What is a Digital Product Passport (DPP)?

The Digital Product Passport (DPP) is a digital document mandated by the EU ESPR (Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation). It contains environmental, traceability, and compliance information about a product, accessible via a QR code.

When does the DPP become mandatory?

Batteries have the first binding deadline, fixed at 18 February 2027. Other sectors will follow as their delegated acts are published.

Do I need technical skills to create a DPP?

No. DPPify is designed as a no-code tool. The guided form walks you through each step, and the completion score shows you in real time what's left to fill in.

Is data hosted in Europe?

Yes. All data is hosted on European servers, in compliance with GDPR. No data is transferred outside the EU.

Can I import my existing product catalog?

Yes. The smart CSV import automatically recognizes your columns (French or English headers) and maps the data to the appropriate DPP fields.

European Product Package: standardisation moves first while the digital product passport waits

Two texts, two speeds

The European Product Package was meant to arrive as one block. It did not.

Text	Status on 16 October 2026	What is established
Standardisation regulation	Proposal published 6 October 2026, COM(2026) 780 final, procedure 2026/0307 (COD)	To be examined by the European Parliament and the Council
European Product Act (product framework and market surveillance)	6 October presentation postponed to "later this year"	Postponement announced by Commissioner Séjourné's office, per a wire report dated 29 September 2026

The postponement of the European Product Act is documented by secondary sources only (MLex report of 29 September 2026, Cooley note). We found no Commission statement on it. What we know of its content comes from a leaked draft: treat it as provisional.

What the standardisation overhaul proposes

According to the Commission press release and Q&A of 6 October 2026:

binding deadlines for standards requested by the Commission
common specifications clarified as a targeted fallback measure
wider use of external technical specifications, under conditions and safeguards
interim deliverables that could give a temporary presumption of conformity for certain emerging technologies
the possibility, under strict safeguards and with Member States' approval, of sending some requests to organisations other than CEN, CENELEC and ETSI
free access to harmonised standards and to standards referenced in Union law, around 3,650 standards out of 27,000 in the European organisations' catalogues, according to the Commission
an Expert Centre on European standardisation

The Commission estimates the measures together would cut the average time to develop a standard from six years to four. That is a Commission estimate, not an observed result.

The link with DPP standards

The horizontal DPP standards were requested under Regulation 1025/2012. Implementing Decision (EU) 2026/1736 of 14 July 2026, published in the Official Journal on 15 July 2026, itself cites that regulation (Article 10(6)) as its basis. It publishes the references of six standards: EN 18216, EN 18219, EN 18220, EN 18221, EN 18222 and EN 18223.

Two standards remain to be cited: EN 18239 (access rights, security, confidentiality) and EN 18246 (authentication, integrity). The Commission's indicative timeline provides for an implementing decision on them; none was published at the time of writing. The official page reads "September 2026" as we consulted it on 16 October 2026, and the Official Journal list still contains only decision 2026/1736. A monitoring extract had recorded "November 2026"; we could not reproduce it. Treat that date as uncertain and check the page before relying on it.

What the overhaul would change, if adopted: the pace and tools for the next standards requested by the Commission, that is the future standards and revisions that will support passports. We have not read any transitional provision on how it would apply to ongoing standardisation requests or to the six standards already cited: decision 2026/1736 stays in force as it is until the regulation is adopted.

What this means for your project

1. Do not change technical choices already aligned with the six cited standards: their presumption of conformity is in place.
2. Do not freeze your access architecture without reading EN 18239 and EN 18246, even though their citation in the Official Journal has not happened.
3. Do not build a plan on the European Product Act: with no published text, neither scope nor timetable is reliable.
4. Watch two pages: the Commission's DPP timeline and the Parliament procedure file 2026/0307 (COD).

To see where you stand, DPPify supports you from auditing your data to publishing compliant QR codes. See also publication of EN 18239 and EN 18246 and Cited in the Official Journal does not mean mandatory.

Sources

European Commission, Proposal for a Regulation on European standardisation, COM(2026) 780 final, 6 October 2026, accessed 16 October 2026
European Commission, press release IP/26/2070, 6 October 2026, accessed 16 October 2026
European Commission, Questions and answers QANDA/26/2071, accessed 16 October 2026
European Commission, Implementing Decision (EU) 2026/1736 of 14 July 2026, OJ L, 2026/1736, 15.7.2026, accessed 16 October 2026
European Commission, Digital Product Passport official page, indicative timeline accessed 16 October 2026
European Commission, DPP harmonised standards, accessed 16 October 2026
European Parliament, procedure file 2026/0307(COD), accessed 16 October 2026
Secondary: MLex, European Product Act delayed beyond planned Oct. 6 presentation, 29 September 2026; Cooley, The European Product Act, 22 September 2026