What is an EU Digital Product Passport?
A Digital Product Passport (DPP) is a structured, machine-readable record of a product's composition, sustainability and compliance information, linked to the physical product through a data carrier such as a QR code.
Where it comes from
The DPP framework is established by the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR, Regulation (EU) 2024/1781), which entered into force on 18 July 2024. ESPR sets the general framework; specific, mandatory requirements for each product category are set separately through delegated acts.
Batteries lead the way
Batteries are governed by their own regulation — Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 — which already sets a concrete deadline: from 18 February 2027, EV, light-means-of-transport and industrial batteries above 2 kWh must carry a digital battery passport.
The EU Registry
The European Commission's Digital Product Passport Registry and its companion sandbox environment went live on 20 July 2026. Economic operators register unique identifiers and required metadata with the Registry; the detailed passport data itself is decentralised and hosted by the economic operator or a DPP service provider like EUpassportly.
What EUpassportly does
We translate whichever ruleset applies to your product category into plain questions, extract what we can from documents you already have, and keep your passport current as the rules are finalised — without you needing to read the regulation yourself.
Official sources
- Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 (ESPR) — EUR-Lex
- Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 (Batteries) — EUR-Lex
- European Commission — Digital Product Passport
Last verified 21 August 2026.