Mandated by the ESPR regulation (EU) 2024/1781, the central Digital Product Passport registry must be operational before 19 July 2026, maintained by the European Commission. It will hold, at minimum, the unique product identifiers and the data carriers (QR code, DataMatrix…) that connect a physical product to its passport, plus the commodity codes of products entering free circulation.
It’s an infrastructure milestone more than a product obligation: the EU is switching on the enforcement system before sector-specific requirements become binding.
What it changes for you
The keystone becomes the persistent unique identifier and its resolution to a structured record. A PIM must be able to generate, store and expose that identifier cleanly — it’s the anchor point of the entire DPP. Better to set it up now, while the deadline is still just infrastructure.