 final (21 May 2025; proposal on digitalisation and common specifications that lists the Batteries Regulation among the acts to be amended). https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:52025PC0504
- EUR-Lex Regulation (EU) 2026/1738 (8 July 2026; end-of-life vehicles; replaces Annex I of the Batteries Regulation). https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32026R1738
- EUR-Lex Search: delegated acts based on Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 (result on our check date: Delegated Regulation 2025/606 plus two drafts). https://eur-lex.europa.eu/search.html?type=advanced&DTS_DOM=ALL&DTS_SUBDOM=ALL_ALL&SUBDOM_INIT=ALL_ALL&DB_DELEGATED=32023R1542&lang=en
- EUR-Lex Search: implementing acts based on Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 (result on our check date: Implementing Regulation 2025/2289 plus two drafts). https://eur-lex.europa.eu/search.html?type=advanced&DTS_DOM=ALL&DTS_SUBDOM=ALL_ALL&SUBDOM_INIT=ALL_ALL&DB_IMPLEMENTING=32023R1542&lang=en
- European Parliament (Legislative Train) Omnibus VIII: industrial emissions reporting, batteries (updated 20 September 2026; ENVI vote planned; Council negotiating mandate). https://www.europarl.europa.eu/legislative-train/theme-a-new-plan-for-europe-s-sustainable-prosperity-and-competitiveness/file-omnibus-viii-industrial-emissions-reporting-batteries
- European Parliament (procedure file) 2025/0397(COD) (Omnibus VIII; indicative plenary date 23 November 2026). https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2025/0397(COD)
- European Parliament (procedure file) 2026/0068(COD) (Industrial Accelerator Act; responsible committees; indicative plenary date 14 December 2026). https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2026/0068(COD)
- European Commission COM(2026) 100 final (4 March 2026; Industrial Accelerator Act; annex tables with EU-origin requirements for stationary battery energy storage systems). https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/document/download/9bc8eb85-4d43-4025-be7b-c86b9f3648ec_en?filename=Proposal+establishing+measures+for+industrial+capacity+and+decarbonisation+in+strategic+sectors+.pdf
- European Commission (Official Journal) Communication from the Commission: Battery booster strategy (C/2026/682; adopted 16 December 2025). https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=OJ:C_202600682
- European Commission (Climate Action) Battery Booster Facility (updated 9 June 2026; set-up, the €1.5 billion, IF24 Battery). https://climate.ec.europa.eu/eu-action/eu-funding-climate-action/innovation-fund/battery-booster-facility_en
- European Commission (Internal Market) Battery Booster Facility: Call for Proposals (opened 28 July 2026, closed 30 September 2026; electric-vehicle cells; Decision (EU) 2026/1283). https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/calls-proposals/battery-booster-facility-call-proposals_en
- European Commission (Climate Action) Innovation Fund (financed by Emissions Trading System revenue; Article 10a(8) of the ETS Directive). https://climate.ec.europa.eu/eu-action/eu-funding-climate-action/innovation-fund_en
- European Commission (Internal Market) European Battery Alliance (launched 2017; 440 actors; EIB; EIT InnoEnergy; 2018 strategic action plan). https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/industry/industrial-alliances/european-battery-alliance_en
- EUR-Lex Commission Recommendation of 14 March 2023 on Energy Storage (2023/C 103/01). https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32023H0320(01)
- EUR-Lex Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Article 288 (legal effect of regulations, directives, decisions, recommendations and opinions; recommendations have no binding force). https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:12016E288
- European Commission (Environment) Batteries (entry into force 17 August 2023; application 18 February 2024; list of competent authorities; Delegated Regulation 2025/606). https://environment.ec.europa.eu/topics/waste-and-recycling/batteries_en
- European Commission Commission staff (about 33,000 permanent and contract employees). https://commission.europa.eu/about/organisation/commission-staff_en
- ACER About ACER (an EU decentralised agency supporting integration of electricity and gas markets). https://www.acer.europa.eu/the-agency/about-acer
- EIB About the EIB (the EU's lending arm). https://www.eib.org/en/about/index.htm
9. Claim-to-source audit
| Claim in the text | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The proposal for Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 (COM(2020) 798, 10 December 2020) | Sourced | Reference 3 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:52020PC0798 |
| Adoption (12 July 2023), publication, definitions in Article 3, and Articles 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 22, 53, 77, 89, 90 and 96 | Sourced | Reference 1 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32023R1542 |
| Entry into force on 17 August 2023, application from 18 February 2024, list of competent authorities | Sourced | Reference 23 https://environment.ec.europa.eu/topics/waste-and-recycling/batteries_en |
| Consolidated version, amendments (Regulations 2024/1781, 2025/1561, 2026/1738) and Delegated Regulation 2025/606 | Sourced | Reference 2 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX:32023R1542 |
