EU: Digital Product Pass- implementation arrangements for the DPP registry

 

The EU has published implementation arrangements for the digital product passport registry.  They are contained in a Proposal for a Commission Implementing Regulation laying down the implementation arrangements for the digital product passport registry set up under Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

This Implementing Regulation sets out implementation arrangements for the functioning of the digital product passport registry established in accordance with Article 13 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 including rules which apply to economic operators that place any of the following products on the market or put them into service:

(a) products covered by delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1781;

(b) batteries covered by Article 77 of Regulation (EU) 2023/1542;

(c) construction products covered by Article 76 of Regulation (EU) 2024/3110;

(d) toys covered by Article 19 of Regulation (EU) 2025/2509;

(e) detergents covered by Article 21 of Regulation (EU) 2026/405;

(f) any other product covered by Union legislation requiring a digital product passport and its registration in the registry established under Article 13 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1781

As part of the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR), the Digital Product Passport was introduced to provide easy access to digital information related to a product’s sustainability, circularity and legal compliance.

This initiative will establish the implementing arrangements for the Digital Product Passport Registry. It will set out the main components of the registry and lay down the technical and operational roles and obligations of economic operators placing a product on the market or putting it into service and other value chain actors (such as, but not limited to, digital product passport service providers, authorised representatives, repairers, refurbishers, remanufacturers, recyclers) within the framework of the digital product passport registry, competent national authorities and customs authorities, and the Commission. Furthermore, it will establish a log system in order to record and monitor the operations and interactions carried out in the registry in order to ensure accountability for all users, and delineate the responsibility for the maintenance, operation and security of the registry.

To find out more about product compliance in the EU and the Digital Product Pass, do not hesitate to contact the Product Compliance Institute directly.