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title: "EU Digital Product Passport (DPP) Scope and Readiness Guide"
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description: "Official source guide to ESPR Digital Product Passport scope, product-group rollout, data carriers, unique identifiers, registry, portal, customs access and data readiness."
published_at: "2026-03-04"
updated_at: "2026-03-04"
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  - "EU Digital Product Passport"
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  - "Regulation (EU) 2024/1781"
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# EU Digital Product Passport (DPP) Scope and Readiness Guide

Official source guide to ESPR Digital Product Passport scope, product-group rollout, data carriers, unique identifiers, registry, portal, customs access and data readiness.

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*Digital Product Passport* *Free Resource*

## EU Digital Product Passport Scope and Readiness Guide

This hub helps prepare for the ESPR Digital Product Passport (Regulation (EU) 2024/1781): map the product group, data carrier, unique identifier, and access levels before delegated acts land.

Practical guidance to plan with; validate your product group, the Annex III data fields, data carrier, and access rights against the applicable delegated act and your own legal requirements.

[Review DPP readiness](/contact.md)

## What the guide helps you check

- **Product-group scope**: Track whether the product is in an ESPR priority group such as iron and steel, aluminium, textiles, furniture, tyres, detergents, paints, lubricants, chemicals, energy-related products, ICT products or other electronics.
- **Passport design**: Prepare the data carrier, unique product identifier, model/batch/item level, open data format, backup hosting, access rights and update permissions before vendor selection.
- **Registry and controls**: Plan registry uploads, unique registration identifiers, public portal searchability, market-surveillance access and customs checks for release for free circulation.

By Sorena AI | Updated 2026 | No signup required

### Quick scan

*DPP*

- **Start with the delegated act**: Do not treat DPP as a fixed spreadsheet. The delegated act determines the data, access rights, update roles, presentation of the data carrier, passport level and availability period.
- **Design for multiple audiences**: Consumers, repairers, refurbishers, recyclers, market-surveillance authorities, customs authorities and other actors receive access based on rights set for the product group.
- **Keep customs data aligned**: For products released for free circulation, registry data must connect the unique registration identifier, unique identifiers and commodity code so customs can perform electronic checks.

Use the timeline and topic guides to turn DPP readiness into product data governance: identifiers, carrier placement, data model, registry upload, service-provider controls, access rules and evidence ownership.

| Value | Metric |
| --- | --- |
| Articles 9-15 | DPP framework |
| Annex III | Data elements |
| 19 Jul 2026 | Registry setup |
| Article 18 | Product priorities |

**Key highlights:** Delegated act first | Model, batch or item | Data carrier | Unique identifiers | Access rights | Registry and portal | Customs checks

## Primary sources

- [Regulation (EU) 2024/1781](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1781/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) - Primary legal source for the page's DPP scope, Articles 9-15 requirements, Article 18 priority product groups, Annex III data elements, registry, portal and customs-control framing.
  - Quote: "The data in the digital product passport shall be accurate, complete and up to date."
- [European Commission: Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation](https://commission.europa.eu/energy-climate-change-environment/standards-tools-and-labels/products-labelling-rules-and-requirements/ecodesign-sustainable-products-regulation_en?ref=sorena.io) - Supports the page's positioning of ESPR as the policy framework for sustainable-product requirements and DPP rollout.
  - Quote: "aims to significantly improve the sustainability of products placed on the EU market"
- [European Commission: DPP consultation launch](https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/news/commission-launches-consultation-digital-product-passport-2025-04-09_en?ref=sorena.io) - Supports the discussion of DPP service-provider storage, management and certification questions as implementation-readiness topics.
  - Quote: "The objective is to gather stakeholders' views on how data should be stored and managed by service providers"
- [CEN-CENELEC workshop on DPP design guidance](https://www.cencenelec.eu/news-events/news/2024/workshop/2024-06-24-circthread/?ref=sorena.io) - Supports the page's implementation focus on data carrier choices, information portal contents, information exchanges and the DPP designer role.
  - Quote: "guidelines for decision-making on designing a Digital Product Passport"
- [ETSI ES 204 082](https://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_es/204000_204099/204082/01.01.01_60/es_204082v010101p.pdf?ref=sorena.io) - Supports the page's data-model framing for sustainability and circularity information, especially structured product information and implementation considerations for ICT goods.
  - Quote: "structured collection of product-specific data conveyed through a unique identifier"

