Plain-English explanations of the EU rules behind the Digital Product Passport, each cited to the regulation and dated. Written for the person who has to make one, not the person who wrote the law.
The plain-English explainer: a data record, a public page, and a QR code, rolled out group by group under EU law.
Which product groups get a passport, and when. The first working plan, the sequence, and why indicative dates are not deadlines.
The central register of passport identifiers, the customs check, the backup rule, and the rules still to come.
The data carrier and identifier plumbing, and why the QR you print now has to be structured right the first time.
The DPP obligation follows whoever places the product on the EU market. What that means for imports and own-brand goods.
Mandatory from 18 February 2027. Scope, the Annex XIII data, tiered access, and the acts still pending.
The Article 7 declaration that feeds the passport: per model per plant, phased by category, on a whichever-is-later clock.
No textile act is adopted yet. What the JRC draft means for fashion brands, and why they are preparing now.
First in line for an ESPR act. What a steel passport is expected to cover, and how it meets CBAM and EPDs.
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