Every Term You Need to Know
About EU DPP Compliance

A standardised digital record linked to a physical product via a QR code on the care label, containing mandatory sustainability, compliance, and material data required by ESPR 2024/1781. Accessible to consumers, buyers, recyclers, and regulators.

EU Regulation 2024/1781, in force July 18, 2024. The primary legal instrument mandating DPPs for products placed on the EU market — wherever they are made, from Bangladesh to Vietnam, India and China.

A secondary EU legal instrument adopted by the Commission under ESPR authority, setting product-specific DPP data fields, formats, and timelines. The Textile Delegated Act is expected in 2027.

A persistent, globally unique identifier for a product model, batch or item, which the data carrier links to (ESPR Article 10(1)(a)) — for garments usually built on a GS1 GTIN. One of the four ESPR identifiers; DPPLive generates it.

Any person placing products on the EU market — manufacturer, importer, distributor, or authorised representative. All have specific DPP obligations under ESPR 2024/1781, regardless of where they are located.

An independent third party authorised by the economic operator placing a product on the EU market to process its passport data and make it available (ESPR Article 2(32)). It can store the passport and hold the back-up copy (Articles 10(4) and 11(c)). The Commission may later set requirements for providers, possibly with a certification scheme (Article 11); none exists yet. DPPLive hosts passports for garment factories and their buyers.

GS1 standard for writing a GTIN into a web address, so one QR code works as both a barcode and a link (format: https://domain/01/{GTIN}). ESPR does not require GS1 specifically, but most EU retailers already work with GS1 GTINs.

The physical mechanism providing access to the DPP, such as a QR code. ESPR Article 10(1)(b) allows it on the product, its packaging or accompanying documents, as the delegated act specifies; recital 37 prefers the product itself, so for garments the permanent care label is the usual place.

A chemical on the ECHA Candidate List under REACH Regulation. If present above 0.1% w/w, it must be declared in the DPP. Includes certain disperse dyes commonly used in garment dyeing worldwide.

The ability to track material origin and journey through the supply chain. Supply-chain operator and facility identifiers are among the elements a delegated act can require in the passport (ESPR Annex III); EU buyers already ask for traceability from fibre origin through yarn spinning, fabric weaving, dyeing and final assembly.

A lightweight structured format for DPP information — machine-readable, searchable, interoperable. ESPR requires passport data to be based on open standards and interoperable formats (Article 10(1)(d)); JSON-LD with the GS1 vocabulary (gs1.org/voc/) is a common way to meet that.

EU chemical safety regulation. Its Article 33 requires suppliers of articles containing a Substance of Very High Concern above 0.1% w/w to pass on information for safe use — at least the substance name — along the supply chain and, on request, to consumers. ESPR uses REACH's SVHC definition for its own substances-of-concern rules (Articles 2(27) and 7(5)), and a DPP can carry this information.

EU agency in Helsinki maintaining the official SVHC Candidate List (currently 240+ substances).

Chemical Abstracts Service registry number — a unique numerical identifier (e.g. 7647-14-5 for sodium chloride) used to declare each substance precisely. ESPR's substances-of-concern information includes the CAS name and number where available (Article 7(5)(a)).

A unique business identifier assigned to each economic operator for the EU DPP Registry. Issuance method is being finalised — likely combining EU EORI (for EU-established operators) and a GS1-issued code (for non-EU manufacturers). DPPLive handles registration on your behalf.

A European Commission-operated registry, launched 20 July 2026, storing the unique identifiers of every DPP. The source of truth for customs, market surveillance, and recyclers. Each DPP is registered there even when data is hosted by a private DPP Service Provider like DPPLive.

A 13-digit GS1 product identifier (e.g. 8901234567890) printed on the barcode of every retail garment. Validated using the GS1 Mod-10 check digit algorithm. ESPR lists the GTIN as one identifier a delegated act can require (Annex III(c)); for garments it is the usual basis of the unique product identifier.

Voluntary sustainability assessment framework by the Sustainable Apparel Coalition. MSI = Materials Sustainability Index, FEM = Facility Environmental Module, FSLM = Facility Social & Labor. Higg data integrates directly into DPP carbon footprint and social compliance fields.

Total greenhouse gas emissions across a product's lifecycle, expressed in kgCO₂eq. Carbon footprint is one of the product parameters ESPR delegated acts can use (Annex I(n)); the textile delegated act will decide whether the passport must show it. Calculated per ISO 14067:2018 using emission factors from sources like Higg MSI v3.7, Ecoinvent v3.9, and IPCC AR6 GWP100. Bangladesh grid factor: 0.61 kgCO₂/kWh (BPDB 2024).

Independent certification covering organic fibre content, environmental processing, and social criteria. Many Bangladeshi processors hold GOTS certification. GOTS certificates can be embedded directly in your DPP as JSON-LD claims with verifiable issuance details.

Independent certification for textile products free of harmful substances. Tests for over 350 chemicals including those on the SVHC list. Certificate IDs (e.g. 21.HBD.85042) link from DPP fields directly to the OEKO-TEX verification portal.

Textile Exchange certification verifying recycled content (≥20% recycled material), traceability, and chain-of-custody. ESPR's circular economy provisions favour high recycled content; GRS-certified content can be highlighted in DPPs, including against any future minimum thresholds.

amfori-administered audit program for social conditions in supplier factories. Widely used by EU brands (H&M, C&A, Bestseller). BSCI ratings and audit dates can be referenced in DPP social compliance fields.

Bangladesh's largest export sector. Contributes ~84% of national export earnings and employs 4 million+ workers. Approximately 4,500 factories serve the EU market — all directly within ESPR scope.

Bangladesh garment trade associations. BGMEA — Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association. BKMEA — Knitwear specialists. BTMA — Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (upstream spinning/weaving).

Bangladesh's first comprehensive personal-data law, issued on 6 November 2025 as the Personal Data Protection Ordinance, 2025; several provisions take effect 18 months after publication. On a DPP platform it covers the personal data in user accounts, not the product data in a passport.

256-bit hash algorithm (NIST FIPS 180-4) producing a fixed 64-character hex fingerprint of any data. Each published DPP version's canonical JSON is SHA-256-hashed and the hash is stored and never overwritten — so any change after publication is detectable. Published versions are also timestamped on the Bitcoin blockchain through OpenTimestamps; anyone can check them on the verify page.

EU Directive 2022/2464 requiring large companies to disclose sustainability impact. Complementary to ESPR — CSRD is company-level reporting, ESPR/DPP is product-level. EU buyers' CSRD reports increasingly cite supplier DPP data, reinforcing why DPP readiness wins orders.