DPP

Sustainability & Circular Economy

Digital Product Passport under the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR)

The EU DPP Registry Goes Live July 2026. Can You Deliver Machine-Readable Product Data Across Your Entire Supply Chain?

DPP compliance requires structured, lifecycle product data—material composition, substances of concern, carbon footprint, repairability, and recyclability—from every supplier, for every product. Delegated acts are rolling out now. Batteries lead in February 2027. Textiles, steel, and furniture follow. Certivo automates DPP data collection from supplier evidence to registry-ready product passports.

30+ Product categories phased in under ESPR (2026–2030)

Feb 2027 First mandatory DPP deadline (EV & industrial batteries)

€1T+ Annual EU sales value of priority product groups

Regulation Overview

• Jurisdiction: European Union / European Economic Area
• Regulatory Body: European Commission (enforcement via national market surveillance authorities)
• Regulation Number: Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 (ESPR); Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 (Batteries)
• Effective Date: ESPR entered into force July 18, 2024; DPP registry operational by July 19, 2026
• Official Source: EU Single Market Economy
• Key Threshold: All regulated products placed on the EU market require a compliant DPP

What is the Digital Product Passport?

The Digital Product Passport is the EU's flagship tool for product-level sustainability transparency under the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR). For supply chain and compliance teams, the DPP means collecting, validating, and structuring lifecycle data—material composition, substances of concern, carbon footprint, repairability scores, and end-of-life instructions—for every product placed on the EU market.

The ESPR 2025–2030 Working Plan identifies priority product groups including iron and steel, aluminium, textiles, furniture, tyres, and electronics. Delegated acts define product-specific DPP data requirements. Batteries are first, with mandatory passports from February 2027.

Each DPP must be machine-readable, linked via QR code or NFC tag, and registered in the EU's central DPP registry. DPP compliance requires granular, verified data from every tier of your supply chain. Without structured evidence collection from suppliers, you cannot populate a compliant Digital Product Passport.

Key Components / Sub-Frameworks

• Obligation: Framework establishing DPP requirements across product categories
  • ESPR (EU 2024/1781): Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation
  • Obligation: Define exact data fields, thresholds, and timelines per product group
  • Delegated Acts: Product-specific ecodesign and DPP requirements
  • Obligation: Mandatory registration before product placement on EU market
  • DPP Registry: EU centralized registry for product passport identifiers
  • Obligation: Mandatory for EV and industrial batteries >2kWh from February 2027
  • Battery Regulation (EU 2023/1542): First product-specific DPP (Battery Passport)
  • Obligation: Iron/steel, aluminium, textiles, furniture, tyres prioritized first
  • ESPR Working Plan 2025–2030: Phased priority product list
  • Obligation: Eight standards for data interoperability expected by 2026
  • Harmonised Standards CEN/CLC/JTC24: DPP data standards

The EU DPP Registry Goes Live July 2026—Are Your Supply Chain Data Systems Ready?

The Commission's 2025–2030 Working Plan is adopted. Battery passports are mandatory from February 2027. Delegated acts for iron, steel, and textiles follow in 2026–2027. Products without a compliant DPP will be denied EU market access. Supplier data collection must start now.

Key Compliance Requirements

Who Must Comply

• Manufacturers placing products on the EU market (including non-EU manufacturers)
• Importers responsible for verifying DPP compliance of non-EU products
• Distributors and retailers verifying product labeling and documentation
• Non-EU companies exporting regulated products to EU markets
• Companies assembling products from components requiring upstream DPP data
• Supply chain partners providing material composition and sustainability data

Key Thresholds

• All regulated products: Any product covered by an ESPR delegated act placed on the EU market
• 10 years: Minimum DPP data retention (or product lifetime plus 10 years)
• 18 months: Typical preparation window after delegated act adoption
• July 19, 2026: EU DPP registry operational; unique identifier registration required

Core Obligations

1. DPP Creation: Structured, machine-readable product passport with all required data fields
   DEADLINE: Before product placement on EU market (per delegated act)
2. Registry Registration: Register unique product identifier in EU DPP registry
   DEADLINE: From July 19, 2026
3. Battery Passport: Mandatory DPP for EV and industrial batteries >2kWh
   DEADLINE: From February 18, 2027
4. Data Carrier: QR code, NFC, or RFID tag physically attached to product or packaging
   DEADLINE: At time of market placement
5. Data Maintenance: Keep DPP data accurate, complete, and accessible throughout product lifecycle
   DEADLINE: Ongoing for product lifetime + 10 years

DPP-Specific Pain Points

The Multi-Tier Data Collection Challenge

A compliant DPP requires verified data from every supply chain tier—raw material origin, processing methods, substance declarations, carbon footprints, and recycled content percentages. Your Tier 1 supplier provides partial data. Your Tier 2 supplier has no digital systems. Your Tier 3 supplier operates in a jurisdiction with no reporting standards.

The Rolling Delegated Act Countdown

Delegated acts are adopted per product category on staggered timelines. Iron and steel in 2026. Textiles in 2027. Electronics TBD. Each act defines different data fields, thresholds, and formats. Your compliance team manages multiple parallel implementation tracks across product lines with 18-month preparation windows.

The Machine-Readable Formatting Trap

DPP data must be structured in standardized, machine-readable formats—JSON-LD, GS1 Digital Link, ISO/IEC 15459 identifiers. Supplier declarations arrive as PDFs, Excel files, and emails in 15 languages. Translating unstructured supplier evidence into registry-compliant, interoperable data requires systematic extraction and validation.

