DPP Registry

1. Subject matter and scope

1. This Regulation sets out implementation arrangements for the functioning of the digital product passport registry established in accordance with Article 13 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 including rules that apply to economic operators that place any of the following products on the market or put them into service, requiring the existence of a digital product passport and its registration in the registry:

(a) products covered by delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1781;

(b) batteries covered by Article 77 of Regulation (EU) 2023/1542;

(c) construction products covered by Article 76 of Regulation (EU) 2024/3110;

(d) toys covered by Article 19 of Regulation (EU) 2025/2509;

(e) detergents and end-user surfactants covered by Article 21 of Regulation (EU) 2026/405;

(f) any other product covered by Union legislation requiring a digital product passport and its registration in the registry
established under Article 13 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1781.

2. Those implementation arrangements shall also include rules governing the use of the registry by value chain actors, competent national authorities, customs authorities and the Commission.The implementation arrangements and rules referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article relate to:

(a) management of access to the registry;
(b) the verification process that allows economic operators and value chain actors to be verified;
(c) the technical set-up of the registry, including the semantic repository, the log system related to data exchange models and software release management;
(d) the process of registering and storing unique identifiers;
(e) the process of registering and storing commodity codes for products intended to be placed under the customs procedure ‘release for free circulation’;
(f) requirements to register, where relevant, the granularity level of the digital product passport: model, batch, item;
(g) statuses related to registered digital product passport data;
(h) data that will allow the traceability of products within their relevant product group, across the granularity levels, as referred to in Article 8(2), applicable for their digital product passport;
(i) update and deletion of registration data;
(j) processing of personal data;
(k) measures aimed at preventing, detecting and addressing any improper or fraudulent use of the registry;
(l) technical audits;
(m) ensuring the availability of the registry and of the data it contains.

2. Verification requirements for economic operators and value chain actors

The procedure for verification requirement for economic operator and value chain actors you can find in article 4 and 5 of regulation.

3. Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (published on 17. 7. 2026).

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

4. Harmonised standards

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2026/1736 on harmonised standards for digital product passports drafted in support of Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 15. 7. 2026.

At this moment there are 6 harmonised standards, 3 more should be adopted soon. 

6. FAQ

• additional information you can find here;
• The Registry, the testing environment and the User Guidelines will be live as of 20/07.