The European Union is the first governing body globally to mandate the use of Digital Product Passports (DPPs) as a requirement for placing products on the EU market. In the near future, companies selling products in the EU will be required to officially register these products in a central DPP registry managed by the European Commission, ensuring compliance with applicable EU legislation.

The manufacturer of a product has the responsibility to establish a Digital Product Passport and register it. The EcoWise platform is designed to align with the upcoming official EU DPP registry, see section 15.1 below for more detail, leveraging our deep understanding of regulatory requirements, draft legislation and draft DPP standards. Our involvement in the development of EU DPP IT standards through CEN-CENELEC JTC 24 and our role as a partner in the EU-funded CIRPASS-2 project ensures that our platform remains up to date.

Manufacturers will also have the responsibility in the future to provide significantly more detailed information about their products to consumers and end users, typically ranging from 50 to 100 datapoints. This data will cover key aspects such as product performance, environmental sustainability, and circularity. While these requirements are still under development, they will be defined by the European Commission for each specific product category (e.g., steel, garments, tyres, detergents—see Section 15.2 for the list and implementation timelines).The EcoWise Platform is built to support these evolving obligations through freely available, category-specific data templates that we have prepared that can be used to generate DPPs. These templates are periodically updated to reflect the latest regulatory requirements based on the latest available information. In this manner, manufacturers using the EcoWise platform can be assured that the product information in their DPPs is up to date with the regulatory requirements for their product category.

Manufacturers will also have the responsibility to ensure that the data can be automatically verified for market surveillance purposes. And importers and sellers including distributors and online marketplaces will also have responsibilities in the future to ensure products are sold with valid Digital Product Passports that include all the required data points under the regulations. The EcoWise Platform includes an API that allows for automated verification of the contents within the Digital Product Passports, which will be updated once the exact route of verification is outlined in more detail under the upcoming regulations.

 1. Manufacturer requirements for registering their DPPs in the EU registry

The official EU registry for Digital Product Passports will need to be established by July 19, 2026. The registration process itself will be defined in a specific piece of legislation, a delegated act under the EU Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) by end of 2025. 

2. Manufacturer requirements for providing product information in their Digital Product Passports

The information that will be required in the Digital Product Passport will vary per product group, which will be set in EU regulations or supplementary delegated acts to approved EU regulations. The EcoWise Platform contains freely available data templates that are updated with the latest known requirements.

Based on the current EU regulatory landscape, product groups for which products should have Digital Product Passports to be sold on the EU market, with the expected date for introducing a DPP include:

• ‍Batteries with a capacity over 2 kWh, under the EU batteries regulation[1], DPP required in 2027.
• Iron & steel products, under the EU ESPR regulation, 2026 delegated act, implementation & DPP required by late 2027/early 2028.
•  Aluminium products, under the EU ESPR regulation, 2027 delegated act, implementation & DPP required by late 2028/early 2029.‍
• Textiles focus on garments (excl. footwear and home textiles), 2027 delegated act, implementation & DPP required late 2028/early 2029. ‍
• Furniture, under EU ESPR regulation, 2028 delegated act, implementation & DPP required late 2028/early 2029.‍
• Mattresses, under the EU ESPR regulation, 2029 delegated act, implementation & DPP required by late 2030/early 2031‍
• Toys, under the revised EU toy safety regulation[2], DPP required by .
•   Detergents under the pending revised Detergent & Surfactant regulation[3], DPP required by 2028.  ‍
• Construction products, covering 36 construction product groups, standards to be set in the 2028 to 2040 period under a construction products specific work-programme, DPP required from 2028 for products where new specific harmonized standards are agreed and approved. [4]‍
• Motor vehicles, by 2034/2035, under the pending EU regulation on end-of-life of vehicles.[5] 

In addition, for tyres and energy-related products that are covered under the EU Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation, it is Expected that a DPP for these products will not be mandatory given existing labelling under EPREL database. This can change in the future if under the 2028 EU ESPR work-programme review it is concluded after careful assessment that the existing energy labelling approach is unable to provide the most relevant information for consumers. These products with the timeline for new Ecodesign requirements include:

• Radiators (low-temperature emitters), 2026 delegated act; implementation by late 2027/early 2028.
• Dishwashers: 2026 delegated act, implementation by late 2027/early 2028.
• Washing machines: 2026 delegated act, implementation by late 2027/early 2028.
• TV screens: 2027 delegated act, implementation by late 2028/early 2029.
• Tyres: 2027 delegated act; implementation by late 2028/early 2029.
• EV chargers: 2028 delegated act, implementation by late 2029/early 2030.
• Electric motors: 2028 delegated act, implementation by late 2029/early 2030.
• Refrigerators: 2028 delegated act, implementation by late 2029/early 2030.‍
• Light sources: 2029 delegated act, implementation by late 2030/early 2031.‍
• Tumble dryers: 2030 delegated act, implementation by late 2031/early 2032.‍
• Mobile phones and tablets: 2030 delegated act, implementation by late 2031/early 2032.‍
• Welding equipment: 2030 delegated act, implementation by late 2031/early 2032.

[1] The EU regulation concerning batteries and waste batteries, amending Directive 2008/98/EC and Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and repealing Directive 2006/66/EC. 

[2] Expected based on the revised EU toy safety regulation under negotiation by the EU institutions. 

[3] Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on detergents and surfactants, amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 648/2004.

[4] Expected based on the revised EU Construction Products Regulation under negotiation by the EU institutions

[5] Expected based on the EU regulation on circularity requirements for vehicle design and on management of end-of-life vehicles, amending regulations (EU) 2018/858 and 2019/1020 and repealing Directives 2000/53/EC and 2005/64/EC.