ESPR since 18 Jul 2024
The Ecodesign Regulation gives the Commission the basis for passports. On its own it does not impose one on your clothes.
Reg. (EU) 2024/1781
Textiles and apparel · ESPR
A product passport for clothing. Start before the deadline arrives.
The delegated act for textiles is expected in 2027, with obligations around 2028-2029. You can give customers a passport with a QR code today: composition, origin, care and repair under one address.
Two passports free, no card. When the act arrives you fill in the fields, and the address and QR code stay.
See where you are. Two dates behind you, two ahead.
Some dates circulating online are not your deadlines. What counts is the delegated act for textiles and the transition period after it.
Destruction ban since 19 Jul 2026
Large companies may not destroy unsold apparel and footwear. Medium-sized from 19 Jul 2030; micro and small companies are exempt.
ESPR Art. 25
Delegated act ~2027
It will settle which data, at what level and on which carrier. In the Commission initiatives register since 18 Dec 2025.
ESPR working plan 2025-2030
Obligation ~2028-2029
At least 18 months after the act is adopted. This is the date that matters for production and labels.
Act + min. 18 months
You already have part of the data. The act will add the rest.
Composition and care are on the label today. ESPR lets the Commission require more, and the passport keeps it in one place you can change without a new label.
You have it
On the label and in the tech pack
- Fibre composition in percent
- Country of manufacture
- Washing and care instructions
- Model, size and colour
- Material certificates
ESPR allows
Expected in the act (Art. 7)
- Recycled content
- Substances of concern
- Durability and reparability
- Recycling and collection information
- Environmental footprint
What it gives you today
A reason to start now
- An answer for the B2B buyer asking for data
- Repair and care instructions under the code
- Proof of origin against cheap copies
- Data changes without a new label
Source: Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 (ESPR), Articles 7, 9 and 25; ESPR working plan 2025-2030. The data scope for textiles will be set by the delegated act. See also deadlines for every industry.
You start in four steps. The label stays the same.
You add the QR code to the existing label or sew-in tag. The passport is a page under a permanent address, so you change the data without reprinting.
01
You enter the product
Name, photo, composition with a fibre-share chart, country of manufacture and care instructions.
02
You pick the level
Model, batch or item. For a seasonal collection, model or batch is usually enough.
03
You add documents
Material certificates, repair instructions, supplier declarations. Each file with an access level.
04
You publish
A permanent address and a QR code for the label in SVG, EPS and PNG. Every change saves a new passport version.
Start with two passports for free.
Then the Brand plan at 119 zł a month (50 passports) or Studio at 349 zł (500). Net prices; pay yearly and you pay for 10 months.
Read more. Articles that go deeper.
Clothing passport questions. Short, with the source.
From when must clothing have a digital product passport?
There is no such obligation today. The delegated act for textiles is expected in 2027, with obligations around 2028-2029, at least 18 months after the act.
Does the ban on destroying unsold clothes apply to my company?
From 19 Jul 2026 it applies to large companies and from 19 Jul 2030 to medium-sized ones. Micro and small companies are exempt.
Will the passport replace the label?
No. The label with the required information stays, and the QR code leads to the passport with the rest of the data. More in You do not need new labels to start with DPP.
A passport per model, batch or item?
The delegated act will decide. You can start with the model and add a finer level once the rules specify it.
What if the passport provider disappears?
The regulation requires a backup copy of the passport with an independent provider (ESPR Article 10(4)). In DPPera you export the data at any time, in an open format.