Deadlines
September 2026: no ESPR act for textiles, tires, furniture
For textiles, tires, furniture and mattresses there is still no delegated ESPR act; all procedures remain at the preparatory and consultation stage.
DPP updates
DPP Updates: ESPR, Registry and Standards Log
This log records what is actually moving on the Digital Product Passport: an adopted legal act, a standard cited in the EU Official Journal, a deadline that has shifted. Every entry is dated, names its sources and keeps three things cleanly apart - what happened, what changes in practice for brands on the EU market, and what expressly stays the same. No assessments, no forecasts: where the position is open, the entry says so.
September 2026
August 2026
- Regulation
PPWR applies: Packaging Regulation (EU) 2025/40 in force
The EU Packaging Regulation has been generally applicable since 12 August 2026 - with substance restrictions, producer obligations and marketplace responsibility.
- Deadlines
PPWR: deadline for the labelling act has passed
The implementing act on harmonised packaging labelling, due by 12 August 2026, has not been issued; the 24-month changeover period has not begun.
July 2026
- Registry
EU DPP registry is live - with a test environment
The European Commission has brought the central registry for Digital Product Passports into operation together with a test environment; the first hard deadline is 18 February 2027.
- Deadlines
ESPR destruction ban for textiles and footwear applies
Article 25 of the ESPR has become applicable: large companies may no longer destroy unsold textiles and footwear, with medium-sized ones following in 2030.
- Standards
Six DPP standards cited in the EU Official Journal
With Implementing Decision (EU) 2026/1736, six of the eight DPP standards are listed in the Official Journal - anyone applying them gains the presumption of conformity with the ESPR.
January 2026
- Regulation
EU Toy Regulation (EU) 2025/2509 in force
The new Toy Regulation has entered into force; its requirements, including the Digital Product Passport, apply from 1 August 2030.
Every entry names its sources and is updated when the legal position changes. The guide section places the topics in a wider context: DPP Knowledge. You can create and publish product passports with SolveDPP.
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