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REGULATION (EU) 2023/1542 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 12 July 2023 concerning batteries and waste batteries, amending Directive 2008/98/EC and Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and repealing Directive 2006/66/EC (Text with EEA relevance) · European Union

Before placing a battery on the market, importers shall verify that: the EU declaration of conformity and technical documentation referred to in Annex VIII have been drawn up and that the relevant conformity assessment procedure referred to in Article 17 has been carried out by the manufacturer; the battery bears the CE marking referred to in Article 19, and is marked and labelled in accordance with Article 13; the battery is accompanied by the documents required pursuant to Articles 6 to 10 and Articles 12, 13 and 14 and by instructions and safety information in a language or languages which can be easily understood by end-users, as determined by the Member State in which the battery is to be made available on the market; and the manufacturer has complied with the requirements laid down in Article 38(6) and (7).

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-29 · Text as consolidated on 2026-08-13; changes after this date are not shown.