The only possibly relevant Directives for such batteries are the Low Voltage (2014/35/EU) and EMC (2014/30/EU) Directives. The Low Voltage Directive is only applicable to products that have an operating voltage greater than 75 VDC and the EMC Directive applies primarily to electromagnetic emissions and electrostatic immunity. Since the only time electromagnetics can be propagated from a product is during switching currents, this limits the applicability of that Directive to only batteries with integrated chargers in them.
Batteries with integrated chargers make up less than 1% of Ultralife’s battery products and none operate at a voltage of greater than 75 VDC. In addition, neither of those two Directives have an official, harmonized IEC standard that is specific to batteries in general, nor is there any mention of batteries in either Directive’s scope. Even in situations when a device powered by a battery is being certified for CE marking, the battery is tested within the system; not by itself. Therefore, Ultralife does not see any need to CE mark batteries for sale within the jurisdiction of the EU.
