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Recently, Amazon Europe announced that the new EU battery regulation EU 2023/1542 has officially come into effect. This regulation applies to all stand-alone batteries and products containing batteries sold in the EU and Northern Ireland.

The new regulations require that all batteries exported to the EU and Northern Ireland carry CE certification and have an EU Authorized Representative.

If the seller uses Amazon FBA and is located outside the EU, then the representative information must be provided before August 18, 2024, otherwise Amazon will remove the product!

Batteries in scope

Batteries out of scope

CE marking requirement

Manufacturers of batteries in scope of the EU Batteries Regulation must take three steps to ensure that their batteries are compliant with CE marking requirements by August 18, 2024.

First, each battery must pass a conformity assessment to demonstrate it is compliant with the regulation.

Once the assessment is complete, the manufacturer must obtain a declaration of conformity for the battery. If it is a standalone battery, the battery will have its own declaration. If the battery is contained within a CE-marked product, the manufacturer can choose to revise the existing declaration of conformity to include the battery assessment or obtain a separate declaration for the battery.

Once the declaration of conformity is ready, the manufacturer must affix a CE mark to the battery. This is additional to the CE mark affixed to the containing product, if applicable.

Responsible person requirement

A responsible person is a person or company established in the European Union acting as the point of contact for product compliance.

Effective February 18, 2024, in-scope batteries must be labelled with the contact information of the responsible person in one of the EU’s official languages, and the labelling attached to the product, its packaging, the parcel or an accompanying document. If your battery is small or doesn’t have packaging, you can use an accompanying document.

If the battery is contained within a CE-marked product, you must have a responsible person for the battery and a Responsible Person for the product. This can be the same responsible person, but you must label the battery and the product separately.

Restricted substances

Batteries must not contain substances for which Annex I to the EU Batteries Regulation contains a restriction, unless the conditions of that restriction are complied with.

ANNEX I

RESTRICTION ON SUBSTANCES

How do sellers comply with regulations?

1. Understand the requirements of the regulations: Sellers should have a deep understanding of the new EU Battery Regulation to ensure that their products and operations fully comply with the provisions of the new regulations.

2. Obtain CE certification: If the seller's products do not yet meet the requirements of CE certification, please contact AGC to apply for it as soon as possible.

3. Designate an EU responsible person in charge: Designate an EU representative for the relevant products and ensure that the information is correct.

3. Submit information to the platform: Sellers need to pay attention to the tools launched by Amazon and submit the representative information through the tool in a timely manner.

4. Comply with other applicable product safety regulations: In addition to the newly announced battery regulations, the remaining EU regulations applicable to the seller's products must also be complied with.

5. Continue to pay attention to policy changes and updates: Regulations may be updated at any time, and sellers need to regularly check platform announcements to ensure that products meet the latest regulatory requirements.

For products published in Amazon UK, sellers do not need to submit any information to Amazon. However, for products published in Amazon EU, sellers must submit the required information. Sellers can contact AGC for processing, upload relevant information to the background, and affix labels such as responsible person, safety information and warnings on the product.