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description: ESPR is the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (EU) 2024/1781, in force since 18 July 2024. It is the umbrella law that makes the Digital Product Passport mandatory, rolling it out product group by product group through delegated acts expected across roughly 2027–2030.
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# ESPR

> ESPR is the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (EU) 2024/1781, in force since 18 July 2024. It is the umbrella law that makes the Digital Product Passport mandatory, rolling it out product group by product group through delegated acts expected across roughly 2027–2030.

ESPR is the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (EU) 2024/1781, in force since 18 July 2024. It is the umbrella law that makes the Digital Product Passport mandatory, rolling it out product group by product group through delegated acts expected across roughly 2027–2030.

ESPR replaces and broadens the old Ecodesign Directive 2009/125/EC, extending ecodesign requirements far beyond energy-related products to almost every physical good sold in the EU. It sets the legal basis for performance and information requirements — durability, reparability, recycled content, hazardous substances — and for the Digital Product Passport that carries them.

Crucially, ESPR itself does not list the exact fields per product. It empowers the Commission to adopt delegated acts that set DPP requirements for each product group. The first working plan prioritises groups like textiles/apparel, iron and steel, aluminium, furniture and tyres, with rules and dates fixed only when each delegated act lands. Where you see a specific DPP date for a product group, it traces back to that group's delegated act, not to ESPR itself.

## FAQ

### Is the Digital Product Passport mandatory now under ESPR?

ESPR is in force, but the DPP obligation switches on per product group when that group's delegated act applies — not all at once. The EU Battery Regulation runs the first passport on its own timeline (battery passport mandatory 18 February 2027); other groups follow as their ESPR delegated acts land across roughly 2027–2030.

### Which products does ESPR cover?

Almost any physical product placed on the EU market, with narrow exceptions (e.g. food, feed, medicinal products). The Commission sets specific requirements per prioritised product group through delegated acts rather than regulating every product at once.

## Related terms

- [Digital Product Passport (DPP)](https://www.tracepass.eu/glossary/digital-product-passport)
- [Delegated act](https://www.tracepass.eu/glossary/delegated-act)
- [EU Battery Regulation](https://www.tracepass.eu/glossary/eu-battery-regulation)
- [EU DPP Registry](https://www.tracepass.eu/glossary/eu-dpp-registry)