| Postponement of due diligence (Regulation 2025/1561, 18 July 2025, in force 31 July 2025) | Sourced | Reference 4 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32025R1561 |
| The postponement proposal (COM(2025) 258) | Sourced | Reference 5 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:52025PC0258 |
| Content and status of Omnibus VIII (COM(2025) 981, as of 20 September 2026) | Sourced | Reference 6 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:52025PC0981 Reference 12 https://www.europarl.europa.eu/legislative-train/theme-a-new-plan-for-europe-s-sustainable-prosperity-and-competitiveness/file-omnibus-viii-industrial-emissions-reporting-batteries Reference 13 https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2025/0397(COD) |
| The proposal to suspend the authorised-representative rules (COM(2025) 982) | Sourced | Reference 7 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:52025PC0982 |
| The digitalisation and common-specifications proposal (COM(2025) 504) | Sourced | Reference 8 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:52025PC0504 |
| Regulation (EU) 2026/1738 (end-of-life vehicles) replacing Annex I | Sourced | Reference 9 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32026R1738 |
| Which delegated and implementing acts were adopted (EUR-Lex searches on our check date: one delegated, one implementing) | Sourced | Reference 10 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/search.html?type=advanced&DTS_DOM=ALL&DTS_SUBDOM=ALL_ALL&SUBDOM_INIT=ALL_ALL&DB_DELEGATED=32023R1542&lang=en Reference 11 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/search.html?type=advanced&DTS_DOM=ALL&DTS_SUBDOM=ALL_ALL&SUBDOM_INIT=ALL_ALL&DB_IMPLEMENTING=32023R1542&lang=en |
| The Battery Booster Strategy (16 December 2025), the Facility and its call (€1.5 billion; €500 million cap; 28 July to 30 September 2026; EV cells) | Sourced | Reference 16 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=OJ:C_202600682 Reference 17 https://climate.ec.europa.eu/eu-action/eu-funding-climate-action/innovation-fund/battery-booster-facility_en Reference 18 https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/calls-proposals/battery-booster-facility-call-proposals_en |
| The Innovation Fund and IF24 Battery (3 December 2024, €1 billion) | Sourced | Reference 17 https://climate.ec.europa.eu/eu-action/eu-funding-climate-action/innovation-fund/battery-booster-facility_en Reference 19 https://climate.ec.europa.eu/eu-action/eu-funding-climate-action/innovation-fund_en |
| The Industrial Accelerator Act (COM(2026) 100, 4 March 2026): EU-origin requirements for BESS and its negotiation status | Sourced | Reference 15 https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/document/download/9bc8eb85-4d43-4025-be7b-c86b9f3648ec_en?filename=Proposal+establishing+measures+for+industrial+capacity+and+decarbonisation+in+strategic+sectors+.pdf Reference 14 https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2026/0068(COD) |
| The communication's statements that batteries matter for grid-scale storage and that EU-content requirements for BESS will be proposed under the IAA | Sourced | Reference 16 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=OJ:C_202600682 |
| The European Battery Alliance (2017 launch, 440 actors, EIB, EIT InnoEnergy, 2018 action plan, support for EU-US collaboration) | Sourced | Reference 20 https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/industry/industrial-alliances/european-battery-alliance_en |
| The Recommendation on energy storage (14 March 2023) and the fact that recommendations are not binding | Sourced | Reference 21 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32023H0320(01) Reference 22 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:12016E288 |
| Staff numbers (about 33,000) | Sourced | Reference 24 https://commission.europa.eu/about/organisation/commission-staff_en |
| ACER and the EIB described; ECHA as the agency established by REACH | Sourced | Reference 25 https://www.acer.europa.eu/the-agency/about-acer Reference 26 https://www.eib.org/en/about/index.htm Reference 1 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32023R1542 |
| The two-layer diagram, the four types of institution, and the split of roles between the Commission and Member States | Our calculation | Our own summary, based on our reading of the articles |
| Headcount of the battery units, Battery Booster awards, and support to individual storage operators | Not yet confirmed | Not given in the sources (our note). We do not estimate it |
| That the rules on carbon footprint, minimum performance values and recycled-content calculation are not yet adopted | Not yet confirmed | Reference 10 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/search.html?type=advanced&DTS_DOM=ALL&DTS_SUBDOM=ALL_ALL&SUBDOM_INIT=ALL_ALL&DB_DELEGATED=32023R1542&lang=en Reference 11 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/search.html?type=advanced&DTS_DOM=ALL&DTS_SUBDOM=ALL_ALL&SUBDOM_INIT=ALL_ALL&DB_IMPLEMENTING=32023R1542&lang=en |
| The Chapter 6 outlook (passport rules, due diligence conditions, place of the Booster) | Inference | Our interpretation of the statements in References 1, 4, 12 and 16 |
Last updated: 10 October 2026 / Troy Technical
The dates and figures in this article come from the text of the regulation on EUR-Lex and from the official pages of the European Commission and the European Parliament. Passages marked "Inference" are our own interpretation of the primary sources.