The Substances of Concern Overlap

Every DPP must declare substances of concern—linking directly to REACH SVHC obligations, SCIP notifications, and product safety data. Without integrated compliance data management, teams duplicate effort across DPP, REACH, and SCIP workflows. Siloed systems mean inconsistent substance data across regulatory submissions.

DPP Workflow

Get Evidence In

Collect Lifecycle Product Data from Every Supplier—Without the Chasing

CORA launches targeted campaigns to collect material composition, substance declarations, carbon footprint data, and sustainability attributes from suppliers at every tier.

• Launch DPP data campaigns to hundreds of suppliers with one click
• CORA-powered outreach in suppliers' native languages
• Accept any format: PDFs, Excel, IMDS exports, LCA reports, freeform responses
• Track response rates and escalate non-responders automatically

Make Sense of It

Know Instantly Which Products Have Complete DPP Data—and Which Don't

CORA extracts product attributes to the data field level, validates against delegated act requirements, and flags gaps in DPP-required information automatically.

• CORA parses supplier evidence to extract material composition, CAS numbers, carbon data, and recyclability attributes
• Automatic validation against product-specific delegated act requirements
• Real-time alerts when new delegated acts affect your product portfolio
• Gap analysis identifying missing data fields per product and supplier

Prove Compliance Out

Generate Registry-Ready Digital Product Passports in Hours, Not Months

Produce structured, machine-readable DPPs from validated supplier data—formatted for EU registry submission and customer transparency.

• One-click DPP generation in machine-readable formats (JSON-LD, GS1 Digital Link compatible)
• Pre-formatted data exports for EU DPP registry submission
• Customer-specific sustainability evidence packages with full traceability
• Complete audit trail for every data point, validation, and source document

Features Tabs

Supplier Data Collection

Certivo's automated campaigns achieve 95% response rates vs. 20-30% with manual outreach.

• Targeted campaigns by product category, material type, or supplier tier
• Multi-language outreach in suppliers' native languages
• Intelligent follow-up sequences adapting to supplier behavior
• Format-agnostic: PDFs, Excel, LCA reports, IMDS, freeform responses

Data Extraction & Structuring

Every supplier document parsed to DPP data field level automatically—no manual data entry.

• Deep extraction of material composition, CAS numbers, carbon data, recycled content
• Parses sustainability reports, substance declarations, and proprietary templates
• Multi-language document processing
• Anomaly detection for inconsistent or incomplete data submissions

Delegated Act Monitoring

Always validated against current delegated act requirements—not your last compliance review.

• Automatic sync with new ESPR delegated acts as they are adopted
• Product portfolio mapping against incoming DPP requirements
• Proactive alerts when new product categories enter DPP scope
• Historical tracking of requirement changes across delegated acts

DPP Generation

Generate compliant Digital Product Passports in hours instead of months of manual compilation.

• One-click DPP assembly with all required data fields populated
• Machine-readable output compatible with EU registry standards
• Supplier evidence chain with complete traceability per data field
• Product-level and batch-level passport support

Cross-Framework Integration

DPP substance data syncs with REACH, SCIP, and CBAM workflows—eliminating duplicate collection.

• Substance of concern data shared across DPP and REACH workflows
• CBAM carbon data integration for applicable product categories
• SCIP notification data reused within DPP substance declarations
• Single supplier submission validates across sustainability and chemical frameworks

Key Statistics

• 30+: Product categories tracked with automatic delegated act sync
• 99.2%: Data extraction accuracy from supplier declarations
• 95%: Supplier response rate with CORA-powered campaigns

Frequently Asked Questions

Which products require a Digital Product Passport under the ESPR?

The ESPR covers nearly all physical goods placed on the EU market. The 2025–2030 Working Plan prioritizes iron and steel, aluminium, textiles, furniture, tyres, and electronics. EV and industrial batteries over 2kWh require a Battery Passport from February 2027. Product-specific requirements are defined through delegated acts, with 18+ months of preparation time after adoption. Certivo monitors delegated act timelines and maps incoming requirements to your product portfolio.

What are the penalties for DPP non-compliance?

Penalties are determined by individual EU member states and must be effective, proportionate, and dissuasive. They include fines, temporary exclusion from public procurement, and denial of EU market access. Products without a compliant DPP can be stopped at the border. Market surveillance authorities verify DPP accuracy and completeness through registry checks and product inspections.

What data must a Digital Product Passport contain?

Exact data fields vary by product category and delegated act. Common baseline requirements include unique product identifiers, material composition, substances of concern, carbon footprint, repairability information, recycled content, durability data, and end-of-life instructions. Data must be machine-readable, typically in JSON-LD format, and accessible via QR code or NFC tag. CORA extracts and structures these data points from supplier evidence automatically.

How does Certivo help populate DPPs with supplier data?

Certivo launches automated campaigns to collect material composition, substance declarations, carbon data, and sustainability attributes from suppliers at every tier. CORA parses responses in any format, extracts data to DPP field-level precision, validates against delegated act requirements, and generates registry-ready passport exports. Gap analysis identifies missing data before deadlines arrive.

How does DPP compliance relate to REACH and CBAM?

The DPP requires disclosure of substances of concern—directly overlapping with REACH SVHC obligations. Carbon footprint data required in DPPs for certain product categories overlaps with CBAM reporting. Certivo validates one supplier submission across DPP, REACH, SCIP, and CBAM frameworks, eliminating duplicate collection campaigns and ensuring data consistency across regulatory filings.