Lithium evidence becomes useful when it is tied to the actor who must answer for it. Manufacturer, importer, distributor, and authorized representative records should not be mixed into one vague compliance folder. 1
This spoke belongs to the EU Battery Regulation Lithium Records pillar at /eu-battery-regulation-lithium-records/.
Role-based evidence
The Battery Regulation uses economic-operator language because the same physical file can support different duties depending on who holds it. A manufacturer may need lithium inputs for technical documentation and declarations. An importer may need supplier records that prove the file chain exists. A distributor may need traceable information to answer market-surveillance questions. Lithium Record pages should name the role and separate uploaded files by responsibility.
Practical file model
A role-based page can hold a customer statement, supplier document, purchase order reference, material batch identifier, document date, and hash. The page can also point across to carbon footprint, due diligence, labeling, and passport records. That structure gives a compliance officer a route through the evidence rather than a pile of unlabelled documents.
What the vault does not do
The platform does not become the manufacturer, importer, distributor, authorized representative, notified body, market-surveillance authority, or customs broker. It preserves evidence supplied by the customer and makes the chain easier to verify. If a role determination is disputed, the record shows what was uploaded and when; it does not decide the dispute.