Every regulatory event we track that touches a Digital Product Passport schema, paired with the action we took (or deliberately didn't take). The companion to the matrix pages — those show what we model today; this shows how we got here.
We changed something in response — added fields, changed an enum, bumped a template version.
Tracking the event; no schema change is needed yet, or the change hasn't landed.
Noted, full impact assessment ongoing — likely to graduate to monitoring or schema-bumped.
Observed, not relevant to current schemas — kept here for the audit trail.
30 April 2026 · TracePass · ESPR · GS1 Digital Link
Machine-readable enum values across all 12 product-category templates now carry localised labels in 24 EU languages. The display layer resolves the consumer's locale to the right label; the underlying enum keys are unchanged so passports created before this change continue to validate.
No schema-key change. Label additions only. No migration required for in-flight passports.
15 April 2026 · TracePass · ESPR · Templates
Five new templates published (jewellery 52 fields, chemicals 96, furniture 80, tyres 95, electronics 166). Each is speculative-but-anchored against companion regulations: REACH + CLP for chemicals, Tyre Labelling 2020/740 for tyres, Ecodesign + EPREL for electronics, EN durability standards + FSC for furniture, RJC + OECD + Kimberley for jewellery.
Q4 2024 · Battery Regulation · Article 6 · Methodology
The Joint Research Centre and the European Commission continue to refine the carbon-footprint calculation rules and performance-class boundaries that implement Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2023/1542. The final implementing act will lock the methodology used to declare values for electric-vehicle, light-means-of-transport (LMT), and rechargeable industrial batteries above 2 kWh.
Pending review. The battery template's CF fields are already in place; values declared against an older methodology stay valid until the customer republishes. We expect to bump the schema only if new fields are introduced — not for value-recalculation only.
18 July 2024 · ESPR · Framework
The Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) entered into force, establishing the framework for ecodesign requirements across product categories. The regulation does not create per-category obligations directly — those will come through delegated acts on per-category timelines, which TracePass tracks separately.
Monitoring. Templates v1 followed in April 2026 — speculative-but-anchored coverage for the five categories most likely to receive early delegated acts.
17 August 2023 · Battery Regulation · Framework
The foundational regulation for the EU Battery Passport. Articles 6, 7, 11, 14, and 77 establish the core data points for industrial, electric-vehicle, light-means-of-transport, and SLI batteries. The Battery Passport itself becomes mandatory on 18 February 2027 under Article 77.
Battery template created in response. The article-by-article coverage is documented separately on the Battery Reg matrix page.
Where this fits: see the buyer's guide
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