Publication date: 15th December 2025
The European Union is aiming to build a resource-efficient and competitive economy where there are no net emissions of greenhouse gases in 2050 and economic growth is decoupled from resource use. Reducing the emission of greenhouse gasses requires the electrification of sectors like road transport or industrial processes that historically relied on fossil fuels. As most of the required electricity will come from volatile sources, batteries will play a crucial role in ensuring grid stability and electricity supply.
In that context, the European co-legislators have adopted Regulation EU 2023/1542 concerning batteries and waste batteries. This regulation covers the entire battery life cycle, from the extraction of raw materials over industrial production, first and second-life to waste. The Commission has mandated CEN/CENELEC to develop harmonized standards addressing many of the technical aspects of the Regulation. Adhering to these harmonized standards will lead to presumption of conformity of the batteries with related requirements in the Regulation.
The European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) performs pre-normative research on batteries and supports the development of the related requirements, standards or test procedures. JRC also follows the development of the EU’s battery value chain. This presentation will focus on JRC’s work on performance, durability and safety requirements from a technical point of view.
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