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Digital Product Passports Explained: What Product Passports Mean for Chemical Data
Key takeaways
Digital Product Passports (DPPs) are now live. The EU DPP Registry launched on 20 July 2026. The first mandatory passports, for certain batteries, apply from 18 February 2027.
Most chemical companies won't publish a passport, but they will supply the data behind one. Downstream customers will ask suppliers for substance and composition data. Detergent manufacturers are the exception: they need passports of their own.
A Digital Material Passport (DMP) is how suppliers can answer those requests. It gives every customer one consistent, governed dataset instead of a stream of one-off answers.
Publishing a passport is not the same as governing the data in it. Once a passport is public, any inconsistency between your SDS, SCIP and REACH data is public too.
Table: Key Digital Product Passport milestones, 2024–2029
Milestone | Date | What it means |
|---|---|---|
ESPR enters into force | July 2024 | Framework for DPPs across product groups |
ESPR Working Plan 2025–2030 adopted | April 2025 | Priority product groups and indicative timetable set |
DPP standards and Registry rules adopted | July 2026 | Technical and operational rules set |
DPP Registry launched | 20 July 2026 | Testing environment open; registration becomes mandatory as each obligation applies |
First mandatory passports | 18 February 2027 | Certain large batteries under Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 |
Detergents passport applies | 23 September 2029 | Under the new Detergents Regulation (EU) 2026/405 |
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Exploring the future of product transparency, compliance, and data sharing in Europe’s DPP era
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