## Topic Guides

- [Annex III Data Model Planning for EU Digital Product Passports](/artifacts/eu/digital-product-passport/annex-iii-data-model-planning.md): Plan EU Digital Product Passport data fields, identifiers, access rights, update owners, registry inputs, and evidence records against ESPR Annex III and product-specific delegated acts.
- [Digital Product Passport vs Digital Twin](/artifacts/eu/digital-product-passport/dpp-vs-digital-twin.md): Compare EU Digital Product Passports with digital twins: legal access duties, identifiers, public and restricted data, evidence, governance, and reuse limits.
- [Digital Product Passport vs Paper Product Passports](/artifacts/eu/digital-product-passport/dpp-vs-traditional-product-passports.md): Compare EU regulated digital product passports with paper, PDF, web, and internal product passports across access, identifiers, data carriers, restricted data, customs checks, registry, and interoperability.
- [DPP customs access review workflow for ESPR products](/artifacts/eu/digital-product-passport/customs-access-review-workflow.md): Review public, restricted, and customs access for EU Digital Product Passports, including registry handoffs, portal access rights, and release-for-free-circulation evidence.
- [DPP Data Governance RACI Template for EU Digital Product Passports](/artifacts/eu/digital-product-passport/dpp-data-governance-raci-template.md): Assign accountable owners for EU Digital Product Passport data, access rights, supplier inputs, resolver links, registry uploads, verification checks, and retained evidence.
- [DPP data-model intake workflow for EU Digital Product Passports](/artifacts/eu/digital-product-passport/dpp-data-model-intake-workflow.md): A based ontake workflow for EU Digital Product Passport data models: product group, delegated-act status, source owner, supplier data, access class, identifiers, carrier, checks, and publication readiness.
- [DPP Governance, Verification and Audit Controls](/artifacts/eu/digital-product-passport/governance-verification-and-audit.md): Build EU Digital Product Passport governance controls for data owners, supplier evidence, access logs, validation checks, audit records, and product release gates.
- [DPP QR code vs NFC data carrier choices under EU ESPR](/artifacts/eu/digital-product-passport/faq/qr-code-vs-nfc-carrier-choices.md): How to choose QR code, NFC, or another data carrier for an EU Digital Product Passport without assuming ESPR mandates one universal carrier.
- [DPP registry and web portal integration under EU ESPR](/artifacts/eu/digital-product-passport/dpp-registry-and-web-portal-integration.md): Official source guide to EU Digital Product Passport registry and web portal integration under ESPR, covering identifiers, data carriers, access rights, service providers, and lookup design.
- [DPP vs Battery Passport: ESPR and Battery Regulation Comparison](/artifacts/eu/digital-product-passport/dpp-vs-battery-passport.md): Compare the ESPR Digital Product Passport framework with the EU Batteries Regulation battery passport by scope, timing, data, access rights, identifiers, registry, governance, and evidence.
- [DPP vs EPREL Comparison](/artifacts/eu/digital-product-passport/dpp-vs-eprel.md): Compare the EU Digital Product Passport with EPREL: product-passport scope, energy-label database role, access model, identifiers, data carriers, and overlap limits.
- [DPP vs GS1 Digital Link: Duties vs Standard](/artifacts/eu/digital-product-passport/dpp-vs-gs1-digital-link.md): Compare EU Digital Product Passport requirements with GS1 Digital Link: legal scope, identifiers, data carriers, access rights, registry, portal, customs checks, and implementation consequences.
- [EU Digital Product Passport access: public, restricted, and customs views](/artifacts/eu/digital-product-passport/public-restricted-and-customs-access.md): How ESPR Digital Product Passport access should be split across public users, restricted actors, authorities, customs, the EU registry, and the web portal.
- [EU Digital Product Passport API and resolver architecture](/artifacts/eu/digital-product-passport/api-and-resolver-architecture.md): Official source DPP architecture guidance for data carriers, product identifiers, resolver lookup paths, access rights, registry integration, and interoperability without premature protocol mandates.
- [EU Digital Product Passport Applicability Test](/artifacts/eu/digital-product-passport/applicability-test.md): Check whether an ESPR delegated act or battery passport rule may require a Digital Product Passport, which operator owns it, and what evidence to keep.
- [EU Digital Product Passport architecture and integration](/artifacts/eu/digital-product-passport/architecture-and-integration.md): Official source guide to EU Digital Product Passport architecture: data carriers, identifiers, access rights, registry, portal, supplier flows, customs checks, and governance.
- [EU Digital Product Passport checklist](/artifacts/eu/digital-product-passport/checklist.md): A concrete EU Digital Product Passport readiness checklist covering product-group scope, passport fields, identifiers, data carriers, access rights, supplier evidence, registry preparation, and publication controls.
- [EU Digital Product Passport compliance: ESPR requirements](/artifacts/eu/digital-product-passport/compliance.md): Official source EU Digital Product Passport compliance guide covering ESPR passport data, identifiers, data carriers, access rights, registry readiness, supplier validation, and evidence.
- [EU Digital Product Passport Data Carriers, Access Control, and UX](/artifacts/eu/digital-product-passport/data-carriers-access-control-and-ux.md): How to choose DPP data carriers, identifiers, access rights, and scanning UX under ESPR Articles 9-14, with QR, NFC, RFID, registry, and customs constraints.
