EU DPP registry opens
Economic operators register passports before placing products on the market. Registration requires qualified eIDAS sealing (QTSP onboarding in its final stage). Proof of registration is valid for 90 days.
The compliance guide, the readiness check, live demo passports, standards references and a DPP quick reference — all free.
Regulation EU 2023/1542 requires a passport for every EV and industrial battery over 2 kWh placed on the EU market. The DIN DKE SPEC 99100 profile defines 110 fields across identity, carbon footprint, materials and state of health. The compliance guide covers what to prepare and in what order.
Read the compliance guide →Deadlines, obligations by role, and a 12-point readiness checklist. 10 pages, instant PDF.
Answer a few questions about your products and role. Get your deadline and a gap list.
Open live passports for a battery, a garment and an electronics product. Scan or click.
From product data to published passport: import, profile mapping, sealing, hosting.
ESPR 2024/1781, EU 2023/1542, GS1 Digital Link, DIN DKE SPEC 99100 — what each one requires.
Registry opening, battery mandate, delegated acts per sector. Dates, not estimates.
The importer carries the passport obligation for non-EU goods. How to handle it.
The whole flow in 60 seconds — collect, structure, trace, supply, review, publish.
A 20-minute walkthrough with a DPP specialist, scoped to your sector and role.
Economic operators register passports before placing products on the market. Registration requires qualified eIDAS sealing (QTSP onboarding in its final stage). Proof of registration is valid for 90 days.
Regulation EU 2023/1542 requires a passport for EV and industrial batteries over 2 kWh. The DIN DKE SPEC 99100 profile defines 110 fields.
Under ESPR 2024/1781, delegated acts extend passport duties to textiles, electronics and furniture between 2027 and 2028. Each act sets the sector's data fields and start date.
For goods made outside the EU, the importer — not the foreign manufacturer — is the economic operator responsible for the passport. CBAM has been definitive since January 2026.
Passport data must remain available for up to 15 years, backed by an independent backup provider. Your DPP cannot depend on a single vendor staying online.
Each delegated act sets the level. Batteries need item-level passports with unique identifiers; other sectors may allow model or batch level.
Digital Product Passport. A structured, machine-readable record of a product's identity, materials, compliance and circularity data, reachable from a data carrier on the product.
Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation, EU 2024/1781. The framework regulation that makes passports mandatory sector by sector.
A sector-specific EU rule adopted under ESPR. It sets the data fields, granularity level and start date for that product group.
The standard that turns a product identifier into a web URL, so one QR code resolves to the passport and other product services.
Global Trade Item Number. The GS1 product identifier, the base of most Digital Link URLs.
Passport fields are visible to different audiences: public, customs and market surveillance authorities, and legitimate-interest parties such as repairers and recyclers.
The party responsible for compliance for a product placed on the EU market: manufacturer, importer or, in defined cases, distributor.
An EU-established party appointed in writing by a non-EU manufacturer to carry out compliance duties on its behalf.
Qualified electronic seal certificate under eIDAS. Required to sign registry submissions and prove which legal entity issued the passport data.
Plain-English guides to the regulation, the deadlines, the requirements and the standards — written to answer the questions buyers actually ask.
The complete guide — what it is, what it contains, who it affects.
The regulation behind the passport, in plain English.
Every date in one table, 2026–2030.
Open since 19 July 2026 — what it validates and requires.
Obligation by role, and the importer trap.
What data a passport must carry.
The six-step process, in order.
Mandatory 18 Feb 2027 — scope and fields.
The seven capabilities that matter.
Cost drivers and published pricing.
The complete library — every guide, sector page, tool and reference we publish, in one place.