DPP Readiness Guide 2026
Everything a small or medium-sized brand needs to know about the digital product passport, without the legal fog. Real deadlines by industry, the data you will need, honest costs and a step-by-step checklist.
Articles. Texts about the passport, with sources.
Reports from the registry, standards in plain words, industry deadlines and costs. A new text every week, each with a link to the regulation or the Commission document.
The battery passport has four fields for recycled content. The method for filling them is late, and it comes with a 1.3 multiplier for European recycling
Digital product passport challenges: the ten problems small brands actually hit, and what to do about each
Which brands already use digital product passports, and what a small brand can copy from them
Digital product passport in Germany (Digitaler Produktpass): the EU rules apply directly, two German acts add authorities and fines
How to create a digital product passport: nine steps, in the order that saves you rework
Battery passport systems now have a certification mark. It is voluntary, and it does not take over your liability
We passed verification in the DPP Registry test environment. Enrol a sole trader as a natural person and copy your certificate letter for letter
The Commission has broken the battery passport into 71 fields. Ten of them are meant to stay empty on 18 February 2027
Your packaging label and your product passport must share one QR code. The Commission just missed the first deadline for it
