New categories from 18 August 2025 — Check if this affects your business!
Key Timeline
Effective Date: August 18, 2025 - All battery market operators in France will need to comply with EPR Battery obligations.
This follows the new European battery regulation 2023-1542, which introduces updated requirements for battery producers and sellers.
You are Concerned if
You manufacture the battery yourself
You buy the battery from abroad
You sell batteries in France (whether sold separately or built into equipment)
If any of these apply to you, you'll need to register and comply with EPR Battery requirements.
5 Battery Categories You Need to Know:
Portable Batteries (≤5kg)
Light Transport Means (LTM) (≤25kg)
Electric and Hybrid Vehicles (EV/HV) (≥25kg)
Starting, Lighting, Ignition (SLI)
Industrial Batteries (≥5kg)
How Taxually Can Help?
We are working with Ecosystem, the unique eco-organization that covers both the battery sector and the electrical/electronic equipment and lamps sector.
What are the advantages for you if you subscribe with Taxually?
One simple process for all your EPR obligations
Peace of mind that your compliance is handled correctly
Expert support to environmental requirements
Links for more information:
European regulation 2023-1542: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj/eng
About the new categories: https://pro.ecosystem.eco/en/profil/producer/batteries
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