- [EU Digital Product Passport data requirements and fields](/artifacts/eu/digital-product-passport/data-requirements-and-fields.md): How to plan Digital Product Passport data fields under ESPR: delegated-act scope, Annex III data categories, access rights, customs data, and supplier validation.
- [EU Digital Product Passport deadlines and compliance calendar](/artifacts/eu/digital-product-passport/deadlines-and-compliance-calendar.md): Official source EU Digital Product Passport calendar for ESPR and battery passport milestones, with product-group dates flagged as dependent on delegated acts.
- [EU Digital Product Passport FAQ](/artifacts/eu/digital-product-passport/faq.md): Direct answers on EU Digital Product Passport scope, creators, product groups, registry, customs checks, access rights, identifiers, data carriers, and governance.
- [EU Digital Product Passport identifier and data carrier design](/artifacts/eu/digital-product-passport/unique-identifier-and-data-carrier-design.md): How to design Digital Product Passport identifiers, QR or other data carriers, resolver links, registry records, access paths, and evidence without overclaiming the EU rules.
- [EU Digital Product Passport penalties and enforcement](/artifacts/eu/digital-product-passport/penalties-and-fines.md): What ESPR says about Digital Product Passport penalties, Member State fine rules, market surveillance, customs checks, and unresolved product-specific delegated acts.
- [EU Digital Product Passport Product Group Readiness](/artifacts/eu/digital-product-passport/product-group-readiness.md): Prepare product groups for EU Digital Product Passport rules by tracking ESPR delegated-act status, data fields, suppliers, identifiers, access rights, and registry handoffs.
- [EU Digital Product Passport requirements under ESPR](/artifacts/eu/digital-product-passport/requirements.md): cited overview of EU Digital Product Passport requirements under ESPR: product-specific delegated acts, data fields, identifiers, carriers, registry, access rights, supplier data validation, and open points.
- [EU Digital Product Passport supplier data validation controls](/artifacts/eu/digital-product-passport/supplier-data-validation.md): Build a supplier data validation file for EU Digital Product Passports: source owner, product link, access class, data model fit, evidence quality, approval record, and release gate.
- [EU DPP customs access: registry, portal, and restricted data](/artifacts/eu/digital-product-passport/faq/customs-access.md): FAQ on customs access under the EU Digital Product Passport: what customs can verify, how the registry and public portal differ, and how access rights limit DPP data.
- [EU DPP implementation playbook and vendor selection](/artifacts/eu/digital-product-passport/implementation-playbook-and-vendor-selection.md): Select Digital Product Passport vendors against ESPR requirements for identifiers, data carriers, access rights, decentralized storage, registry readiness, portal access, and verification evidence.
- [EU DPP Product-Group Readiness Checklist](/artifacts/eu/digital-product-passport/product-group-readiness-checklist.md): An official source checklist for preparing a product group for an EU Digital Product Passport delegated act, covering data fields, suppliers, identifiers, carriers, access rights, and registry readiness.
- [EU DPP QR Code and Data Carrier Implementation Guide](/artifacts/eu/digital-product-passport/dpp-qr-code-implementation-guide.md): Official source guidance for using QR codes and other data carriers in EU Digital Product Passport programs, including unique identifiers, access, resolver testing, and evidence.
- [EU DPP supplier data validation workflow](/artifacts/eu/digital-product-passport/supplier-data-validation-workflow.md): An official source workflow for checking supplier data before it is used in an EU Digital Product Passport, covering product linkage, evidence, owners, access class, and approval records.
- [EU DPP unique identifier requirements: product, operator and facility IDs](/artifacts/eu/digital-product-passport/faq/unique-identifier-requirements.md): FAQ on how ESPR Digital Product Passport identifiers connect products, economic operators, facilities, data carriers, resolvers and registry evidence.
- [Public vs restricted EU Digital Product Passport data](/artifacts/eu/digital-product-passport/faq/public-vs-restricted-passport-data.md): How to separate public, restricted, authority, and customs access in EU Digital Product Passport designs under ESPR and battery passport rules.
- [What is a Digital Product Passport under ESPR?](/artifacts/eu/digital-product-passport/what-is-a-dpp.md): A visitor-friendly explanation of EU Digital Product Passports under ESPR: product data, identifiers, data carriers, access rights, registry, web portal, and delegated acts.
- [What is the EU Digital Product Passport registry?](/artifacts/eu/digital-product-passport/faq/dpp-registry.md): FAQ on the ESPR Digital Product Passport registry: what it stores, who uploads data, how identifiers work, and what teams should avoid assuming.
- [Which products come first for the EU Digital Product Passport?](/artifacts/eu/digital-product-passport/faq/which-products-come-first.md): FAQ on EU Digital Product Passport product priority: batteries have a separate passport rule, while ESPR product groups depend on the working plan and delegated acts.
- [Who must create an EU Digital Product Passport?](/artifacts/eu/digital-product-passport/faq/who-must-create-a-digital-product-passport.md): DPP responsibility under the EU ESPR: how manufacturers, importers, distributors, suppliers, service providers, and delegated acts fit together.

