In the context of the Ecodesign of Sustainable Products Regulation (2024/1781), the digital product passport (DPP) was introduced as a tool to facilitate access to digital information on the sustainability, circularity and legal compliance of products.

The Regulation established a framework for improving the environmental sustainability of products and ensuring free movement within the single market by defining ecodesign requirements that products must fulfil in order to be placed on the market or put into service.

The PDP will record, process and electronically share product information between companies in the supply chain, authorities and consumers, including on the sustainability and circularity of products.

This is intended to improve the understanding and monitoring of supply chains and enable consumers to make well-informed choices based on sustainability criteria.

PDPs will be gradually introduced for product groups placed on the EU market on the basis of applicable sectoral legislation.

From 18 February 2027, PDPs will become mandatory for certain types of batteries.

In order to prepare for this first product group, the Commission is working on a delegated act setting out the requirements for PDP service providers.

PDP service providers will store and process PDP data on behalf of responsible economic operators who decide not to provide such services themselves.

For responsible economic operators who decide to host the PDP themselves, PDP service providers shall keep the mandatory backup copy of the PDP.

The Commission will carry out an impact assessment to analyse the potential options for the requirements, their possible effects and the feasibility of setting up a certification scheme to ensure compliance with the requirements.

The delegated act will establish rules on the operation of PDP service providers, an essential component of the wider governance of PDPs.

This delegated act will establish a framework for PDP services, a new niche market in the digital industry created by the Regulation.

PDP service providers will be an important part of the system and the delegated act is judged essential for the new framework to create a fair and competitive market.

By establishing this framework, the European Commission aims to ensure that responsible economic operators are supported in meeting the requirements of the Regulation.

The requirements applicable to PDP service providers should not impose a disproportionate burden on companies wishing to operate in this area or on other companies affected by them.

Together with this delegated act, the Commission has launched a call for standardisation to prepare the technical environment for the application of PDPs, facilitate interoperability between PDPs and stimulate innovation and competition between service providers.

The aim of the standardisation request is to simplify the requirements for PDP data that responsible economic operators entrust to PDP service providers and for managing PDP hosted by service providers.

The adoption of the delegated act is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2025.

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