The EU's central DPP registry goes live on 19 July 2026
The EU switches on the Digital Product Passport infrastructure before any sector mandates. This is the real starting gun.
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GS1 France partners with Vendée-based Ocode on a digital product passport
France's DPP ecosystem is taking shape. A standards body and a software vendor team up around the product passport.
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Battery passport: 2026 is the critical year before the February 2027 mandate
The first truly binding DPP arrives. EV, light transport, industrial batteries > 2 kWh: a digital passport via QR code becomes mandatory.
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Five completion rules we see in every catalog that ships
Criteria we've seen emerge, year after year, across teams who finally pulled their catalog out of limbo.
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Akeneo's Spring Release 2026: the PIM moves to agentic commerce
Intelligent Feedback Loop, responsive catalog modelling, AI Discovery Optimization: the PIM becomes an AI-driven enrichment engine.
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The myth of the 100% complete product record
Completion isn't a percentage — it's a question that only makes sense relative to a channel, a family, a market.
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DPP, April 2026: no sector delegated act in force yet
Only the working plan and preparatory texts exist. This is precisely the preparation window — worth using.
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PIM vs ERP: where one ends, the other begins
The boundary nobody explains to product teams — and that costs every industrial organization hours every month.
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April 2026: Tesco, first UK supermarket to drop the traditional barcode
Fifty years after its invention, a major retailer moves to QR/2D. When the retailer moves, suppliers follow.
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GS1 Digital Link emerges as the URI standard for the product passport
A GTIN becomes a URL. A single QR serves as both a web link and a machine identifier. The technical bridge between object and record.
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Iron & steel: the first ESPR delegated act targeted for 2026
Of the six priority groups, steel opens the run of sector DPP requirements, with compliance expected around 2028.
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February 2026: carbon footprint mandatory for industrial batteries > 2 kWh
Under regulation (EU) 2023/1542, the carbon footprint declaration extends to industrial batteries — the step before the passport.
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GS1 Sunrise 2027: in 2026, the 2D code becomes unavoidable
48 countries, 88% of global GDP already engaged. Brands must add 2D to packaging; checkouts must read it by the end of 2027.
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ESPR working plan 2025-2030: six priority product groups
Textiles, furniture, mattresses, tyres, steel, aluminium: the Commission sets the delegated-act schedule through 2029.
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inriver: DPP compliance at the heart of PIM trends for 2026
Transparency, traceability and regulatory compliance become drivers of PIM purchases — no longer a mere bonus.
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