Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 concerning batteries, due-diligence obligations, as amended by Regulation (EU) 2025/1561

Lists child labour among the social risks battery makers must address in their supply chains. Regulation 2025/1561 postponed the obligation from August 2025 to 18 August 2027.

The passage

human rights, labour rights and industrial relations, including: … (ii) child labour

Annex X, point 2(b)

What it rests on

Source: Publications Office of the EU · Regulation (EU) 2025/1561, 30 July 2025 · read 15 October 2026