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title: Detergent Passports — for the one chemicals rule that is already law
description: Detergents get a real digital product passport on 23 September 2029 under Reg (EU) 2026/405. Upload your SDS — TracePass fills the Annex VI dataset from it.
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source: "https://www.tracepass.eu/detergents"
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# Detergent Passports — for the one chemicals rule that is already law

> Detergents get a real digital product passport on 23 September 2029 under Reg (EU) 2026/405. Upload your SDS — TracePass fills the Annex VI dataset from it.

Regulation (EU) 2026/405 creates a mandatory digital product passport for detergents and end-user surfactants from 23 September 2029 — Article 21, with the dataset in Annex VI. It is not an ESPR delegated act waiting to be written; it is adopted law with a date. TracePass reads your safety data sheet and fills the passport fields from it.

## Who it's for

Manufacturers and importers of laundry and dishwasher detergents, cleaning products, and surfactants sold to end users in the EU.

## How TracePass helps

- SDS PDF extraction: the AI reads sections 1–16 and fills composition, classification, hazard and safe-use fields automatically.
- Annex VI Part A dataset modelled as distinct fields — trade name, UPI, manufacturer UOI, DPP service provider reference, traceability identifier, commodity code, and the full list of intentionally added substances identified per CLP Art. 18(3).
- Banded ingredient content kept separate from the passport. The <5 % / 5–15 % / 15–30 % / ≥30 % ranges are an Annex V LABELLING duty, not passport data — Annex VI Part A carries no concentrations at all. We cite each to the annex that actually mandates it.
- Intentionally added micro-organisms captured with genus, species and strain, as Annex VI Part A(i) requires for probiotic detergents.
- ECHA SVHC candidate list checked at save time — substances flagged automatically with proof of the check.
- Null-with-evidence saves for fields that do not apply to your product. 'Not applicable, per SDS section X' is a compliant answer, not a blank.

## What the template covers

- Trade name + unique product identifier + packaging image
- Manufacturer contact + unique operator identifier
- Full list of intentionally added substances (CLP Art. 18(3))
- Intentionally added micro-organisms (genus / species / strain)
- Surfactant, phosphate and phosphonate content bands (Annex V label)
- Biodegradability of surfactants
- CLP classification + hazard / precautionary statements + UFI

## FAQ

### Is the detergent passport actually law, or another 'expected' ESPR act?

It is adopted law. Regulation (EU) 2026/405 was adopted on 11 February 2026 and applies from 23 September 2029. Article 21 requires the manufacturer to create a digital product passport before placing a detergent or end-user surfactant on the market, and Annex VI Part A sets the dataset. That is a different situation from most DPP categories, where the obligation still depends on an ESPR delegated act nobody has written yet.

### Do the ingredient percentage bands go in the passport?

No, and this catches people out. The <5 % / 5–15 % / 15–30 % / ≥30 % bands are an Annex V labelling duty. Annex VI Part A — the passport dataset — carries no concentrations at all: point (h) is a full list of intentionally added substances identified per CLP Article 18(3). We model the banded values as label data and the substance list as passport data, and cite each to the annex that actually mandates it.

### We only sell industrial and institutional detergents. Does the same dataset apply?

Lighter, in one specific way. Annex VI Part A states that the full substance list in point (h) does not apply to industrial and institutional detergents, or to surfactants, where the equivalent information is provided in a REACH Article 31 safety data sheet. The same carve-out exists for the label in Annex V. The rest of the passport dataset still applies.

### The SVHC candidate list changes twice a year. Will our fields silently fall out of date?

TracePass structures SVHC and REACH data as distinct DPP fields with source attribution back to the originating SDS, so you always see which document a substance entry came from and when it was approved. When a candidate list update affects you, you re-run extraction on the relevant SDS and review the changed fields rather than rebuilding the passport. The AI flags low-confidence matches for your review, so you stay the decision-maker on every regulated substance entry.