Vendor lists of DPP industries are copied from the ESPR working plan and drop everything with a different legal basis. Both lists side by side: ten ESPR groups and six sectoral regulations, sixteen entries in total.
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Plain-language articles on the EU Digital Product Passport: deadlines, requirements, costs and how to prepare.
- DPP categories come from two different laws. Almost nobody separates them
- Waiting for Brussels to soften the product passport? The new omnibus says no
On 20 August the Commission opened feedback on a simplification omnibus for energy and tyre labels. One sentence in it says the ecodesign regulation is not part of the package. Another part quietly wires EPREL into the passport registry.
- Fourteen questions that tell you whether a DPP provider actually meets the standards
Most product passport providers claim compliance. The harmonised standards, and now the live EU registry, make several of those claims testable in minutes without a lawyer. Here are the questions, the good answers and the red flags.
- We walked through DPP Registry verification. The Commission cannot print Polish characters
A first hand walkthrough of organisation verification in the EU DPP Registry: what each step does, what the declaration really says, why the rejection report lists checks that did not fail, and a font defect that mangles legal names.
- Model, batch or item: the passport decision you cannot undo
A product passport can describe a model, a batch or a single item. The level is fixed once the product is on the market, and each level has a very different cost. Here is how to choose, with a free tool at the end.
- Four digital product passport acts, 901 responses. The one about access to your data got zero
The implementing act defining who may see the restricted part of a battery passport missed its deadline on 18 August. We checked the Commission register: zero feedback, untouched since January, while three comparable acts collected 901 responses.
- You do not need new labels to start with a digital product passport
Most brands assume a product passport means reprinting every label and every box. The data carrier standard allows four other places to put it, including a digital receipt or a product page. Here is the cheapest compliant way in.
- The Commission DPP FAQ: what it says, and the three things it leaves out
The European Commission published a 32-question FAQ on the Digital Product Passport. Here is what each answer actually commits to, where the document is more useful than the regulation, and the three gaps that matter commercially.
- EN 18219 in plain language: the passport identifier standard you have to buy to read
EN 18219 governs the three identifiers every digital product passport carries. It is legally privileged and commercially paywalled. Here is what you can establish for free, and what you cannot.
- We logged in to the EU DPP Registry. You still cannot register a passport in it.
A firsthand account from inside the Commission DPP Registry, checked on 17 August 2026: what the enrolment flow really demands, why registering a passport is currently impossible for everyone, and the three components the regulation requires that are not there yet.
- The Commission just missed a legal deadline. Your deadline did not move.
Article 77(9) of the Battery Regulation gave the Commission until 18 August 2026 to set the access rules for the restricted part of the battery passport. The file has not moved since January. Here is what that changes for manufacturers, and what it does not.
- Do you need GS1 for a digital product passport? No - and the reason is not the price
No EU rule names GS1 as the way to identify a product in a DPP. The regulator's own preparatory studies pick other identifiers. Here is what you actually need, and what GS1 really costs in Poland.
- The first step in the DPP registry has no deadline - and it is the one nobody is talking about
Before you can register a single passport you have to become a verified economic operator. It needs a qualified eIDAS credential, it expires after three years, and no product category deadline covers it.
- The first field-by-field DPP access map is public, and it copies battery rules that do not exist yet
Feedback on the first ESPR product delegated act closes 12 August 2026. The JRC steel study assigns an access level to every single passport field.
- Twelve days to the battery passport access deadline, and there is still no draft
Article 77(9) gave the Commission until 18 August 2026 to define who has a legitimate interest in battery passport data. On 6 August there is still no draft.
- Six EN standards now define how a digital product passport must be built
On 15 July 2026 the EU cited six harmonised standards for digital product passports. What EN 18216-18223 cover, and the six questions to ask your DPP vendor.
- What a digital product passport actually looks like for a fashion brand
Most fashion brands have never seen a product passport up close. Here is what actually sits on the page, why batch level is enough for textiles, and how to build a free demo passport with a working QR code in about a minute.
- The DPP Registry has its rulebook - and the ban on destroying unsold clothes is in force
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1778 sets the EU DPP Registry rules from 6 August 2026. Since 19 July 2026 large companies may no longer destroy unsold clothing. What changed - and what did not.
- Digital Product Passport: The Complete Guide (2026)
What the EU Digital Product Passport is, who it applies to, real deadlines per industry, what data it must contain and how to prepare - explained in plain language, updated for 2026.
- The EU DPP Registry just went live. Here is what it actually means
On 20 July 2026 the European Commission launched the central Digital Product Passport registry. No, DPP is not mandatory for your products yet - here is what changed and what did not.
- DPP deadlines by industry: the real timeline (2026-2030)
Batteries on 18 February 2027, textiles realistically 2028-2029, furniture around 2029-2030. A sober, sourced timeline of EU Digital Product Passport obligations per industry.
- Who does the DPP apply to? Small brands and non-EU sellers too
There is no small-business exemption from the Digital Product Passport. If your product enters the EU market, the DPP applies - whether you are a manufacturer, importer or a non-EU brand selling direct.
- How much does a DPP cost? Honest numbers for small and mid-size brands
Quotes range from 350 EUR a year to 500 000 EUR per product. Here is what a Digital Product Passport really costs a small brand - tools, data work and hidden items, with realistic ranges.