## Key milestones for Digital Product Passport readiness

*DPP Timeline*

Use the milestone view to coordinate delegated-act monitoring, product-data modelling, supplier evidence, data-carrier decisions, registry integration, portal access, service-provider controls and customs-readiness work.

*Next step*

## Turn DPP readiness into owned product-data work

This DPP hub is the shared entry point for product, regulatory, engineering, supplier, sustainability and trade teams. Route confirmed duties into ESG Compliance and keep the supporting data model, identifier records, registry evidence and access-control decisions in SSOT.

- Start with product group, delegated-act status, placing-on-the-market path, economic operator role and whether the passport is expected at model, batch or item level.
- Use ESG Compliance to assign product-data, supplier-evidence, data-carrier, registry, portal, access-rights and customs-readiness tasks to accountable owners.
- Use SSOT to keep Annex III field mapping, unique product/operator/facility identifiers, commodity codes, backup-hosting records, update permissions and evidence exports together.
- Escalate unresolved delegated-act, service-provider certification, public-versus-restricted access and customs-interconnection questions before release planning.

- [Open ESG Compliance](/solutions/esg-compliance.md): Manage product-group monitoring, supplier evidence, sustainability data and DPP readiness work from one workflow.
- [Open SSOT](/solutions/ssot.md): Keep DPP data models, identifiers, carrier decisions, registry uploads, access rules and customs evidence in one governed system.
- **Download timeline**: Align delegated acts, registry setup, portal access, customs checks and product-data readiness.
- [Talk through DPP readiness](/contact.md): Review product scope, DPP data fields, identifier strategy, access controls, service-provider choices and release planning.

