What is a Digital Product Passport (DPP)?
The Digital Product Passport (DPP) is a digital container for products, components, and materials, which will store relevant information to support products’ sustainability, promote their circularity and strengthen and facilitate legal compliance.
The DPP will help businesses, consumers, repairers and recyclers, and public authorities access reliable product information in a more transparent and standardised digital way.
The DPP will be introduced progressively across selected product groups. Initial sectors include certain types of batteries, with additional product groups expected to follow, such as textiles, iron and steel and construction products.
Depending on the product group, the DPP may include information related to a product’s safety, origin, materials, repairability, environmental performance, reuse and recycling, among others.
Legal basis
The legal basis for the DPP is the Ecodesign Regulation (ESPR) (EU) 2024/1781. The specific DPP requirements for a product are defined in one of two ways: either through the foreseen product-specific 'delegated acts' adopted under the Ecodesign Regulation including:
- 2026 – Iron and steel
- 2026–2029 – Energy-related products
- 2027 – Textiles, tyres, and aluminium
- 2028 – Furniture
- 2029 – Mattresses and ICT products
Or through separate, standalone EU legislation (such as Batteries Regulation, Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), European Critical Raw Materials Act, Toys Safety Regulation, Construction Products Regulation and Detergents & Surfactants Regulation).
Benefits
Due to more efficient information sharing, the DPP can offer a wide range of benefits:
- Traceability and transparency across value chains;
- Access to information about product sustainability;
- Support for and enabling of sustainable, circular business models;
- Improved accessibility and interoperability of product data across regulatory frameworks;
- Better enforcement of non-compliant goods;
- Protection of human health, safety and the environment.
Find information relevant for you
Different stakeholders will interact with the DPP in different ways. Select the area most relevant to you.
DPP timeline*
* This is an indicative timeline and subject to publication requirements
Following the adoption of ESPR delegated acts, economic operators will have a transition period of at least 18 months.
- July 2026DPP Registry framework established
Implementing Act for the DPP Registry; Implementing Decision on six DPP standards
- 20 July 2026DPP Registry becomes operational
The Digital Product Passport Registry becomes operational.
- September 2026Implementing Decision on the remaining two DPP standards
- Q4 2026Sector-specific DPP requirements for iron and steel and Implementing Act for battery access rights
Adoption of the ESPR Delegated Act for Iron and Steel; Implementing Act for Batteries access rights
- 18 February 2027DPP mandatory for certain types of batteries
Digital Product Passports becomes mandatory for certain types of batteries, including electric vehicles, light means of transport and industrial batteries.
- Q2 2027DPP requirements for construction products and service providers
Delegated Act for DPP Service Providers, and Delegated Act for Construction Materials under the Construction Products Regulation (CPR).
- Q3 2027DPP requirements for service providers
Delegated Act for DPP Service Providers
- Q3–Q4 2027Sector-specific DPP requirements for textiles, aluminium and tyres
Adoption of ESPR Delegated Acts for Textiles, Aluminium and Tyres.
- 2028Sector-specific DPP requirements for furniture
Adoption of ESPR Delegated Act for Furniture.
- 2029Sector-specific DPP requirements for mattresses and recycled content
Adoption of ESPR Delegated Act for Mattresses; ESPR Delegated Act for Recycled Content.
How does the DPP work?
The DPP supports the EU's ambition to strengthen sustainable competitiveness and move towards a more circular economy.
By improving access to product information, the DPP can help products remain valuable for longer, support more efficient use of resources and contribute to more transparent value chains.
Step 1 - Product information is gathered
Economic operators gather the product information required under applicable EU legislation.
Step 2 - The DPP is created and registered
The DPP is created and registered in the Registry, while the complete product information is stored by the economic operator or a DPP service provider, together with the required DPP registration metadata. A digital data carrier, such as a QR code, links the physical product to its DPP.
Step 3 - Registry generates a Unique Registration Identifier (URI)
Once the product is registered, the Registry generates a unique URI for the DPP. For imported products, this can be checked at customs. Products manufactured in the EU must also be registered before they are placed on the market.
Step 4 - Information is accessed according to user roles
By scanning the data carrier, different users can access the DPP information relevant to them. Access rights are managed in accordance with applicable EU legislation.
Step 5 - The DPP supports transparency and compliance
Consumers can access key product information to support informed purchasing decisions, repairers and recyclers can retrieve information relevant to their activities, and public authorities can verify compliance and support market surveillance.
DPP guidance by sector
Batteries are the first product group for which a DPP will become mandatory in the European Union.
Iron and steel are among the priority product groups identified under the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) for the introduction of DPPs.
Textile apparel is among the priority product groups identified under the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) for the introduction of DPPs.
Latest news
The European Commission launches the Digital Product Passport Registry together with a testing environment, marking an important milestone in making the Digital Product Passport (DPP) a practical reality for businesses placing products on the EU market.
The European Commission has launched the new Digital Product Passport (DPP) web page, providing businesses, public authorities, consumers and other stakeholders with a central source of information on one of the key initiatives supporting Europe's transition to a circular economy.
Respond by 27 August to help shape the future of product information along the entire value chain.
The Commission has launched a public consultation on the future Digital Product Passport (DPP).
Resources & documentation
Access guidance, tools and supporting materials related to the implementation and use of the DPP.
Technical Guidelines
- Digital Batteries Passport - Data Points by Category (last update July 2026)
- DPP Registry - User Guide for Economic Operators (last update July 2026, changes to pages 11, 15, 23–26)
