The EU switches on the Digital Product Passport infrastructure before any sector mandates. This is the real starting gun.
France's DPP ecosystem is taking shape. A standards body and a software vendor team up around the product passport.
The first truly binding DPP arrives. EV, light transport, industrial batteries > 2 kWh: a digital passport via QR code becomes mandatory.
Only the working plan and preparatory texts exist. This is precisely the preparation window — worth using.
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.
Of the six priority groups, steel opens the run of sector DPP requirements, with compliance expected around 2028.
Textiles, furniture, mattresses, tyres, steel, aluminium: the Commission sets the delegated-act schedule through 2029.
Transparency, traceability and regulatory compliance become drivers of PIM purchases — no longer a mere bonus.