DPP — Digital Product Passport

The Digital Product Passport (DPP) is one of the flagship tools of the EU’s sustainable-products agenda. It is a structured digital record — typically accessed by scanning a QR code or other data carrier on the product or its packaging — that holds information about a product’s sustainability, material composition, repairability and recycling. The aim is to give consumers, repairers, recyclers and market-surveillance authorities a reliable, standardised source of product data.

Legal basis: the ESPR

The DPP is established under the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR), formally Regulation (EU) 2024/1781, which entered into force on 18 July 2024. The ESPR is a framework regulation: it sets out the overall architecture and empowers the European Commission to introduce specific requirements — including DPP requirements — for individual product groups through delegated acts.

A product-group-by-product-group roll-out

There is no single date on which every product suddenly needs a DPP. Instead, the requirement is switched on group by group. The first ESPR working plan prioritises product groups such as textiles and apparel and iron and steel, among others. Roll-out for these priority groups is expected from roughly 2027 onwards, but the precise dates and the exact data fields depend on each delegated act, which is why timelines here should be treated as indicative rather than fixed.

One important exception already exists: batteries have their own passport, introduced under the Battery Regulation rather than the ESPR, and it is the first mandatory product passport. See our Battery Regulation hub for details.

What merchants should prepare

Even though most obligations arrive with future delegated acts, there are sensible steps a PrestaShop merchant can take now, particularly if you sell in a priority group like textiles.

• Map your supply chain data. A DPP is only as good as the information behind it. Start collecting composition, origin, durability and repairability data from your suppliers now, so you are not scrambling later.
• Plan for a data carrier. Passports are accessed through a QR code or similar carrier. Consider how you will physically apply that carrier to products or packaging.
• Prepare your product pages. You may want to display the DPP QR code or a link on the relevant product pages in your shop, so online shoppers can reach the same information.
• Watch the delegated acts. Track which product groups are being addressed and when, so you know exactly when your catalogue is affected.

Related reading

The DPP sits alongside other sustainability and packaging rules. You may find the PPWR hub and the Battery Regulation hub useful, as the same product can be subject to several regimes at once.

This page is educational and does not constitute legal advice. DPP requirements are introduced through delegated acts that are still being finalised. Always verify current requirements against the official ESPR text on EUR-Lex and, where needed, take professional advice.