Everything you need to get compliant before the July 19, 2026 registry launch — the regulation, the timeline, which products are covered, how to implement, and what it actually costs.
The EU Digital Product Passport (DPP) is a structured, machine-readable record of a product’s identity, materials, carbon footprint, repairability, and end-of-life data. Introduced by the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR, Regulation 2024/1781), it attaches to each physical unit through a unique identifier — usually a QR code or NFC tag — that resolves to the passport for consumers, customs, and recyclers.
The central EU DPP registry opens July 19, 2026. Battery passports become mandatory for EV and industrial batteries in February 2027. Textiles and electronics follow via delegated regulations from 2028, and by 2030 virtually all physical goods placed on the EU market must carry a Digital Product Passport. Early registration secures priority review.
Priority categories are batteries, textiles and apparel, electronics and ICT equipment, furniture, iron, steel, aluminium, tyres, and construction products. Scope expands through delegated acts. If you sell physical, non-food goods into the EU, assume you will be in scope before 2030 and plan accordingly.
Model your product data to the DPP schema (unique identifier, material bill of materials, carbon footprint, repairability score), assign a unique identifier per unit, anchor the record for tamper-evidence, and generate the EPCIS 2.0 + JSON-LD payloads the registry expects. AuthiChain automates each of these steps so you go from catalog to registry-ready passports the same day.
Costs fall into three buckets: data collection (supplier LCA and material data), tooling (issuing and hosting passports), and verification. Legacy enterprise vendors quote six-figure annual deals. AuthiChain’s self-serve model starts well below the cost of a single compliance consultant, with no per-scan verification fees.