Deep dives on EU DPP regulations, passport data models, and what compliance-aware manufacturers need to prepare for.
Scan to open on your phoneView live demo passportA Digital Product Passport is a structured digital record that accompanies a physical product across its lifecycle, carrying information about composition, origin, environmental footprint, repair and recycling instructions, and regulatory compliance status. Under the EU's Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR, Regulation 2024/1781) and the EU Battery Regulation (2023/1542), DPPs will be mandatory for most product categories sold in the EU between 2027 and 2030, accessed via a data carrier — typically a GS1 Digital Link QR code or NFC tag — printed on or attached to the product.
Read the full explainer →Field-by-field breakdown of every mandatory data point required by Feb 2027. Organised into 7 sections, with regulation references and source-data guidance for each field.
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Textiles: 2027 or 2029? Both years are official EU sources measuring different events, about two years apart. Here's which one is actually your deadline.
Read →No EU portal accepts DPP data. You build a DPP on a compliant platform: pick a template, fill the fields, and publish — generating a GS1 Digital Link QR code.
Read →Lamps have no binding DPP deadline. ESPR sets no requirements directly — obligations need a delegated act, none adopted for lamps or electronics yet.
Read →Art. 13 labelling, Annex VIII technical docs, and the Art. 77 passport are three distinct obligations under EU Reg 2023/1542, with staggered dates.
Read →A tier-1 supplier declaration tells you what your direct supplier asserts — not what's verifiable or upstream. Why DPP data needs evidence and chain depth.
Read →How Vantony, a Bulgarian fine-jewellery brand, became a TracePass design partner — putting provenance and materials data on every piece, before any mandate.
Read →Textiles are an ESPR priority for the EU Digital Product Passport. What a textile DPP will require, the honest timeline, and how to prepare now.
Read →Batteries need a DPP by 18 Feb 2027. Other ESPR groups await delegated acts. Find your group, your date, and the honest caveats.
Read →Repurposing an EV battery for storage is a new placing on the market — it generally needs a new battery passport linked to the original.
Read →A battery DPP is Annex XIII; electronics, 167 fields. Cost and timeline hinge on how they get filled — a consulting project, or an automated pipeline.
Read →Plain-language definition of the EU Digital Product Passport — what it is, what it isn't, who must file one, and the timeline for the 12 covered categories.
Read →60% of a DPP project timeline is supplier data collection, not the regulation. The four process changes that shrink a 16-week effort to 2 weeks.
Read →Battery passports become mandatory in February 2027. What the regulation requires, which batteries are in scope, and what manufacturers need to prepare now.
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