EU Battery Passport mandatory February 2027 — Regulation (EU) 2023/1542

Digital Product Passport.
Generated by AI.

TracePass is an EU Digital Product Passport platform: upload your product data and get a GS1 Digital Link passport, hosted for as long as you subscribe — battery, textile, electronics, or any ESPR category. Our AI reads your existing datasheets and public registers and suggests the field values it can source, each with its source and a confidence score; you approve every value, and what it can't source stays open for you or your supplier. No migration — you start from the data you already have.

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EU DPP Registry live since July 2026. Battery passport mandatory February 2027.

Hundreds of thousands of EU manufacturers affected across 30+ product categories.

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Definition

What is a Digital Product Passport?

A Digital Product Passport (DPP) is a structured digital record that accompanies a physical product across its lifecycle, carrying information about its composition, origin, environmental footprint, repair and recycling instructions, and regulatory compliance status. Four EU laws already fix a passport date: batteries (Regulation 2023/1542, from 18 February 2027), detergents (2026/405, from 23 September 2029), toys (2025/2509, from 1 August 2030) and cars and vans (2026/1738, from 1 September 2032). Construction products wait on a delegated act under the Construction Products Regulation (CPR, Regulation 2024/3110); most other categories need a passport only once a delegated act under the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR, Regulation 2024/1781) is adopted for them. None of these delegated acts has been adopted yet. The passport is accessed through a data carrier — typically a GS1 Digital Link QR code or NFC tag — printed on or attached to the product.

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At a glance

What it is
A structured, machine-readable digital record tied to one physical product.
What it carries
Composition, origin, carbon footprint, repair and recycling guidance, and compliance status.
Who it is for
Manufacturers, importers, distributors, regulators, recyclers, and consumers.
How it is accessed
A GS1 Digital Link QR code or NFC tag on the product resolves to the passport.
When it is required
Set law by law: batteries from 2027, detergents from 2029, toys from 2030, cars and vans from 2032, each under its own law. Construction products wait on a delegated act under the CPR and most other categories on one under ESPR; none has been adopted yet.

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Vantony

EU fine-jewellery brand publishing live Digital Product Passports through TracePass. Visit site

Your compliance data already exists — it's just trapped.

“The regulation keeps moving.”

New mandatory fields, new categories every year — and the goalposts shift before you've finished.

“My team is already at capacity.”

Nobody has time to open 200 datasheets and retype the values into yet another form.

“Every tool just hands me another empty form.”

So the manual work never actually goes away — it just moves to a new screen.

Why TracePass, Not a Generic Tool?

Cheap tools give you an empty form. We give you a passport built for compliance.

Without TracePass

📄

Read 200-page EU regulation

2 weeks

🔍

Identify which fields apply to you

1 week

📧

Email suppliers for data (chase them)

2-3 months

💰

Hire LCA consultant for carbon footprint

EUR 30,000+

📋

Format data to EU standard

2 weeks

🔧

Generate GS1 Digital Link QR codes

???

🌐

Build & host passport pages

EUR 5,000+

🌍

Translate to every target language

EUR 2,000+

⏰

Monitor regulation changes forever

Ongoing

Total cost

EUR 30,000 — 100,000+ *

Time

3 — 6 months

* Typical industry costs based on market analysis

With TracePass

1

Upload your files

PDF, Excel, CSV — whatever you have. No special format needed.

PDF
XLS
CSV
→ AI extracts data
2

AI suggests sourced values

From your documents and public registers, each with its source. Gaps highlighted.

Fields completed87/93
3

Get your passport + QR code

Built for EU compliance. GS1 Digital Link. Hosted while you subscribe.

Battery Passport #EU-2027-0042

✓ Designed for EU Regulation 2023/1542

GS1 Digital Link • 24 languages

Total cost

From EUR 49/month

Time

5 minutes

At-a-glance comparison

At-a-glance comparison
Without TracePassWith TracePass
Steps9 manual steps3-step workflow
Time3 — 6 months5 minutes
CostEUR 30,000 — 100,000+ *From EUR 49/month

Every Product Category. One Platform.

13 product categories and growing. From batteries to jewelry, electronics to toys. Same AI engine, category-specific compliance templates.

Works with your ERP — not instead of it

Keep SAP, Odoo, NetSuite, or whatever you use. TracePass plugs in, doesn't replace.

1

CSV & Excel bulk import

Per-category templates match every DPP field 1:1. Upload CSV or Excel straight from your ERP, map your columns to passport fields on screen, and the import populates the passport. Zero custom integration work to start.

2

REST API

Documented read/write endpoints on every plan including Free; daily caps per API key apply only to Free (100 writes + 100 passport reads) and Basic (200 + 200), and every plan from Starter up is unlimited. Your integrator writes the mapping once against our API — we don't build bespoke SAP connectors.