## Compliance Timeline

| Date | Event | Category | Reference |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2019-12-11 | European Green Deal adopted | Policy & Strategy | [Source](https://commission.europa.eu/energy-climate-change-environment/standards-tools-and-labels/products-labelling-rules-and-requirements/ecodesign-sustainable-products-regulation_en?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2020-03-11 | New Circular Economy Action Plan adopted | Policy & Strategy | [Source](https://commission.europa.eu/energy-climate-change-environment/standards-tools-and-labels/products-labelling-rules-and-requirements/ecodesign-sustainable-products-regulation_en?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2020-09-14 | Sustainable Products Initiative roadmap and consultation opens | Policy & Strategy | [Source](https://commission.europa.eu/energy-climate-change-environment/standards-tools-and-labels/products-labelling-rules-and-requirements/ecodesign-sustainable-products-regulation_en?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2022-03-30 | Commission adopts ESPR proposal | Legislation | [Source](https://commission.europa.eu/energy-climate-change-environment/standards-tools-and-labels/products-labelling-rules-and-requirements/ecodesign-sustainable-products-regulation_en?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2022-06-22 | Sustainable Products Initiative roadmap and consultation closes | Policy & Strategy | [Source](https://commission.europa.eu/energy-climate-change-environment/standards-tools-and-labels/products-labelling-rules-and-requirements/ecodesign-sustainable-products-regulation_en?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2022-11-22 | EESC opinion on the ESPR proposal published (OJ C 443) | Legislation | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1781/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2023-01-31 | ESPR public consultation on new product priorities opens | Policy & Strategy | [Source](https://commission.europa.eu/energy-climate-change-environment/standards-tools-and-labels/products-labelling-rules-and-requirements/ecodesign-sustainable-products-regulation_en?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2023-05-12 | ESPR public consultation on new product priorities closes | Policy & Strategy | [Source](https://commission.europa.eu/energy-climate-change-environment/standards-tools-and-labels/products-labelling-rules-and-requirements/ecodesign-sustainable-products-regulation_en?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2023-07-12 | Battery Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 dated | Legislation | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2023-07-28 | Battery Regulation published in the Official Journal | Legislation | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2023-08-17 | Battery Regulation enters into force | Legislation | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2023-12-05 | Provisional agreement on the ESPR welcomed | Legislation | [Source](https://commission.europa.eu/energy-climate-change-environment/standards-tools-and-labels/products-labelling-rules-and-requirements/ecodesign-sustainable-products-regulation_en?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2024-01-15 | ETSI TS 103 881 DPP opportunities specification available | Standards & Guidance | [Source](https://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_ts/103800_103899/103881/01.01.01_60/?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2024-02-08 | CIRPASS DPP system architecture deliverable (D3.2) delivered | Digital Product Passport | [Source](https://zenodo.org/records/10949842?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2024-02-18 | Battery Regulation starts applying generally | Legislation | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2024-02-29 | CIRPASS cross-sector and sector-specific DPP roadmaps delivered | Digital Product Passport | [Source](https://cirpassproject.eu/download/3200/?tmstv=1709569140&ref=sorena.io) |
| 2024-03-25 | CIRPASS DPP use cases report (D2.2) delivered | Digital Product Passport | [Source](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10974901?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2024-03-28 | CIRPASS DPP recommendations deliverable (v1.2) delivered | Digital Product Passport | [Source](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11127410?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2024-03-28 | CIRPASS DPP-related initiatives annex updated (D3.1 Annex v9, final) | Digital Product Passport | [Source](https://cirpassproject.eu/download/2151/?tmstv=1726733384&ref=sorena.io) |
| 2024-04-23 | European Parliament position on the ESPR proposal (23 April 2024) | Legislation | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1781/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2024-05-30 | CIRPASS DPP system roadmap final version completed (D3.4) | Digital Product Passport | [Source](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11096973?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2024-06-13 | ESPR Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 dated | Legislation | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1781/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2024-06-24 | Public call for participation: CWA 18186 DPP workshop | Standards & Guidance | [Source](https://www.cencenelec.eu/news-events/news/2024/workshop/2024-06-24-circthread/?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2024-06-28 | ESPR published in the Official Journal | Legislation | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1781/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2024-07-18 | ESPR enters into force | Legislation | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1781/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2024-07-19 | Commission news published on ESPR adoption | Legislation | [Source](https://commission.europa.eu/news-and-media/news/new-law-make-products-eu-market-more-sustainable-2024-07-19_en?