The EU Batteries Regulation on Amazon

In brief: the EU Batteries Regulation covers standalone batteries and batteries built into products sold in the EU (and Northern Ireland). It brought two deadlines for Amazon sellers. First, eligible batteries need a CE mark and an EU Responsible Person; FBA sellers based outside the EU had until 18 August 2024 to add those details or face listing removal. Second, battery producers must register for EPR (extended producer responsibility) and give Amazon a registration number by 18 August 2025; after that Amazon had to deactivate non-compliant offers or, in some countries, comply on the seller's behalf.

EU Batteries Regulation timeline on Amazon

Date	Milestone
8 February 2024	Amazon announced the Responsible Person requirement
18 August 2024	Deadline for non-EU FBA sellers to add Responsible Person details
25 June 2024	Amazon set out the EPR steps: register, prove compliance, report and pay yearly
3 December 2024	Registration numbers could be submitted via Account Health for Germany, the Netherlands, Poland and Sweden
18 August 2025	Non-compliant offers deactivated in those four countries; yearly reporting and eco-fees begin

Country by country (as of December 2024)

• Germany, Poland, Sweden: register with the national authority. Netherlands: register through a producer responsibility organisation (PRO).
• Italy, Spain, Belgium: authorities hadn't confirmed whether sellers must register themselves or could use Amazon's Pay on Behalf (fees apply).
• France: Pay on Behalf available.
• Resellers and drop-shippers: get registration numbers from your suppliers and confirm you're not the producer.

A worked example

A UK brand sells Bluetooth speakers with built-in batteries in Germany and Sweden through FBA. It needs an EU Responsible Person, a battery registration in each country, and from 2025 yearly battery sales reports with eco-fees paid to each authority or PRO. Missing the registration would switch off its German and Swedish offers.

What it means for your bookkeeping

• New recurring costs. Responsible Person services, registrations and eco-fees are paid to third parties. Post them as compliance overheads, with invoices kept.

• Pay on Behalf deductions in France (and possibly elsewhere) come out of your Amazon account; post them to a compliance cost account, not selling fees.

• Yearly reports need sales data. Battery eco-fees are based on units sold, so keep sales by country and product.

• VAT: follow the supplier's or Amazon's invoice for each charge.

• Keep it out of selling fees. Registration and eco-fees are third-party costs, not Amazon fees — see Amazon FBA bookkeeping and reconciling an Amazon settlement.

How TrueBooks helps

TrueBooks posts every Amazon settlement line to Xero and shows sales and profit by marketplace, which helps when you need country-level figures. It doesn't handle EPR registrations or payments. See the Amazon Xero integration.