EU Digital Product Passport DPP registry FAQ

The Registry is the central EU register for DPP identifier data and associated mandatory metadata. Article 13 requires it to store at least unique identifiers; for products intended for release for free circulation, it also stores the commodity code. Applicable legal acts can require additional registration data.

The Registry is not the public product passport page or a complete product-data repository. The economic operator or a DPP service provider stores the complete passport, while the Registry supports registration, authentication, authority access, and future automated customs checks.

The economic operator placing the product on the market or putting it into service uploads the data required for the registry. Once that data is uploaded, the registry automatically communicates a unique registration identifier associated with the unique identifiers uploaded for that product.

The Commission also says an economic operator can request proof of registration as a secure electronic document. That document evidences registration; ESPR separately says the Registry's identifier communication is not proof of compliance with ESPR or other Union law.

For products intended to be placed under the customs procedure for release for free circulation, customs authorities verify at minimum that the unique registration identifier and the commodity code correspond to the registry data. The verification is electronic and automatic once the registry-to-customs interconnection is operational.

The Registry is live, but the EU CSW-CERTEX interconnection has its own timetable: ESPR requires it to become operational within four years after the Registry implementing act enters into force. Until the interconnection is operational, do not describe automatic DPP customs matching as live. A later successful customs release will still not prove compliance with ESPR or other Union law.

The Registry is a secure identifier and metadata record. It is neither the public passport page nor a complete product-data store, and its identifier communication does not prove compliance. The passport itself remains distributed across economic operators and service providers.

The Registry does not expose every passport field. It stores at least unique identifiers and, in customs cases, commodity codes. Delegated acts can specify additional stored data under the criteria in Article 13.