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  "publisher": "Battery Firebreak",
  "licence": "CC-BY-4.0",
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  "attribution": "Cite as \"Battery Firebreak (https://batteryfirebreak.com)\" and link the page used.",
  "contact": "office@batteryfirebreak.com",
  "methodology": "https://batteryfirebreak.com/methodology/",
  "changelog": "https://batteryfirebreak.com/changelog/",
  "generated": "2026-11-15",
  "dataset": "standards",
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    {
      "id": "gb-38031-2025",
      "lang": "en",
      "code": "GB 38031-2025",
      "title": "Safety requirements for power batteries for electric vehicles (China)",
      "region": "China",
      "applies_to": "EV traction batteries",
      "status": "Mandatory; in force since 1 July 2026",
      "summary": "GB 38031-2025, China's mandatory EV traction-battery safety standard, has been in force since 1 July 2026. It replaces the 5-minute warning rule with a 'no fire, no explosion' thermal-propagation requirement and adds bottom-impact and post-fast-charge tests.",
      "updated": "2026-11-15",
      "url": "https://batteryfirebreak.com/standards/gb-38031-2025/",
      "markdown_url": "https://batteryfirebreak.com/standards/gb-38031-2025.md"
    },
    {
      "id": "ul-9540a",
      "lang": "en",
      "code": "UL 9540A",
      "title": "Test method for evaluating thermal runaway fire propagation in battery energy storage systems",
      "region": "USA / North America (used worldwide)",
      "applies_to": "Stationary energy storage (BESS)",
      "status": "6th edition, 13 March 2026; referenced by NFPA 855 and US fire codes",
      "summary": "UL 9540A is the test method that shows how a battery energy storage system behaves when a cell goes into thermal runaway, at cell, module, unit and installation level. The 6th edition, published on 13 March 2026, adds large-scale fire testing.",
      "updated": "2026-11-16",
      "url": "https://batteryfirebreak.com/standards/ul-9540a/",
      "markdown_url": "https://batteryfirebreak.com/standards/ul-9540a.md"
    },
    {
      "id": "iec-62619",
      "lang": "en",
      "code": "IEC 62619",
      "title": "Safety requirements for secondary lithium cells and batteries for use in industrial applications",
      "region": "International (adopted as EN IEC 62619 in Europe)",
      "applies_to": "Industrial and stationary lithium batteries",
      "status": "Edition 2.0, 2022",
      "summary": "IEC 62619:2022 sets safety tests for industrial lithium batteries, including stationary storage. Clause 7.3.3 requires a propagation test: a single-cell thermal runaway must not result in a fire of the battery system.",
      "updated": "2026-11-15",
      "url": "https://batteryfirebreak.com/standards/iec-62619/",
      "markdown_url": "https://batteryfirebreak.com/standards/iec-62619.md"
    },
    {
      "id": "un-38-3",
      "lang": "en",
      "code": "UN 38.3",
      "title": "Transport testing of lithium batteries (UN Manual of Tests and Criteria, section 38.3)",
      "region": "International (transport)",
      "applies_to": "All lithium cells and batteries shipped",
      "status": "Required for transport by air, sea, road and rail",
      "summary": "UN 38.3 is the set of eight transport tests (T.1–T.8) that lithium cells and batteries must pass before they can be shipped. It does not include a thermal propagation test.",
      "updated": "2026-11-15",
      "url": "https://batteryfirebreak.com/standards/un-38-3/",
      "markdown_url": "https://batteryfirebreak.com/standards/un-38-3.md"
    },
    {
      "id": "as-nzs-5139",
      "lang": "en",
      "code": "AS/NZS 5139:2019",
      "title": "Electrical installations: safety of battery systems for use with power conversion equipment",
      "region": "Australia and New Zealand",
      "applies_to": "Installation of home and commercial battery systems",
      "status": "Current installation standard (check for revisions)",
      "summary": "AS/NZS 5139:2019 sets installation requirements for battery systems connected to inverters in Australia and New Zealand, including where lithium batteries may and may not be located.",
      "updated": "2026-11-15",
      "url": "https://batteryfirebreak.com/standards/as-nzs-5139/",
      "markdown_url": "https://batteryfirebreak.com/standards/as-nzs-5139.md"
    },
    {
      "id": "gb-38031-2025",
      "lang": "zh",
      "code": "GB 38031-2025",
      "title": "电动汽车用动力蓄电池安全要求（中国）",
      "region": "中国",
      "applies_to": "电动汽车动力蓄电池",
      "status": "强制性国家标准；自 2026 年 7 月 1 日起实施",
