Readiness

The Digital Product Passport checklist

Getting to a compliant passport is less about one big task and more about a dozen small ones done in the right order. Here is the practical checklist — the data, the proof behind it, the identifiers, the seal, the filing, and the parts teams routinely miss.

Use it as a gate: if you can tick every box below, you can register a passport today. If you can't, the gaps are your project plan.

1 · Know which rules apply

Identify your product group and its regulation — an ESPR delegated act, the EU Battery Regulation, the recast Construction Products Regulation, or the Toy Safety Regulation — and its date. If you're unsure, that's step zero. See is a DPP mandatory and the deadline table.

2 · Assemble the data — with evidence

Gather the five families: identity (GTIN / GS1 Digital Link, batch or item IDs, commodity code), compliance (declaration of conformity, CE, certificates, test reports), materials & substances (composition, recycled content, REACH), circularity (durability, reparability, recycling), and footprint (carbon). Every value needs its source document — a claim without evidence fails inspection.

3 · Get the identifiers and carrier

A GTIN, a GS1 Digital Link, and a QR or Data Matrix that prints and resolves reliably at label size.

4 · Seal and register

A qualified eIDAS seal on every version, submission to the EU DPP Registry, and the proof of registration (valid 90 days, regenerable).

5 · Host it for 15 years

The passport must stay reachable for the product's regulated lifetime via an independent backup provider — a dead QR is a compliance failure, not a passport.

The parts most companies miss

Four things sink timelines: supplier data collection (months of chasing), evidence provenance (the document behind each claim), per-version re-sealing (every update is re-sealed), and long-term hosting. Want the gaps flagged for your products? Run the free readiness check.

Frequently asked questions

What do I need for a Digital Product Passport?

Structured data with evidence, product identifiers and a GS1 Digital Link, a QR/Data Matrix carrier, a qualified eIDAS seal, registry filing, and hosting for the product's 15-year lifetime.

What do companies underestimate about the DPP?

Supplier data collection, the evidence behind each claim, re-sealing every version, and keeping the passport reachable long-term.

How long does DPP readiness take?

Typically six to twelve months, with supplier data collection the critical path.

Can I check my readiness quickly?

Yes — the free readiness check maps your products to their regulations and flags the gaps in about two minutes.

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