The Battery Regulation is a highly ambitious project of the European Union. It is about structuring a product’s entire life cycle and value chain more sustainably. The aim is to create a circular economy that makes Europe less dependent on third countries. Due to the transport and energy transition, batteries are considered one of the key industries of the future. So far, Europe has been highly dependent on China, which, according to the European Court of Auditors, accounted for a full 76 percent of global production capacity in 2021.