The Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission is in charge of providing technical support to the development of the secondary legislation on the carbon footprint of batteries (CFB) in line with the requirements of the Article 7 and Annex II of the Batteries Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2023/1542). The CFB shall be declared for “rechargeable industrial batteries with a capacity above 2 kWh, light means of transport (LMT) batteries and electric vehicle (EV) batteries placed on the Union market”.

The Batteries Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2023/1542) can be found at https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32023R1542

Carbon Footprint of Light Means of Transport batteries (CFB-LMT)

(last update June 2025)

Following its previous work on carbon footprint rules for industrial batteries and electric vehicle batteries, the Joint Research Centre (JRC) is currently working on the definition of Carbon Footprint rules for Light Means of Transport batteries (CFB-LMT). This work is based on the JRC report on carbon footprint methodology for industrial batteries, published in April 2025, and on the draft Annex to the Delegated Act on the carbon footprint methodology for electric vehicle batteries (as published on “Have your Say” on the 30th of April 2024).

1st JRC stakeholder event on carbon footprint of Light Means of Transport batteries (CFB-LMT)

The JRC is organizing a 1st stakeholder event on CFB-LMT, planned on the 3rd of July 2025 (morning). If you are interested in following the event and staying updated, please write to EC-EPLCA@ec.europa.eu.

The 1st version of the JRC Technical Report on CFB-LMT can be downloaded from the link below. Please note that this draft report is a working document that will serve as the basis for the discussion at the workshop.

Feedback from stakeholders on the JRC Technical Report on CFB-LMT should be sent to EC-EPLCA@ec.europa.eu, with the subject line “Feedback on JRC CFB-LMT report” by the 31st of July 2025. To facilitate the revision of the report, please use the template provided below. We encourage specific comments along with suggestions for revisions to the text.

Template for feedback

Carbon Footprint of Industrial batteries (CFB-IND)

Following its previous work on carbon footprint rules for electric vehicle batteries, the JRC has released the report titled “Rules for the Calculation of the Carbon Footprint of Industrial Batteries without External Storage (CFB-IND)”. The current work is based on the outcomes of stakeholder events on the carbon footprint methodology for industrial batteries, as organised in December 2023 and July 2024. In addition, the work has been built on the draft Annex to the Delegated Act on the carbon footprint methodology for electric vehicle batteries (as published on “Have your Say” on 30 April 2024).

The JRC report on CFB-IND can be downloaded via the following link

JRC report: Rules for the calculation of the carbon footprint of industrial batteries without external storage (CFB-IND)

Carbon Footprint of Electric Vehicle Batteries (CFB-EV)

(last update June 2023)

JRC drafted a report concerning the potential Carbon Footprint Rules for electric vehicles batteries.

The report is the result of an extensive exchange with several stakeholders over the period Q4/2021 - Q2/2023, including two workshops and a dedicated stakeholder consultation.

JRC is currently waiting for the final decisions on the official calculation rules for the carbon footprint of EV batteries. The final report will be published on this webpage.

JRC FINAL DRAFT report (version June 2023): Rules for the calculation of the Carbon Footprint of Electric Vehicle Batteries (CFB EV)