A battery kept in use after an applicable re-use, repurposing or remanufacturing process.
Second-life battery is practical shorthand for a battery continuing in use after a qualifying lifecycle operation. The Battery Regulation sets passport-linking rules for preparation for re-use, preparation for repurposing, repurposing and remanufacturing; the new passport is linked to the original one. Recycling ends the passport after the battery has been recycled.
A second-life battery is a battery continuing in use after a documented qualifying lifecycle operation, with its successor passport linked to the original where required.
Second life and recycling are different pathways; the label itself is not a statutory definition.
Battery Regulation Article 77(7) covers linked successor passports after the listed reuse, repurposing or remanufacturing operations; Article 77(8) addresses cessation after recycling.
Source-grounded explanatory term, not a formal definition in the cited provisions. Source context is paraphrased, not quoted legal text.
Carry the original passport identifier into the linked successor record and record the lifecycle operation and responsible operator.
We should retain the predecessor identifier and the documented lifecycle operation when a successor passport is created.
Source anchor; see source context and definition status.
Open reference