3

No migration required

Source of truth stays in your existing systems. TracePass reads snapshots, produces DPPs, publishes passports. Your ERP doesn't need to know we exist.

See how SAP, Odoo, Shopify & more connect →

How It Works

1

Upload Your Data

CSV, Excel, PDF, spec sheets — upload whatever you have. No special format needed.

2

AI Suggests, You Approve

Our AI suggests the values it can source from your documents and public registers, each with its source and a confidence score. Fields it can't source stay open for you or your supplier. You review suggestions, approve or edit. AI-assisted, human-verified.

3

Compliance Validation

Automated validation against ESPR, Battery Regulation 2023/1542, and category-specific requirements. Audit-ready: every field carries its source document, the person who approved it, and a timestamp — so you can defend any value to an inspector.

4

QR Code + Live Passport

Get your Digital Product Passport with GS1 Digital Link QR code. Hosted and multilingual, stays live while you subscribe.

Inside the platform

Upload the documents you already have

Datasheets, certificates, LCA reports — PDF, Excel or images. TracePass reads them and extracts passport fields automatically.

Review the AI's work, then publish

Every field carries an AI confidence score and a link back to its source. Approve, edit or flag each one — then publish the passport with its GS1 Digital Link QR code.

What Makes TracePass Different

Battery Passport Generator

Built for the EU Battery Regulation (2023/1542). AI suggests the mandatory fields from your datasheets; you review and approve. Carbon footprint, recycled content and due diligence are ready for when each duty applies.

AI Data Extraction & Research

Upload PDFs, spec sheets, certificates — or just a product model. Our AI reads your documents, searches the public web for missing data, and suggests field values with confidence scores. You review and approve. No manual data entry from scratch.

Built and Hosted in the EU

TracePass LTD is an EU company (Bulgarian Commercial Register, UIC 208790302). The application and its database are hosted in the EU (Germany). AI extraction sends uploaded documents to Anthropic (United States) as a listed sub-processor. Procurement-grade specifics on the Trust page.

Your URL, Forever — No Lock-In

Publish on your own custom domain (every paid plan), so the QR printed on the product is yours permanently. Every plan, Free included, exports the whole account from the dashboard — JSON-LD with full provenance, plus the original documents — no per-scan fees, no hostage data. The URL on shipped products keeps working while you migrate.

Image OCR

Got a nameplate photo, compliance label, or spec sticker instead of a digital datasheet? Trigger OCR on any saved image and extract the text into editable passport fields. Useful for imports where only the physical product exists.

Learns From Your Reviews

Every field you accept, modify, or reject teaches the platform. Confidence scores adjust over time, manufacturer names are learned once and reused across your team, and the extraction gets faster with every passport you create.

GS1 Digital Link QR Codes & Data Matrix

Each passport gets a GS1 Digital Link QR code — or a Data Matrix for small parts and direct marking, the two 2D carriers EN 18220 permits. Scan it → see the full passport. Designed for the EU DPP registry.

EPCIS 2.0 Supply-Chain Events

Full GS1 EPCIS 2.0 — export, capture and query — included on every plan, Free included. Suppliers and ERP systems push events to the Capture interface, the query node answers the EPCIS Query interface, and any passport's events serialise as a standards-valid EPCIS 2.0 JSON-LD document. Volume meter scales by tier (1,000 to 10,000,000 events/month, unlimited on Enterprise). EPCIS 2.0 is the GS1 standard for supply-chain event traceability.

AI Assistant Access (MCP)

Connect an AI assistant — Claude, Cursor, an IDE agent — directly to TracePass with our Model Context Protocol server. Manage products, passports, and EPCIS events conversationally. Hosted endpoint or local npm package; uses your existing API key.

n8n community node

Automate TracePass in n8n without writing code. Free community node for any self-hosted n8n instance (on n8n Cloud, community nodes need n8n's Enterprise plan) — wire products, passports, and EPCIS events into workflows alongside Shopify, Slack, Schedule, and the 400+ other n8n integrations.

Plug-and-Play for Importers

You import batteries or products into the EU? Upload your supplier docs, we generate the passport you need for market access. Done.

Full Audit Trail

Every field tracks who entered it, when, and from which source document. Every change to a published passport is archived as a hash-sealed snapshot, so you can show exactly what it said on any past date. Built for regulator inspections and enterprise audits.

Regulatory Monitoring

EU regulations change. We track them daily and alert you when something that affects your passports changes. Stay on top of compliance.

Transparent Pricing

Start free. Scale as you grow. No hidden fees. Same price for everyone regardless of country.

