Battery Passport Due Diligence Requirement

The EU Battery Regulation’s due-diligence obligation — sourcing checks on cobalt, lithium, nickel, and natural graphite — was postponed by Regulation (EU) 2025/1561 from 18 August 2025 to 18 August 2027, separate from the battery passport’s own 18 February 2027 deadline.

Why AuthiChain

• Regulation (EU) 2025/1561, published 30 July 2025, is the amendment that moved the due-diligence start date two years — it does not delay the battery passport itself
• Due diligence is a raw-material sourcing report; the battery passport carries carbon footprint, state-of-health, and material-recovery data on the same GS1 Digital Link and VC 2.0 base this protocol specifies — two obligations under one regulation, on two different dates
• A sourcing claim in a due-diligence report can be issued as its own signed Verifiable Credential and hashed to an anchor, so the claim is checkable independent of the PDF it started as

How it works

Issue a unique identifier per unit, anchor its record on-chain for tamper-evidence, and let anyone verify it with a single scan. Plans start at $49/mo.

FAQ

Did the due-diligence deadline change?

Yes — Regulation (EU) 2025/1561, published 30 July 2025, postponed it from 18 August 2025 to 18 August 2027.

Does the battery passport already satisfy due diligence?

No — they are separate obligations under the same regulation. The passport carries product data; due diligence is a raw-material sourcing report for large economic operators.