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2025-01-07 | ETSI ES 204 082 DPP information model available | Standards & Guidance | [Source](https://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_es/204000_204099/204082/01.01.01_60/?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2025-02-19 | First Ecodesign Forum meeting (19-20 Feb 2025) | Implementation | [Source](https://commission.europa.eu/energy-climate-change-environment/standards-tools-and-labels/products-labelling-rules-and-requirements/ecodesign-sustainable-products-regulation_en?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2025-04-09 | Commission launches consultation on the Digital Product Passport | Digital Product Passport | [Source](https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/news/commission-launches-consultation-digital-product-passport-2025-04-09_en?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2025-04-16 | First ESPR and Energy Labelling Working Plan adopted and published | Implementation | [Source](https://commission.europa.eu/energy-climate-change-environment/standards-tools-and-labels/products-labelling-rules-and-requirements/ecodesign-sustainable-products-regulation_en?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2025-05-05 | CWA 18186:2025 Digital Product Passport workshop deliverable approved | Standards & Guidance | [Source](https://www.cencenelec.eu/media/CEN-CENELEC/CWAs/RI/2025/cwa18186_2025.pdf?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2025-05-13 | CWA 18186:2025 Digital Product Passport final text submitted to CEN | Standards & Guidance | [Source](https://www.cencenelec.eu/media/CEN-CENELEC/CWAs/RI/2025/cwa18186_2025.pdf?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2025-07-01 | DPP service-provider public consultation deadline | Digital Product Passport | [Source](https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/news/commission-launches-consultation-digital-product-passport-2025-04-09_en?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2025-07-19 | Deadline: first delegated act on destruction-ban derogations | Implementation | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1781/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2025-07-25 | Impact assessment on the Digital Product Passport published | Digital Product Passport | [Source](https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/news/take-part-our-impact-assessment-digital-product-passport-2025-07-25_en?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2025-08-27 | Deadline to respond to DPP impact assessment surveys | Digital Product Passport | [Source](https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/news/take-part-our-impact-assessment-digital-product-passport-2025-07-25_en?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2026-02-09 | Delegated and implementing acts on unsold consumer products adopted | Implementation | [Source](https://commission.europa.eu/energy-climate-change-environment/standards-tools-and-labels/products-labelling-rules-and-requirements/ecodesign-sustainable-products-regulation_en?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2026-02-12 | ISO/AWI 25534-1 Digital Product Passport project approved | Standards & Guidance | [Source](https://www.iso.org/standard/90652.html?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2026-07-19 | Commission must set up the Digital Product Passport registry | Digital Product Passport | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1781/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2026-07-19 | Prohibition starts: destruction of certain unsold consumer products | Implementation | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1781/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2026-08-18 | Commission battery-passport access-rights implementing acts due | Digital Product Passport | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2026-12-31 | Ecodesign Directive transition ends for listed in-flight product groups | Implementation | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1781/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2027-02-18 | Digital battery passport required for in-scope batteries | Digital Product Passport | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2027-02-18 | Battery QR code must link to the battery passport | Digital Product Passport | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1542/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2027-07-19 | Commission publishes consolidated info on destruction of unsold goods | Implementation | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1781/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2028-07-19 | First Commission market surveillance report due | Implementation | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1781/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2028-07-19 | Commission evaluates adding social sustainability requirements | Implementation | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1781/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2030-07-19 | Additional obligations apply to medium-sized enterprises | Implementation | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1781/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2030-07-19 | Commission evaluates ESPR and publishes findings | Implementation | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1781/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |
| 2030-12-31 | Final technical-amendment transition for legacy ecodesign measures ends | Implementation | [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1781/oj/eng?ref=sorena.io) |

