The EU does not set one flat fine for a missing Digital Product Passport. ESPR requires each member state to lay down penalties that are 'effective, proportionate and dissuasive', and it hands market-surveillance and customs authorities real enforcement powers. So the practical cost of non-compliance is rarely a single fine — it is losing access to the market.
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ESPR leaves the penalties themselves to each EU member state, with one instruction: they must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. In practice that can mean fines, confiscation of the revenue earned from the non-compliant product, and time-limited exclusion from public tenders and public funding. Because it is national, the exact figure varies country to country — there is no single EU-wide number.
Long before a fine, the operational powers apply. National market-surveillance authorities can order corrective action and restrict, withdraw or recall a product from sale. Customs can detain a shipment at the EU border — the registry's proof of registration is the document that clears goods, so a missing or invalid passport means the goods do not move. For batteries from 18 February 2027, no passport means no sale.
The line items add up fast: recall and re-labelling logistics, shipments stuck at the border, lost tenders (green public procurement increasingly requires the passport data), and reputational damage — which for a brand already dealing with a recall or safety issue can be existential. The passport is cheaper than any one of these.
Build the passport from the documents you already hold, seal it with qualified eIDAS sealing (QTSP onboarding in its final stage), register it, and keep it reachable for the product's 15-year lifetime. That is the whole job — and it is what PassPer does end to end. Start with the free readiness check to see which regulations and deadlines apply to you.
Take the 2-minute readiness check, watch the 10-minute interactive walkthrough, or download the full 2026 compliance guide. No account needed.