The registry is deliberately thin. It does not store the full passport — that lives at the economic operator's chosen address, reached through the data carrier — but it does store the mapping: the product's unique identifier and a pointer to where the passport actually resides, plus, where relevant, the commodity code and a reference to the DPP service provider holding the passport's back-up copy. This index lets authorities (especially customs at the EU border) look up a product and verify a passport exists without crawling every operator's site.
The registry has been live since July 2026, with its rules set by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1778. Operators can already enrol, but no product group can register passports yet. Batteries are the only group the registry offers: the Commission has published the battery data model that registration checks each passport against, but the registry's check against it is not yet switched on, and the Commission has said registration will be available to economic operators from February 2027. Go-live of the registry is also distinct from any individual product's compliance date: a product only has to be registered once its product group's delegated act (or, for batteries, Regulation (EU) 2023/1542) makes the passport mandatory. The registry is the plumbing; the delegated acts decide when each product flows through it.
Frequently asked
Is the EU DPP Registry live?
Yes — it has been operational since July 2026, but for now it only accepts operator enrolment: no product group can register passports yet. The Commission has published the battery data model, but the registry's check against it is not yet switched on; the Commission has said registration will be available to economic operators from February 2027. Being live does not by itself make any individual product's passport mandatory — that timing is set by each product group's delegated act (or, for batteries, Regulation (EU) 2023/1542).
Does the EU DPP Registry store the whole passport?
No. It stores each product's unique identifier and a pointer to where the passport actually lives, plus, where relevant, the commodity code and a reference to the DPP service provider holding the passport's back-up copy. The full passport is hosted at the operator's chosen address and reached through the product's data carrier.
Who uses the EU DPP Registry?
Primarily authorities — customs at the EU border and market-surveillance bodies — to look up a product by its identifier and confirm a registered passport exists. Economic operators register their products and identifiers into it; consumers normally reach a passport by scanning the carrier, not via the registry. The customs check applies to ESPR products; a battery passport's registration identifier is not entered in the customs declaration (Commission Battery Passport FAQ §4.1).