✅ Who must comply

Austria’s Battery Ordinance distinguishes several obligated roles, including: producers (importers), self-importers, collection and recovery systems, operators of collection points, and processors.

🏢 Producers (importers) — including distance sales

Producers include entities with a seat or business location in Austria who place batteries on the market including via distance sales, and distance sellers worldwide placing batteries on the market in Austria.

🧾 Self-importers

Final consumers who purchase certain batteries from abroad for business operations and where those batteries become waste can fall under “self-importers.”

🧩 Core EPR obligations in Austria

1) 📝 Register to enable electronic reporting (EDM)

To submit notifications, registration in the electronic master data register is required via EDM.

Good practice for register hygiene: producers are expected to enter master data and key information in EDM and keep changes updated.

WKO guidance highlights initial transmission and updates typically within one month of starting activity/changes.

2) 📊 Quarterly reporting (placed-on-market masses)

Producers of portable and LV batteries must report the masses placed on the market each calendar quarter within 7 weeks after quarter end, unless a commissioned collection & recovery system reports on their behalf.

3) ♻️ Annual reporting (waste outcomes)

All producers and self-importers must report the prior year’s collected, recycled, and exported masses of waste batteries by 10 April each year (via EDM).

4) 🧭 Coordination and competent authorities

Austria identifies BMLUK as competent authority and EAK as the coordinating agency for this ecosystem.

5) 💶 Fees for filing

Austria’s guidance states no tariffs/duties are charged for submitting these notifications (note: EPR operational costs may still exist through take-back and treatment arrangements).

🗓️ Austria battery reporting calendar (at a glance)

• Quarterly (portable + LV batteries): within 7 weeks after the quarter ends
• Annual (waste battery outcomes): by 10 April for the previous year

♻️ EU Battery Regulation transition: what changes to plan for

Austria notes that the national Battery Ordinance (BGBl. II Nr. 159/2008) is still in place, while the EU Battery Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 applies from 18 August 2025; Austria also notes the national “companion law” was not yet in force at the time of that guidance.

EDM announced that on 7 October 2025 the batteries application is replaced by an improved version to support the new reporting obligations starting with reporting year 2026 under Regulation (EU) 2023/1542, while still allowing reporting for 2025 under the previous scheme.

🧾 What to track for audit-ready traceability

To report accurately and defend your numbers, keep a structured dataset and evidence trail:

• ⚖️ Mass/weight by battery category and reporting period (quarterly + annual)
• 🏷️ Role mapping (producer/importer/distance seller vs. self-importer; system participation)
• 📦 Product and technical evidence (specs, BOMs, battery chemistry/capacity where relevant, supplier declarations)
• 🧾 Commercial evidence (invoices, import docs, sales by SKU/market, returns)
• ♻️ Waste outcomes evidence (system statements, collector/processor confirmations, recycling/export documentation)

🧩 What this service delivers: registration, reporting, and traceability

📝 Registration readiness

• Scope assessment (who is obligated and why)
• EDM master-data setup support and role alignment
• Register governance (ownership, change control, supporting documents)

📊 Reporting operations

• Quarterly close process aligned to Austria’s 7-week deadline
• Annual waste-outcomes compilation aligned to the 10 April deadline
• Data validations (category checks, missing weights, period completeness)

🔎 Traceability and controls

• Central evidence repository linked to reported figures
• Audit trail (who changed what, when, and why)
• Internal dashboards to reconcile “placed on market” vs. outcomes

⭐ Why ComplyMarket is the best-ever solution for Battery EPR in Austria

ComplyMarket is a great and exceptional partner for Battery EPR compliance in Austria because it brings registration readiness, reporting workflows, and end-to-end traceability into one integrated Compliance Management platform.

Instead of fragmented spreadsheets and scattered evidence, ComplyMarket helps companies build a single source of truth for EDM-ready data, deadline-driven submissions, and audit-proof documentation—making it the best ever solution for meeting Austria’s Battery EPR requirements efficiently and confidently.