REGULATION (EU) 2025/1561 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 18 July 2025 amending Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 as regards obligations of economic operators concerning battery due diligence policies (Text with EEA relevance)

Article 1

Amendments to Regulation (EU) 2023/1542

Article 48 of Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 is amended as follows:

(a)

in paragraph 1, the date ‘18 August 2025’ is replaced by ‘18 August 2027’;

(b)

in paragraph 5, the date ‘18 February 2025’ is replaced by ‘26 July 2026’.

Article 2

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 18 July 2025.

For the European Parliament

The President

R. METSOLA

For the Council

The President

M. BJERRE

(1) Not yet published in the Official Journal.

(2) Position of the European Parliament of 10 July 2025 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and decision of the Council of 18 July 2025.

(3) Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2023 concerning batteries and waste batteries, amending Directive 2008/98/EC and Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and repealing Directive 2006/66/EC (OJ L 191, 28.7.2023, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj).

(4) Directive (EU) 2024/1760 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 on corporate sustainability due diligence and amending Directive (EU) 2019/1937 and Regulation (EU) 2023/2859 (OJ L, 2024/1760, 5.7.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2024/1760/oj).

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/1561/oj

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