Digital Product Passport Deadlines
Which product When
The DPP does not arrive for all products at once — it is phased in by product group. Below is a clear picture of what is already in force, what is confirmed, and what is coming.
Already in force
- The Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR, (EU) 2024/1781) entered into force on 18 July 2024 — it is the framework that introduces the Digital Product Passport.
- From 19 July 2026, large companies may not destroy unsold clothing and footwear (medium enterprises have a transition until 2030; small and micro are exempt).
Confirmed deadlines
- The battery passport becomes mandatory from 18 February 2027 for LMT batteries, industrial batteries above 2 kWh, and EV batteries (Battery Regulation (EU) 2023/1542).
Priority product groups (expected 2027–2030)
The first ESPR working plan (2025–2030) sets the first product groups for which DPP requirements will follow via delegated acts. The exact dates will be fixed in those acts, but the priorities are already clear:
- Textiles (apparel and footwear)
- Iron and steel
- Aluminium
- Tyres
- Furniture
A common misreading: “from July 2027 every garment will have a passport”
This claim circulates widely and is inaccurate. No Digital Product Passport obligation for textiles takes effect in July 2027. On the Commission's indicative timeline the textile delegated act is expected in the third or fourth quarter of 2027 — and a delegated act is the moment requirements are adopted, not the moment they apply.
A transition period of at least 18 months runs after adoption. That places actual mandatory compliance for textiles around 2029, not 2027.
The confusion has a reasonable source: 2027 genuinely is a textile year — but as the year of the act. Separately, two real July dates do exist, in 2026: the EU central registry became operational on 20 July 2026, and the ban on destroying unsold clothing and footwear applies to large companies from 19 July 2026. Neither is a passport obligation for textiles.
What this means for you
The data a passport requires is collected slowly — years back up the supply chain. So the practical rule is simple: don’t wait for the exact date for your product group. Whoever starts collecting data now meets the deadline prepared.
Once the requirements for your product group apply, compliance is checked by the market surveillance authorities of each EU country, not by an EU body — who they are, and what you need to enrol in the EU registry.
Being ready in time: DigitalProductPassport by WIARA
The dates on this page only matter if something is published by them.
DigitalProductPassport by WIARA is a cloud platform built by WIARA, a software company. Passports are published from ready-made ESPR and CPR templates that are maintained as the rules change, so the work left before a deadline is collecting product data rather than building software.
The free plan covers 3 passports in total. What the platform does is set out on the product page, and the plans and their limits are on pricing.
Dates people get wrong
Deadline questions
The ESPR itself, Regulation (EU) 2024/1781, since 18 July 2024 — the framework, not a passport obligation. Since 19 July 2026 large companies may not destroy unsold clothing and footwear, with a transition for medium enterprises until 2030 and an exemption for small and micro. The EU central registry became operational on 20 July 2026. The first hard passport date is batteries, on 18 February 2027.
Because a real date does not exist yet. The exact obligation date is fixed by the delegated act for that product group, and those acts are still being adopted. What is published is the Commission's indicative adoption timeline plus the transition period that follows it, which is at least 18 months. Batteries are the exception: their date comes from a separate regulation and is final.
Now, and not for the reason vendors usually give. The data a passport needs is collected slowly, years back up the supply chain, from suppliers who have no obligation to answer quickly. The software part takes weeks. The supplier part takes seasons. Whoever starts mapping data now arrives at the deadline prepared rather than negotiating with mills under time pressure.
