Electronics & Home Appliances

Electronics and home appliance manufacturers face EPREL registration, ecodesign obligations and incoming Digital Product Passport mandates — all at once

The EU has built one of the most demanding product regulation regimes in the world for electronics and home appliances. EPREL registration is already mandatory for a wide range of product categories. ECGTD ecodesign requirements are tightening repairability, energy efficiency and durability standards. And EU Digital Product Passport mandates — covering material composition, spare parts availability and end-of-life instructions — are on the horizon.

Eco Wise Product Lifecycle Services give electronics and home appliance manufacturers the infrastructure to meet every obligation — with automated DPP generation at item level, EPREL-linked data templates and compliance intelligence that keeps pace with the regulation.

What electronics and home appliance manufacturers are navigating

• EPREL — mandatory product registration with verified energy performance data before market access is granted across all EU member states
• ECGTD — mandatory minimum efficiency standards, repairability scores, spare parts availability obligations and product lifetime requirements
• EU Digital Product Passport — material composition, hazardous substance data, repairability and end-of-life instructions will be required for electronics categories under the ESPR framework
• Right-to-repair legislation — manufacturers must make spare parts and repair information available for defined product lifetimes, with documentation requirements
• Item-level traceability — serialised production records required for warranty management, recall management and market surveillance compliance
• User satisfaction and product performance data — increasingly expected by retailers and required for product liability and warranty purposes
• Managing DPP creation at scale — manufacturers producing thousands of units need automated solutions, not manual data entry

Why act now

1. EPREL registration is already mandatory — products without valid EPREL entries cannot be placed on the EU market
2. ECGTD repairability and spare parts obligations apply from 2025 onward for washing machines, dishwashers, TVs and more
3. EU ESPR delegated acts for electronics are expected from 2026 — manufacturers who build data infrastructure now avoid a compliance crisis later
4. Right-to-repair directive entered EU law in 2024 — repair documentation and spare parts obligations are already in force for certain categories

What Eco Wise Provides

What Eco Wise delivers for electronics and home appliance manufacturers

Digital Product Passports at scale

Eco Wise generates product model DPPs and item-level DPPs automatically — via API integration with your manufacturing site, ERP or PLM system. Every unit produced gets a unique digital identity linked to its product model DPP, without manual intervention.

• Product model DPPs — energy class, efficiency data, noise levels, capacity, material composition and compliance declarations
• Automated item-level DPP generation — API integration from manufacturing site creates a serialised DPP for every unit at the point of production
• GS1 Digital Link QR code on each unit — single scan resolves to product data, energy label, spare parts information and end-of-life instructions
• EU DPP registry registration — automatic submission once the registry goes live

EPREL integration

1. EPREL-linked DPP data templates — fields mapped to European Product Registry requirements for each applicable product category
2. Product, sales and compliance data integration — your existing product master data connected to EPREL-structured output
3. Registration tracking — monitor EPREL registration status across product models and markets
4. Update management — when product data changes, DPP and EPREL records are updated automatically

Ecodesign and repairability compliance

• Repairability index data — repair difficulty score, spare parts availability and repair manual access structured for DPP publication
• Spare parts availability record — commitment periods and parts catalogue linked to product DPP
• Energy performance documentation — test reports and compliance declarations stored in Secure Data Vault

User feedback & product intelligence

1. User satisfaction surveys — triggered via QR scan after installation or after a defined ownership period
2. Field performance data — installer reports, maintenance records and fault logs attached to the product DPP
3. Warranty management — serial-number-linked warranty records with automated expiry tracking

Customer Reference

Electronics manufacturers working with Eco Wise

Gorenje d.o.o — Slovenia

A major European home appliance manufacturer headquartered in Slovenia, focused on energy-efficient, smart electronic design and circular manufacturing.

• PLS services
• 50+ product model DPPs across tumble dryer range
• Automated item-level DPP generation for 3,000 units from manufacturing site via API integration
• EPREL-linked DPP data templates
• Product, sales and compliance data integration
• User satisfaction surveys attached to product DPPs