**Event details:**

- **2019-12-11 - European Green Deal adopted**: European Green Deal adopted (Commission timeline item).
- **2020-03-11 - New Circular Economy Action Plan adopted**: Adoption of the New Circular Economy Action Plan (CEAP) (Commission timeline item).
- **2020-09-14 - Sustainable Products Initiative roadmap and consultation opens**: Public consultation and roadmap for the Sustainable Products Initiative opens (Commission timeline item: 14 September 2020 to 22 June 2022).
- **2022-03-30 - Commission adopts ESPR proposal**: Adoption of the ESPR proposal as part of the Sustainable Products Initiative (Commission timeline item).
- **2022-06-22 - Sustainable Products Initiative roadmap and consultation closes**: Public consultation and roadmap for the Sustainable Products Initiative closes (Commission timeline item: 14 September 2020 to 22 June 2022).
- **2022-11-22 - EESC opinion on the ESPR proposal published (OJ C 443)**: Official Journal reference for the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee: OJ C 443, 22.11.2022, p. 123.
- **2023-01-31 - ESPR public consultation on new product priorities opens**: Open Public Consultation on new product priorities for ESPR opens (Commission timeline item: 31 January 2023 to 12 May 2023).
- **2023-05-12 - ESPR public consultation on new product priorities closes**: Open Public Consultation on new product priorities for ESPR closes (Commission timeline item: 31 January 2023 to 12 May 2023).
- **2023-07-12 - Battery Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 dated**: Regulation (EU) 2023/1542, which creates the digital battery passport, is dated 12 July 2023.
- **2023-07-28 - Battery Regulation published in the Official Journal**: Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 was published in OJ L 191 on 28 July 2023.
- **2023-08-17 - Battery Regulation enters into force**: Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 enters into force on the twentieth day following publication in the Official Journal.
- **2023-12-05 - Provisional agreement on the ESPR welcomed**: Commission welcomes provisional agreement for more sustainable, repairable and circular products (Commission timeline item).
- **2024-01-15 - ETSI TS 103 881 DPP opportunities specification available**: The ETSI deliver repository lists ts_103881v010101p.pdf with a 15 January 2024 file date; the document history identifies V1.1.1 as a January 2024 publication.
- **2024-02-08 - CIRPASS DPP system architecture deliverable (D3.2) delivered**: CIRPASS deliverable D3.2 "DPP System Architecture" lists an actual delivery date of 8 February 2024 (Version 1.8).
- **2024-02-18 - Battery Regulation starts applying generally**: Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 applies from 18 February 2024, except for provisions with specific application dates.
- **2024-02-29 - CIRPASS cross-sector and sector-specific DPP roadmaps delivered**: CIRPASS report "Cross-sector and sector-specific DPP roadmaps" lists an actual delivery date of 29 February 2024 (Version 1.1).
- **2024-03-25 - CIRPASS DPP use cases report (D2.2) delivered**: CIRPASS deliverable D2.2 lists an actual delivery date of 25 March 2024 and Version 2.0 as March 2024.
- **2024-03-28 - CIRPASS DPP recommendations deliverable (v1.2) delivered**: CIRPASS recommendations deliverable (Version 1.2, May 2024) lists an actual delivery date of 28 March 2024.
- **2024-03-28 - CIRPASS DPP-related initiatives annex updated (D3.1 Annex v9, final)**: CIRPASS D3.1 Annex "DPP Related Initiatives" lists version V9 (final) with a revision history entry dated 28 March 2024.
- **2024-04-23 - European Parliament position on the ESPR proposal (23 April 2024)**: Position of the European Parliament of 23 April 2024 (referenced in Regulation (EU) 2024/1781).
- **2024-05-30 - CIRPASS DPP system roadmap final version completed (D3.4)**: CIRPASS D3.4 revision history lists V2.0, the final version after EC review, on 30 May 2024.
- **2024-06-13 - ESPR Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 dated**: Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 is dated 13 June 2024.
- **2024-06-24 - Public call for participation: CWA 18186 DPP workshop**: CEN-CENELEC published the public call for the Workshop "Guidelines to create a Digital Product Passport" on 24 June 2024.
- **2024-06-28 - ESPR published in the Official Journal**: Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 was published in the Official Journal on 28 June 2024.
- **2024-07-18 - ESPR enters into force**: Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 enters into force on the twentieth day following its publication in the Official Journal.
- **2024-07-19 - Commission news published on ESPR adoption**: Commission news page published 19 July 2024: "New law to make products on the EU market more sustainable".
- **2025-01-07 - ETSI ES 204 082 DPP information model available**: The ETSI deliver repository lists es_204082v010101p.pdf with a 7 January 2025 file date; the document history identifies V1.1.1 as a January 2025 publication.
