Provisional agreement on new battery regulations:

On December 9, 2022, the European Parliament and the European Council reached a provisional agreement aimed at making all batteries put on the EU market more sustainable, recyclable and safe.pro The agreement is based on the proposal of the European Commission in December 2020 (see related reading for details) and aims to solve the social, economic and environmental problems related to all types of batteries.

The new regulation divides batteries into the following five categories:

• Portable battery;

• SLI battery：Any battery designed to provide power for starting, lighting or ignition;

• Light vehicle (LMT) battery;

• Electric vehicle (EV) battery;

• Industrial battery.

New regulations on battery production, recycling and reuse:

1. By the middle of 2025, a more comprehensive regulatory framework for extended producer responsibility will be applied.

2. After the new law comes into force, the sustainability requirements for carbon footprint, recycled components, performance and durability will be gradually introduced from 2024.

3. Introduce higher collection targets over time: for portable batteries, the target is to reach 63% by 2027, 73% by 2030, and for light vehicle (LMT) batteries, the target is to reach 51% by 2028, and 61% by 2031.

4. All collected batteries must be recycled, and a high level of recycling must be achieved, especially valuable materials such as copper, cobalt, lithium, nickel and lead.

5. By adopting stricter recovery efficiency and material recovery targets over time, valuable materials can be recovered at the end of their service life and put back into use. The material recovery rate of lithium will reach 50% by 2027 and 80% by 2031.

6. Companies that put batteries on the EU internal market must prove that the sources of materials used in their manufacture are responsible. This means that social and environmental risks related to the extraction, processing and trade of raw materials used for battery manufacturing must be identified and mitigated.

Subsequent legislative actions:

The European Parliament and the Council must now formally adopt new regulations before they can enter into force. The new regulations will replace the existing battery directive issued in 2006. This new battery regulatory framework requires a large number of more detailed rules (secondary legislation) from 2024 to 2028 to be fully operational.

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