EU DPP and ESPR updates
Dated updates on the EU Digital Product Passport for garment exporters. Each item links to the guide we keep up to date.
Latest
- Registry
The EU DPP registry is live
The European Commission launched the central Digital Product Passport registry, with a testing environment, on 20 July 2026, one day after the ESPR Article 13 set-up deadline. It stores at least each product's unique identifiers, plus the commodity code for imports. Operators register products once their product group's delegated act applies, so garments are not covered yet.
What launched and what did not change → · Registry submission guide →
- ESPR
Destroying unsold apparel and footwear is banned for large companies
From 19 July 2026, ESPR Article 25 bars large enterprises from destroying unsold apparel, clothing accessories and footwear. Medium-sized enterprises follow from 19 July 2030, and micro and small enterprises are exempt. Separately, Article 24 requires an annual disclosure of discarded unsold products.
- Registry
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1778: the registry rulebook
The Commission adopted the registry's operating rules on 16 July 2026; they have applied since 6 August 2026. Operators verify their identity with eIDAS credentials, automated checks are not proof of compliance, a successful registration gives a proof valid for 90 days, and registration data is kept for 10 years.
- Standards
The first six harmonised DPP standards
Implementing Decision (EU) 2026/1736, published on 15 July 2026, cites EN 18216, EN 18219, EN 18220, EN 18221, EN 18222 and EN 18223 in the Official Journal. Passport systems built to them get a presumption of conformity with the matching ESPR requirements.
- Textile
JRC consultation on textile requirements closes
The Joint Research Centre's stakeholder consultation for its preparatory study on textiles closed on 30 March 2026. The study feeds the textile delegated act, which the Commission plans to adopt in 2027; passport obligations for garments are expected from 2028–2029.
The data a textile passport is expected to carry → · EU DPP timeline →
- ESPR
First ESPR working plan puts textiles in the first wave
The Commission's Ecodesign for Sustainable Products and Energy Labelling Working Plan 2025–2030, adopted on 16 April 2025, lists textiles, in particular garments, among the first product groups and schedules their measures for adoption in 2027.
- ESPR
ESPR enters into force
Regulation (EU) 2024/1781, the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation, was adopted on 13 June 2024, published on 28 June 2024 and entered into force on 18 July 2024. It sets the framework; the duties for each product group, including the passport, come through delegated acts.
What is a Digital Product Passport? → · Why we need a DPP: the EU regulation tree →
What comes next
- 18 February 2027 — Battery passports become mandatory (Batteries Regulation, Article 77), on the same registry. More →
- 2027 — Textile delegated act expected: it will fix the data a garment passport must carry. More →
- 14 December 2027 — The EU Forced Labour Regulation (EU) 2024/3015 applies. More →
- 2028–2029 — Garment passports expected to become mandatory, after a transition of at least 18 months. More →
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