The EU switches on the Digital Product Passport infrastructure before any sector mandates. This is the real starting gun.
Only the working plan and preparatory texts exist. This is precisely the preparation window — worth using.
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.