Questions & comparisons
Answer common passport questions and compare the EU position with other product passports and other jurisdictions.
Compare with labels attached
Passport questions are usually comparison questions: passport against label, EU against another jurisdiction, one life stage against another. Label every comparison by jurisdiction, category and date, or the answer will be copied into the wrong file.
Useful starting points
- State the comparison and its labels.
- Answer from the provision, not the summary.
- Record what was checked and when.
Guides in this topic
Battery Passport Compared With the Digital Product Passport
The battery passport is the sector record for batteries, while the digital product passport is the ESPR framework record for other products.
Battery Passport Compared With a Certificate
A passport is a living record for an individual battery, while a certificate is a dated attestation about a model or a test.
Battery Passport Compared With the Battery Label
A label sits on the battery and gives immediate facts, while a passport sits behind the carrier and gives the full dated record.
Does Every Battery Need a Battery Passport
Not every battery needs a passport, because Article 77 applies to three categories from a fixed date, and other batteries fall outside that duty.
Battery Passport and Trade Secrets
Trade secrets in the battery passport are protected by access tiers and by confidentiality rules, not by withholding required information.
Battery Passport and Privacy
Privacy in the battery passport is handled by access tiers, by data minimisation in the record, and by keeping holder identity out of public fields.
Passport Questions for Buyers of Batteries
A buyer question set works when each question names the field, the tier and the evidence that answers it.
What If a Battery Is Modified After the Passport Is Created
A modification must be recorded as a dated entry under the same identifier, with the change, the operator and the test stated.
What If the QR Code Is Damaged on a Battery
A damaged QR code breaks access, not the record, and the remedy preserves the identifier while restoring the carrier.
What If the Battery Passport Record Is Wrong
A wrong record must be corrected under the same identifier, with the error, the correction and the date all preserved.
What If Supplier Data Is Missing for a Battery Passport
Missing supplier data pauses record creation for mandatory fields, and the gap must be tracked until evidence closes it.
Who Can See Battery Data in a Battery Passport
Access to battery data is tiered under Annex XIII, with public, legitimate interest and authority tiers that decide who sees which fields.