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. The EU Battery Regulation (2023/1542) requires one for LMT, industrial (above 2 kWh) and electric-vehicle batteries from 18 February 2027; detergents (from 23 September 2029), toys (from 1 August 2030) and cars and vans (from 1 September 2032) follow under their own acts. Construction products need one only after a delegated act under the Construction Products Regulation (CPR, Regulation 2024/3110) sets up their passport system; under the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR, Regulation 2024/1781), most other product categories need one only once a delegated act is adopted for them. None of these delegated acts has been adopted yet. The passport is 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 from 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 pilot — 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 from 18 Feb 2027, then detergents (2029), toys (2030) and cars (2032). ESPR groups await delegated acts. Find your date.
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, 160 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 13 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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