Free

EUR 0/month

3 DPPs

  • ✓ 1 AI extraction + QR codes
  • ✓ 2 supplier requests
  • ✓ 1 language
  • ✓ "Powered by" branding
  • ✓ Passports expire after 30 days
Start Free

Basic

EUR 49/month

25 DPPs

  • ✓ ~9 AI extractions/month
  • ✓ 5 supplier requests
  • ✓ No passport expiry
  • ✓ White-label, all 24 EU languages
  • ✓ EUR 3/extra DPP
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Starter

EUR 350/month

150 DPPs

  • ✓ EUR 75/month AI budget
  • ✓ 50 supplier requests
  • ✓ 3 seats
  • ✓ Unlimited REST API
  • ✓ All 24 EU languages
  • ✓ EUR 2/extra DPP
Get started

Growth

EUR 500/month

300 DPPs

  • ✓ Everything in Starter
  • ✓ Unlimited supplier requests
  • ✓ Analytics
  • ✓ Regulatory alerts
  • ✓ 5 seats
  • ✓ EUR 1.50/extra DPP
Get started

Scale

EUR 1,000/month

1,000 DPPs

  • ✓ Everything in Growth
  • ✓ Compliance PDF reports
  • ✓ 10 seats
  • ✓ 3-month minimum term (early-exit fee up to 3 monthly fees)
  • ✓ EUR 0.75/extra DPP
Get started

Pro

EUR 2,000/month

5,000 DPPs

  • ✓ Everything in Scale
  • ✓ NFC tag linking
  • ✓ 25 seats
  • ✓ Priority support
  • ✓ 6-month minimum term (early-exit fee up to 3 monthly fees)
  • ✓ EUR 0.30/extra DPP
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Enterprise

Custom

Unlimited DPPs

  • ✓ Everything in Pro
  • ✓ Custom SLA
  • ✓ Dedicated onboarding
  • ✓ Custom integrations
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Annual billing is the default — saves about 15%. Monthly is available on every plan if you need it.

Basic, Starter, and Growth have no minimum term — cancel any time. On Scale, Pro, and Enterprise you can also leave any time at the end of the billing month, with an early-exit fee of up to 3 monthly fees while the minimum term runs. On annual billing (any plan), leaving early refunds the unused whole months, less the same fee. Published passports stay live for 30 days after the subscription ends, so QR codes on shipped products keep working while you decide — and every plan, Free included, can export the whole account from the dashboard, including after cancelling.

Higher-tier plans (Scale, Pro, Enterprise) have minimum terms of 3, 6, and 12 months respectively; you can leave any time at the end of the billing month, with an early-exit fee of up to 3 monthly fees. Scale and Pro are self-serve at checkout; contact us for Enterprise.

Frequently Asked Questions

What happens if I cancel my subscription?

You can cancel at any time, and your plan ends at the end of the current billing month. If a minimum term (Scale, Pro, Enterprise) or a prepaid annual year is still running then, an early-exit fee of up to 3 monthly fees applies; on annual billing it is deducted from the refund of unused months. Your published Digital Product Passports then stay accessible via QR code and Digital Link for 30 days after the subscription ends. During this grace period, QR codes on shipped products keep resolving as normal. After 30 days, passports stop resolving publicly. Resubscribing at any point brings them back — before the 30 days nothing is interrupted, and afterwards the expired passports return to published automatically, as many as your plan allows. Your data is kept after you leave and can be exported — every plan, Free included, can export the whole account from the dashboard as one ZIP, the REST API reads your passports and products on every plan (daily caps only on Free and Basic, Starter and above unlimited), and resubscribing before the erasure date restores everything (Terms of Service §10a).

What if my payment fails?

Published passports stay live — QR codes on shipped products keep working even when billing lapses. New passport creation, AI extraction, and supplier requests are paused. You have 14 days to resolve billing before the 30-day passport grace window starts; settling the invoice at any point lifts all restrictions automatically, and any passports that had already expired come back online, as many as your plan allows.

Can I take my data with me?

Yes. The data you enter belongs to you, with no lock-in. Every plan, including Free, includes a full-account export in the dashboard, available to an account admin even after you cancel: one ZIP with every passport and product as JSON-LD (provenance and the audit trail preserved), the EPCIS events, every uploaded document, supplier requests with the responses, passport version history with the signed credentials, battery measurements, and daily scan analytics. After your plan ends, your data stays retrievable for at least 30 days and is kept until 12 months after that, unless you ask for earlier erasure — so you can re-subscribe and continue where you left off (Terms of Service §10a).

What happens when I downgrade?

Passports never disappear just because you downgraded. Upgrades apply immediately with prorated charges. Downgrades that reduce the passport cap charge an overage fee on the remaining passports at the new plan's per-DPP rate — we warn you before confirming so there's no surprise.

Do I need to give the AI training data?

No. The AI reads your uploaded documents and can also research the public web for missing fields. Every field you approve, modify, or reject then improves confidence scores for your future extractions — and accepted manufacturer names are shared across your own workspace so your team doesn't re-enter them.

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