Europe’s Digital Product Passport Registry and testing environment are now live for businesses placing products on the EU market.
Textiles are among product groups; the registry will support under the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation.
Operators can register identifiers via user interface or API and use proof of registration for B2B compliance.
The Digital Product Passport is a digital container of product information designed to strengthen supply-chain transparency, support more informed consumer choices and facilitate compliance across the Single Market, the European Commission said. Product data will be stored in a decentralised manner, while economic operators must register each Digital Product Passport in the Registry, which provides infrastructure for unique product identifiers and associated metadata.
The Registry will support products covered by the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation, including textiles, steel and aluminium, tyres, furniture, information and communication technology products and energy-related products. It will also support product groups covered by other Union legislation requiring Digital Product Passport registration, including certain large batteries, construction products, toys, detergents and end-user surfactants, added the release.
The Implementing Regulation establishes rules for access management and user verification, requirements for registration and storage of necessary data, and the technical architecture of the Registry. Registration is available through either a secure user interface or an application programming interface, allowing economic operators to integrate registration into existing digital systems where appropriate.
Economic operators can request proof of registration as a secure electronic document, which can be used to demonstrate compliance with third parties, particularly in business-to-business transactions. The Implementing Regulation also clarifies the respective responsibilities of the European Commission and EU countries.
The commission said the Registry has been designed for usability, interoperability and trust, following feedback from EU countries and stakeholders. Businesses will have access to a free semantic repository offering machine-readable data models, definitions and vocabulary across product groups through documented APIs.
In parallel, eight harmonised standards underpinning interoperability of the Digital Product Passport system have been developed in cooperation with CEN-CENELEC, the commission said. Six standards covering unique identifiers, interoperability, data carriers, APIs, data exchange protocols and data storage are already available and published by national standardisation organisations.
The current testing phase will support a smooth rollout ahead of the first implementation deadline on February 18, 2027 for certain types of large batteries. Economic operators can access the testing environment, technical documentation, implementation guidelines, webinars and a dedicated helpdesk through the new Digital Product Passport website.
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