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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.