- **2025-02-19 - First Ecodesign Forum meeting (19-20 Feb 2025)**: First Ecodesign Forum meeting held on 19-20 February 2025 (Commission timeline item).
- **2025-04-09 - Commission launches consultation on the Digital Product Passport**: Commission news page published 9 April 2025 announced a public consultation on the future Digital Product Passport.
- **2025-04-16 - First ESPR and Energy Labelling Working Plan adopted and published**: Adoption and publication of the first ESPR and Energy Labelling Working Plan (Commission timeline item).
- **2025-05-05 - CWA 18186:2025 Digital Product Passport workshop deliverable approved**: CWA 18186:2025 approved by the CEN Workshop "Guidelines to create a Digital Product Passport".
- **2025-05-13 - CWA 18186:2025 Digital Product Passport final text submitted to CEN**: CWA 18186 timeline metadata notes the final text was provided to CEN for publication on 13 May 2025.
- **2025-07-01 - DPP service-provider public consultation deadline**: Interested parties were invited to provide feedback on Digital Product Passport service-provider rules by 1 July 2025.
- **2025-07-19 - Deadline: first delegated act on destruction-ban derogations**: The first delegated act setting derogations from the prohibition on destruction of certain unsold consumer products is due by 19 July 2025.
- **2025-07-25 - Impact assessment on the Digital Product Passport published**: European Commission publishes the call to take part in its impact assessment on the Digital Product Passport (publication date in the article URL).
- **2025-08-27 - Deadline to respond to DPP impact assessment surveys**: Please respond by 27 August to one of the Digital Product Passport impact-assessment surveys.
- **2026-02-09 - Delegated and implementing acts on unsold consumer products adopted**: Adoption of implementing and delegated acts on destruction of unsold consumer products (Commission ESPR timeline item dated 9 February 2026).
- **2026-02-12 - ISO/AWI 25534-1 Digital Product Passport project approved**: ISO/AWI 25534-1, Digital product passport - Part 1: Overview and fundamental principles, reached stage 10.99: new project approved.
- **2026-07-19 - Commission must set up the Digital Product Passport registry**: By 19 July 2026, the Commission must set up the digital product passport registry (Art. 13).
- **2026-07-19 - Prohibition starts: destruction of certain unsold consumer products**: From 19 July 2026, the destruction of unsold consumer products listed in Annex VII is prohibited.
- **2026-08-18 - Commission battery-passport access-rights implementing acts due**: By 18 August 2026, the Commission must adopt implementing acts specifying legitimate-interest access to battery-passport information.
- **2026-12-31 - Ecodesign Directive transition ends for listed in-flight product groups**: Until 31 December 2026, selected Ecodesign Directive provisions continue to apply to listed product groups with advanced preparatory work, instead of the corresponding ESPR provisions.
- **2027-02-18 - Digital battery passport required for in-scope batteries**: From 18 February 2027, each LMT battery, industrial battery above 2 kWh, and electric vehicle battery placed on the market or put into service must have a battery passport.
- **2027-02-18 - Battery QR code must link to the battery passport**: From 18 February 2027, the QR code on in-scope batteries must provide access to the battery passport in accordance with Article 77.
- **2027-07-19 - Commission publishes consolidated info on destruction of unsold goods**: By 19 July 2027 (and every 36 months thereafter), the Commission must publish consolidated information on the destruction of unsold consumer products (Art. 26).
- **2028-07-19 - First Commission market surveillance report due**: The first Commission report on market surveillance checks and non-compliance must be published by 19 July 2028 (Art. 67(3)).
- **2028-07-19 - Commission evaluates adding social sustainability requirements**: By 19 July 2028, the Commission must evaluate potential benefits of including social sustainability requirements within ESPR scope (Art. 75(4)).
- **2030-07-19 - Additional obligations apply to medium-sized enterprises**: Certain ESPR obligations for destruction of unsold consumer products apply to medium-sized enterprises from 19 July 2030.
- **2030-07-19 - Commission evaluates ESPR and publishes findings**: By 19 July 2030 (and every six years thereafter), the Commission must evaluate ESPR and publish its main findings (Art. 75(2)).
- **2030-12-31 - Final technical-amendment transition for legacy ecodesign measures ends**: Until 31 December 2030, products regulated by measures adopted under Article 15 of Directive 2009/125/EC keep selected Directive provisions only for amendments needed to address technical issues.


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