      "summary": "GB 38031-2025 是中国电动汽车用动力蓄电池强制性安全标准，自 2026 年 7 月 1 日起实施。该标准将原有的 5 分钟热事件报警要求升级为“不起火、不爆炸”的热扩散要求，并新增底部撞击试验和快充循环后安全试验。",
      "updated": "2026-11-15",
      "url": "https://batteryfirebreak.com/zh/standards/gb-38031-2025/",
      "markdown_url": "https://batteryfirebreak.com/zh/standards/gb-38031-2025.md"
    },
    {
      "id": "ul-9540a",
      "lang": "zh",
      "code": "UL 9540A",
      "title": "电池储能系统热失控火灾蔓延评估试验方法",
      "region": "美国 / 北美（全球广泛采用）",
      "applies_to": "固定式储能系统（BESS）",
      "status": "第 6 版，2026 年 3 月 13 日；被 NFPA 855 及美国消防规范引用",
      "summary": "UL 9540A 是一项试验方法标准，用于评估电池储能系统在电芯发生热失控时，在电芯、模组、单元和安装四个层级上的响应特性。第 6 版于 2026 年 3 月 13 日发布，新增大规模火灾试验。",
      "updated": "2026-11-16",
      "url": "https://batteryfirebreak.com/zh/standards/ul-9540a/",
      "markdown_url": "https://batteryfirebreak.com/zh/standards/ul-9540a.md"
    },
    {
      "id": "iec-62619",
      "lang": "zh",
      "code": "IEC 62619",
      "title": "工业用二次锂电芯和电池系统的安全要求",
      "region": "国际标准（欧洲采标为 EN IEC 62619）",
      "applies_to": "工业用及固定式锂电池",
      "status": "第 2.0 版，2022",
      "summary": "IEC 62619:2022 规定了包括固定式储能在内的工业用锂电池安全试验要求。其第 7.3.3 条要求进行热扩散试验：单个电芯发生热失控不得导致整个电池系统起火。",
      "updated": "2026-11-15",
      "url": "https://batteryfirebreak.com/zh/standards/iec-62619/",
      "markdown_url": "https://batteryfirebreak.com/zh/standards/iec-62619.md"
    },
    {
      "id": "un-38-3",
      "lang": "zh",
      "code": "UN 38.3",
      "title": "锂电池运输试验（《联合国试验和标准手册》第 38.3 节）",
      "region": "国际（运输）",
      "applies_to": "所有出运的锂电芯和电池",
      "status": "航空、海运、公路及铁路运输强制要求",
      "summary": "UN 38.3 是锂电芯和电池在交付运输前必须通过的八项运输试验（T.1–T.8）。该标准不包含热扩散试验。",
      "updated": "2026-11-15",
      "url": "https://batteryfirebreak.com/zh/standards/un-38-3/",
      "markdown_url": "https://batteryfirebreak.com/zh/standards/un-38-3.md"
    },
    {
      "id": "as-nzs-5139",
      "lang": "zh",
      "code": "AS/NZS 5139:2019",
      "title": "电气装置：与电力转换设备配合使用的电池系统安全要求",
      "region": "澳大利亚与新西兰",
      "applies_to": "户用及工商业电池系统的安装",
      "status": "现行安装标准（请核查最新修订版）",
      "summary": "AS/NZS 5139:2019 规定了澳大利亚和新西兰与逆变器相连的电池系统的安装要求，包括锂电池允许和禁止安装的位置。",
      "updated": "2026-11-15",
      "url": "https://batteryfirebreak.com/zh/standards/as-nzs-5139/",
      "markdown_url": "https://batteryfirebreak.com/zh/standards/as-nzs-5139.md"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "date": "2022",
      "label": {
        "en": "IEC 62619 edition 2.0 published, with a propagation test for industrial lithium battery systems (clause 7.3.3)",
        "zh": "IEC 62619 第 2.0 版发布，含工业锂电池系统热扩散试验（第 7.3.3 条）"
      },
      "url": {
        "en": "https://batteryfirebreak.com/standards/iec-62619/",
        "zh": "https://batteryfirebreak.com/zh/standards/iec-62619/"
      },
      "upcoming": false
    },
    {
      "date": "2025-03",
      "label": {
        "en": "UL 9540A 5th edition released",
        "zh": "UL 9540A 第 5 版发布"
      },
      "url": {
        "en": "https://batteryfirebreak.com/standards/ul-9540a/",
        "zh": "https://batteryfirebreak.com/zh/standards/ul-9540a/"
      },
      "upcoming": false
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-03-13",
      "label": {
        "en": "UL 9540A 6th edition published, adding large-scale fire testing",
        "zh": "UL 9540A 第 6 版发布，新增大规模火灾试验"
      },
      "url": {
        "en": "https://batteryfirebreak.com/standards/ul-9540a/",
        "zh": "https://batteryfirebreak.com/zh/standards/ul-9540a/"
      },
      "upcoming": false
    },
    {
      "date": "2025",
      "label": {
        "en": "GB 38031-2025 published, replacing GB 38031-2020",
        "zh": "GB 38031-2025 发布，代替 GB 38031-2020"
      },
      "url": {
        "en": "https://batteryfirebreak.com/standards/gb-38031-2025/",
        "zh": "https://batteryfirebreak.com/zh/standards/gb-38031-2025/"
      },
      "upcoming": false
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-07-01",
      "label": {
        "en": "GB 38031-2025 applies to new EV type approvals in China",
        "zh": "GB 38031-2025 对新申请型式批准的车型开始实施"
      },
      "url": {
        "en": "https://batteryfirebreak.com/standards/gb-38031-2025/",
        "zh": "https://batteryfirebreak.com/zh/standards/gb-38031-2025/"
      },
      "upcoming": false
    },
    {
      "date": "2027-07-01",
      "label": {
        "en": "Reported deadline for existing approved EV types to meet GB 38031-2025",
        "zh": "据报道，已获批车型须在此日期前满足 GB 38031-2025"
      },
      "url": {
        "en": "https://batteryfirebreak.com/standards/gb-38031-2025/",
        "zh": "https://batteryfirebreak.com/zh/standards/gb-38031-2025/"
      },
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