Digital Product Passport & EU rules
Product passports: what is decided, and when.
The EU is giving products a passport. It arrives category by category, through delegated acts, and the dates move. Batteries come first, from February 2027. Many machinery and durable-goods categories have no near-term duty at all, and we say so where that is the case.
These are our working notes: what the regulations say, which dates are fixed, and how one code on the product can carry the passport and the owner record at the same time.
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Digital product passport for UK manufacturers
A practical guide for UK manufacturers on what a Digital Product Passport actually requires, and why fixing post-purchase pain gets you most of the way there.
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- Battery passport 2027: what manufacturers must do nowThe EU battery passport becomes mandatory on 18 February 2027 for EV, industrial, and LMT batteries. If you make or import these batteries into the EU, here is what is required and how to prepare.12 min read
- Toy product registration: safety compliance, customer dataFrom 1 August 2030 the EU Toy Safety Regulation requires a digital product passport for every toy. Act now and get recall reach and customer data in one move.10 min read
- ESPR explained: what manufacturers need to knowThe EU's ESPR lets the Commission require Digital Product Passports product group by product group. What is decided, what is indicative, and how to prepare.11 min read
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