Glossary
Glossary term

Omnibus IV

A policy-package label used around EU amendments affecting battery due-diligence timing.

What does Omnibus IV mean?

For glossary purposes, the concrete legal change is Regulation (EU) 2025/1561's amendment of Battery Regulation due-diligence dates. The amended due-diligence start is separate from the battery-passport duty. Use the amending regulation as the legal source; treat the package name as editorial context until separately sourced.

Minespider working definition

Omnibus IV is a package label; for battery due diligence the operative change must be traced to the enacted amending regulation and affected provision.

Common boundary mistakes

Not the legal name of an all-purpose delay to battery passports.

Source context

Regulation (EU) 2025/1561 amends the Battery Regulation due-diligence commencement and related provisions. The battery-passport timetable is a separate obligation.

Definition status

Source-grounded explanatory term, not a formal definition in the cited provisions. Source context is paraphrased, not quoted legal text.

Practical application

Link the actual amending regulation and changed Battery Regulation article to each affected due-diligence timeline.

Minespider commentary

For due-diligence planning, track the amending regulation and revised Article 48 date, not a package nickname alone.

Common confusions

  • 18 February 2027 (battery passport, Article 77\) and 18 August 2027 (battery due diligence, Article 48\) are two separate obligations.

External references

Regulation (EU) 2025/1561

Source anchor; see source context and definition status.

Open reference

EU Battery Regulation

Source anchor; see source context and definition status.

Open reference