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.
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 a qualified eIDAS seal, 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.