EU Battery Regulation by Country: National Laws, Registers, Authorities and Penalties in All 27 Member States

The national layer has mattered since 18 August 2025, when Chapter VIII on extended producer responsibility, collection and waste started to apply. Producers face a register in each country of sale, while the obligations themselves sit in the EU Battery Regulation, which entered into force on 17 August 2023.

One table lists all 29 country pages with their national act. The sections below explain the five areas national law fills in and sort every country with a confirmed status into adapted, pending or directive-era law, all as of 13 November 2026.

Country Pages: National Act, Register, Authority and Status

Each of the 27 member states, Norway and the United Kingdom has its own page with the national act, the producer register, the competent authority and the status as of 13 November 2026, summarised in one row per country below.

In the status column, "in force" or "adapted" means a national act made for the Regulation, "pending" a bill or draft, and "not adapted" only law made under Directive 2006/66/EC. An empty cell means the value has not been verified in an official source, never that none exists.

Need help with battery compliance in several member states? Where the national duties sit among the other obligations is set out under how to comply with the EU Battery Regulation.

What National Law Still Governs under a Directly Applicable Regulation

The Regulation sets the obligations for every battery, while national law designates the authorities, runs the producer registers, authorises producer responsibility organisations and sets the penalties that make Chapter VIII enforceable. Chapter VIII covers Articles 54 to 76 of Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 and applies from the date set out above (Article 96(2), point (c)).

The Regulation sets no fine amount and leaves each register to the member state, whose authorities may set procedural modalities for registration but no substantive requirements beyond Article 55(2) and (3) (Article 55(10)(a)). The producer duties these national rules serve are set out under battery EPR in the EU.

Competent Authorities and the Article 54 List

Each member state designates one or more competent authorities for Chapter VIII under Article 54(1) and had to notify them by 18 November 2025 (Article 54(4)). The Commission's list of these authorities (last update 31 May 2026, checked 13 November 2026) has no entry for Croatia, Poland, Portugal or Romania.

The type of body differs. Italy names a ministry directorate (MASE) and Austria a ministry section (BMLUK), while Sweden relies on Naturvårdsverket and Finland on LVV, with Tukes for market surveillance. Belgium splits the task among its three regions, and Spain between MITECO and the autonomous communities.

Producer Registers and the Article 56(3) Representative

A producer registers in each member state where it first makes a battery available, before doing so, because Article 55 of Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 sets up one register per member state and no EU-wide register. Each competent authority publishes on its website how to apply through its electronic system (Article 55(9)(a)).

The competent authority runs the register in Finland (LVV), Sweden (Naturvårdsverket) and Malta (ERA), while a designated body runs it in Denmark (Dansk Producentansvar), Ireland (The Producer Register Ltd), Croatia (FZOEU) and Germany (stiftung ear, §§ 5 and 31 BattDG). The steps and data of battery producer registration are the same Article 55 duty everywhere.

A distance seller under Article 3(1), point (47)(d), appoints an EPR authorised representative by written mandate in each member state of sale (Article 56(3)), a duty that applies with Chapter VIII. Germany goes further: § 40(2) BattDG requires a representative from every producer without an establishment in Germany, EU producers included.

COM(2025) 982 would suspend Article 56(3) and is pending: after a partial first-reading vote on 20 October 2026 (T10-0345/2026), Parliament referred it back to committee for negotiations. The Council's mandate of 21 October 2026 (ST 14765/26) deletes the batteries article, and Article 56(3) applies unchanged.

Rules on Producer Responsibility Organisations

National law decides whether a producer must join a producer responsibility organisation, while Article 58 makes both organisations and producers that fulfil their duties individually subject to authorisation, verified within 12 weeks of a complete application (Article 58(3)). Ireland makes membership of an approved body mandatory (Regulation 34(3), S.I. No. 283 of 2014 as amended).

Germany requires an organisation or individual fulfilment per category (§ 7(1) BattDG), and Estonia membership for portable and, since 1 January 2026, LMT, EV and industrial batteries (§ 25^1(6) Waste Act).

Italy bars individual fulfilment for portable and LMT batteries (Art. 26 D.Lgs. 29/2026). Authorisation and fee modulation are explained under producer responsibility organisations for batteries.

Penalties Set by Each Member State

Article 93 of Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 requires penalties that are effective, proportionate and dissuasive, with rules laid down by 18 August 2025, but sets no fine amount, so every figure comes from national law. Recital 138 names the criteria: nature, gravity, scope, intent, repetition and cooperation.

Germany sets ceilings of EUR 500,000, EUR 100,000 or EUR 10,000 depending on the offence (§ 60(3) BattDG). Italy fines a producer without registration or without a collection system EUR 36,000 to 120,000 (Art. 34(5) D.Lgs. 29/2026), and Croatia fines legal persons EUR 3,000 to 30,000 (Zakon NN 152/2024).

