EU Digital Product Passport timeline
What's fixed, and what's expected.
Digital Product Passports arrive in the EU category by category between 2026 and 2030. The first fixed milestone is the EU DPP Registry on 19 July 2026, followed by the battery passport on 18 February 2027. Every later category date is a planning estimate, subject to the relevant delegated acts being adopted, so each line below is labelled by how certain its date is.
- Fixed A legally set date.
- Expected The current regulatory outlook, not yet final.
- Indicative A planning estimate, dependent on delegated acts not yet adopted.
The schedule spans more than one regime, ESPR, the Battery Regulation and the CPR, not a single timeline. Dates beyond the Registry and batteries may change as delegated acts are adopted.
2026
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> June 2026
Fixed- Implementing act establishing the EU DPP Registry
- Implementing decision on DPP standards
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> July 2026 now
Fixed- EU DPP Registry to be set up by 19 July 2026 (ESPR Article 13)
- ESPR ban on destroying unsold textiles and footwear begins to apply
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> Q3 2026
Expected- European Product and Circular Economy Acts: Commission proposal expected
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> Q4 2026
Expected- ESPR delegated act for iron and steel: adoption expected
- Battery Regulation: implementing act on access rights expected
2027
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> Q1 2027
Expected- ESPR delegated act on DPP service providers: expected
- CPR delegated act for construction products: expected
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> February 2027
Fixed- Battery passport becomes mandatory (EU Battery Regulation 2023/1542). The one firm category deadline.
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> Q2 2027
Expected- ESPR implementing act on digital credentials: expected
- ESPR delegated act on unique identifiers: expected
- Horizontal ESPR delegated act on repairability scoring: expected
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> Q3-Q4 2027
Expected- ESPR delegated acts for textiles, aluminium and tyres: adoption expected
2028
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> 2028
Indicative- ESPR delegated act for furniture: expected
- Iron and steel passport expected to start applying, roughly eighteen months after its act
- Packaging requirements phase in under the PPWR (a separate regime)
2029
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> 2029
Indicative- Textiles, aluminium and tyres passports expected to apply, roughly eighteen months after their 2027 acts
- ESPR delegated act for mattresses: expected
2030
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> 2030
Indicative- Further ESPR categories and the CPR construction rollout continue to phase in
- CPR construction passports are expected to apply per product family, around eighteen months after each delegated act, with no single cliff date
Common questions about the DPP timeline
- When does the EU Digital Product Passport become mandatory?
- There is no single date, and only one category deadline is actually fixed: batteries, from 18 February 2027 under the EU Battery Regulation. The rest follow ESPR delegated acts still being adopted, so they are projections rather than fixed dates. On current plans, textiles, aluminium and tyres are expected around 2029, roughly eighteen months after their acts. Construction products run on a separate CPR track that phases in per product family, with no single cliff date.
- When does the EU DPP Registry go live?
- The DPP Registry is established by an implementing act in June 2026 and becomes operational in July 2026. It is the central registry every in-scope passport is recorded against, alongside the brand's own publication.
- When do batteries need a Digital Product Passport?
- The battery DPP becomes mandatory in February 2027. Batteries are governed by the EU Battery Regulation rather than ESPR, which is why they lead the timeline.
- When is the ESPR textiles delegated act expected?
- Adoption of the ESPR delegated act covering textiles, aluminium and tyres is expected in Q3 to Q4 2027. Compliance is set in the act itself, typically eighteen to twenty-four months later, so the textiles passport is expected to apply around late 2028 to 2029. The date is not yet fixed.
- How do I know when my product category needs a DPP?
- Find your category on the timeline above. Each milestone is labelled Fixed, Expected or Indicative, so you can see which dates are legally set and which are planning estimates that still depend on delegated acts being adopted. If your category is not listed yet, its delegated act has not been scheduled.
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