Topics

Topics — the digital product passport for digital product passports

What does this apply to in your case?

Choose the situation that matches your business. Each topic answers one question, with the source in the regulation included.

Getting started

• Does the digital product passport apply to my products?
• What is a digital product passport for products?
• When does the product passport become mandatory for products?
• What is a delegated act and why does it determine what I must do?
• Which products of SMEs fall under the ESPR?
• What does the ESPR change for SMEs?
• Does the product passport also apply to small businesses?
• Which product category does my product fall under?
• My product falls under multiple product categories — what does that mean?
• In what order do product categories get a mandatory passport?
• How many product passports does an e-bike need?
• What is the difference between the battery passport and the digital product passport?

What the passport contains

• What data goes into the product passport for products?
• Who is allowed to view which data from the product passport?
• Do I have to make business-sensitive data about my products public?
• How often must I update the data in the product passport?
• According to which method must I measure the values for the passport?
• do I need to include information about repair and parts in the product passport
• what information about recycling must I include in the product passport
• must I offer the product passport in multiple languages
• I have discovered an error in a product passport that is already online what now

Practical implementation

• How do I approach the product passport for products step by step?
• What does a product passport for products cost?
• What can I do now while the rules are not yet final?
• What does a supervisory authority ask for during an inspection of products?
• Can I destroy unsold stock of products?
• What do I do with stock of products that is already there when the rules come into force?
• Is it wise to start before my product category is due?
• What does a product passport deliver besides being mandatory?
• can I make a test version of the product passport in advance
• how do I prepare my staff for working with the product passport
• can I use a product passport for multiple variants of the same product

Data from the supply chain

• My supplier does not provide the data — what can I do?
• Which data must I request from my supplier of products?
• How do I document the supply of passport data in my purchase contract?
• How do I verify whether my supplier's data is correct?
• What does the product passport mean if I import products from outside the EU?
• My supplier supplies components from different product categories — how do I handle that?
• what data do I request from a subcontractor who manufactures a component
• I am changing suppliers must the product passport be adjusted
• can I request a confidentiality agreement from my supplier regarding passport data
• I use multiple suppliers for the same component how does the passport work in that case

Who must do what

• Who is responsible for the product passport for products?
• Am I an importer or manufacturer according to the ESPR?
• What obligations does a distributor or trader of products have?
• I sell products under my own brand — what obligations do I incur?
• My manufacturer is located outside the EU — who arranges the digital product passport then?
• What does the digital product passport mean if I sell products via an online marketplace?
• What happens if I don't have a digital product passport for my products?
• who is liable for the product passport in the case of private label products
• do I need a mandated representative in the EU for the product passport
• who is liable if the product passport contains incorrect information
• what happens to the product passport if my company is taken over
• are there different rules per EU country for the product passport

From data to product

• How does the QR code for the digital product passport get onto my products?
• What is GS1 Digital Link and do I need it for the digital product passport?
• How do I give each product a unique identification code?
• What is the register of digital product passports and what must I enter in it?
• Can I link the digital product passport to my ERP or inventory system?
• How long must a digital product passport remain available?
• What happens to the digital product passport if my company closes?
• My product needs multiple digital product passports — how does that work together?
• Does each component get its own passport or the product as a whole?
• Can I link multiple digital product passports to each other?
• what if the QR code on the product is damaged or illegible
• must the product passport also be available offline without internet
• can I have the data in the product passport updated automatically
• how are my product data in the passport protected against misuse