EU’s Digital Product Passport Registry goes live

On 20 July, the European Commission launched 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. 

Established under the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (EU) 2024/1781, the Digital Product Passport is a digital identity card for products, components, and materials, which will store relevant information to support products’ sustainability and promote their circularity. It is designed to strengthen supply chain transparency, support more informed consumer choices and facilitate compliance across the Single Market. While product data is stored in a decentralised manner, economic operators must register each Digital Product Passport in the Registry, which provides the secure infrastructure needed to register unique product identifiers and associated metadata.

The Registry will support products covered by the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation, including textiles, steel and aluminium, tyres, furniture, ICT products and energy-related products. It will also support product groups covered by other Union legislation requiring Digital Product Passport registration, including certain large batteries, construction products, toys, detergents, and end-user surfactants. 

The DPP is mandatory for all products imported into the EU market if a product-specific delegated act under the Ecodesign Regulation requires a product to have a DPP. The economic operator responsible for placing these products on the EU market must ensure the presence of the DPP.

Online marketplaces will need to make DPPs accessible if they sell their products in the EU. Market surveillance authorities will monitor online marketplaces to identify non-compliant products sold online. Failure to comply with the DPP requirements may lead to penalties or the removal of non-compliant products from the EU market.

The current testing phase will help ensure a smooth rollout ahead of the first implementation deadline on 18 February 2027 for certain types of large batteries. 

Economic operators can now access the testing environment, technical documentation, implementation guidelines, webinars, and the latest information through the new DPP website. A dedicated helpdesk is also available to support businesses throughout the registration process. 

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The DPP Registry