Latvia fines legal persons EUR 250 to 1,750 (50 to 350 fine units) for a missing crossed-out bin marking or a failure to register (Art. 43(4) and (5) Waste Management Law). Spain applies Ley 7/2022 (Art. 109), up to EUR 3,500,000 for very serious infringements. Safeguard procedures sit under enforcement and national penalties.

Deposits and Other National Additions

Germany and Poland add a rule the Regulation does not contain: a deposit on starter or automotive batteries. Germany charges EUR 7.50 including VAT per starter battery when no old one is returned (§ 19(1) BattDG), Poland PLN 30 per automotive lead-acid battery for non-business buyers returning none (art. 55(1) of the 2009 Act).

The Commission assesses deposit return systems by 31 December 2027 (Article 63). Language rules are national too: Finnish and Swedish in Finland (16 a § Waste Act), Croatian in Croatia (Art. 3(3) Zakon NN 152/2024), and an Italian EU declaration of conformity in Italy (Art. 13 D.Lgs. 29/2026).

Adopted, Pending and Directive-Era National Law

As of 13 November 2026, the countries with a confirmed status fall into three groups: those with a national act adapted to the Regulation, those with a bill or draft still pending, and those that apply only law made under the repealed Batteries Directive. Countries with an empty status cell in Table 1 are not grouped.

Outside the EU, Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 is under scrutiny for incorporation into the EEA Agreement, and no EEA Joint Committee Decision had been adopted as of 13 November 2026. Norway applies chapter 3 of its waste regulations (avfallsforskriften) on discarded batteries, with Miljødirektoratet as authority.

Great Britain applies S.I. 2008/2164 and S.I. 2009/890. In Northern Ireland, Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 has applied since 18 February 2024 under the Windsor Framework, and S.I. 2026/1053, made on 25 September 2026, implements it there and came into force on 17 October 2026.

National Acts Adapted to the Regulation

Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Croatia, Malta and Hungary have national law adapted to the Regulation as of 13 November 2026, with the dates in Table 1. Estonia amended its Waste Act (676 SE), and Latvia combines Cabinet Regulation No. 227 with Waste Management Law amendments.

Germany's BattDG was last amended by Article 2 of the Act of 25 November 2025 (BGBl. 2025 I Nr. 286). Ireland's S.I. No. 165 of 2026 amends S.I. No. 283 of 2014, Malta's L.N. 232 of 2025 is titled the Waste Management (Waste Batteries) Regulations, and Hungary amended its decree 445/2012 by decree 203/2025.

Bills and Drafts Still Pending

Austria, Czechia, Poland and Spain had a bill or draft but no adapted act as of 13 November 2026. Austria's bill BattBegG (657 d.B.) received its committee report on 5 November 2026. Czechia's bill (sněmovní tisk 58) has been in the Senate since 2 November 2026, with a Senate deadline of 2 December 2026.

Poland's bill UC107 has not been adopted by the Council of Ministers, so the 2009 Act on batteries remains in force. Spain held public information on a draft Real Decreto from 30 June to 3 September 2026, and the draft has not been adopted.

Member States Still on Directive-Era Law

Slovakia applies only national law made under Directive 2006/66/EC: Zákon č. 79/2015 Z. z. on waste, §§ 42 to 50, in its version from 1 January 2026, as of 13 November 2026. The four countries with pending bills also still apply their directive-era acts.

Directive 2006/66/EC is repealed with effect from 18 August 2025 (Article 95 of Regulation (EU) 2023/1542), so directive-era national law applies only where it does not conflict with the Regulation. What the old regime required is explained under Batteries Directive 2006/66/EC.

Country Rules FAQ

Four questions recur when readers compare national rules; each answer gives the article behind it.

Common Questions on National Implementation

These answers apply in every member state, whatever its national act.

Does the Regulation need national transposition?

No: Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 is directly applicable and needs no transposition. Member states instead had to lay down penalty rules by 18 August 2025 (Article 93) and notify their competent authorities by 18 November 2025 (Article 54(4)).

Is one producer registration valid in every member state?

No: under Article 55(2) a producer registers in each member state where it first makes a battery available, so a registration in one country covers that country only. Each competent authority issues the registration number within a maximum of 12 weeks of complete information (Article 55(9)(b)).

Has the EPR authorised representative duty been suspended?

No: Article 56(3) has applied since 18 August 2025, and COM(2025) 982, which would suspend it, is pending as of 13 November 2026. Who needs a representative is set out under authorised representatives under the EU Battery Regulation.

Do national penalties follow one EU fine scale?

No: Article 93 sets only the standard of effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties, so amounts differ. Italy fines a producer without registration EUR 36,000 to 120,000, while Germany sets ceilings of EUR 500,000, EUR 100,000 or EUR 10,000 depending on the offence (§ 60(3) BattDG).