EU Compliance
Digital Product Passport: the EU's new product transparency standard
The Digital Product Passport (DPP) is the cornerstone of the EU's Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR, Regulation 2024/1781). DPP requirements apply per product group as each regulation takes effect, giving each in-scope product a unique digital identity that carries sustainability, traceability and compliance data across its lifecycle.
Tracevora is a B2B SaaS platform built specifically for EU manufacturers and brands that need to issue DPPs at scale — without stitching together spreadsheets, PDFs and external developers.
- ESPR-aligned data model out of the box
- Dynamic QR codes per product
- Company-scoped access with admin, manager and viewer roles
- Versioned compliance documents and audit log
- On-demand translation of key passport fields into 24 EU languages
Why DPPs exist
The European Green Deal targets a circular economy where products last longer, are easier to repair and easier to recycle. To make that real, regulators need a single machine-readable source of truth per product. The DPP is that source of truth.
It replaces fragmented paper labels and supplier declarations with a structured, category-specific data set hosted at a stable URL, signed by the responsible economic operator and accessible to consumers, customs, market surveillance and waste operators.
What goes inside a Digital Product Passport
The ESPR-defined minimum payload typically includes:
- Unique product identifier and batch/serial number
- Manufacturer, importer and authorised representative details
- Material composition and substances of concern (SCIP)
- Recycled content, recyclability and disassembly instructions
- Repair manuals, spare parts availability and repair score
- Carbon footprint and other environmental indicators
- EU declarations of conformity and test reports
How Tracevora delivers DPPs
Tracevora unifies your product master data, supplier evidence and compliance documents in one workspace. Each published passport gets a dynamic QR code that resolves to a public, multilingual page. Every change is logged for audit, and access is scoped per company with admin, manager and viewer roles so teams can collaborate without exposing another company's data.
Frequently asked questions
- What is a Digital Product Passport?
- A Digital Product Passport (DPP) is a structured digital record that carries verifiable information about a physical product — materials, origin, repairability, recyclability, certifications and end-of-life instructions — accessible to consumers, authorities and recyclers through a unique data carrier such as a QR code.
- Is the Digital Product Passport mandatory in the EU?
- Yes, category by category. Under Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 (ESPR), a DPP becomes mandatory for a product group once its delegated act is adopted and applies. The first ESPR acts are expected from late 2026 (iron and steel), followed by textiles, aluminium and tyres. Batteries have their own passport under the Batteries Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 from 18 February 2027, and construction products follow the Construction Products Regulation (EU) 2024/3110.
- What data must a Digital Product Passport contain?
- The exact data set is defined per category, but the baseline includes a unique product identifier, manufacturer and economic operator details, materials and substances of concern, repair and disassembly instructions, recycled content, durability, carbon footprint and conformity documentation.
- How is a DPP accessed?
- Through a unique data carrier on or with the product — typically a GS1-compatible QR code or NFC tag — that resolves to a permanent passport URL. The passport must remain accessible for the legally defined lifetime of the product.
- Does Tracevora issue ESPR-aligned DPPs?
- Yes. Tracevora generates DPPs aligned with the ESPR data model, and tracking the EN 18216–18223 Digital Product Passport standards published in 2026, hosts the public passport page, and stores compliance evidence with company-scoped access for admins, managers and viewers. Tracevora issues dynamic QR codes that resolve to your passport and can be redirected without reprinting. GS1 Digital Link URI support is on our roadmap. Under EN 18219, five identifier schemes are permitted: GS1 Digital Link URIs, IEC 61406 Identification Links, W3C DIDs, RFID/2D identifiers, and DOIs.
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