Furniture Digital Product Passport: where EU law stands
Furniture, including mattresses, is a priority product group under the EU Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR). What is decided and what is not.
No ESPR delegated act for furniture has been adopted as of 26 September 2026.
Where the law stands
A priority under ESPR
Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 lists furniture, including mattresses, among the product groups the Commission had to prioritise in its first working plan (Article 18(5)(d)). Ecodesign requirements, including any digital product passport, would be set in a product-specific delegated act.
Working plan 2025 to 2030
The Commission's working plan (COM(2025) 187) gives 2028 as the indicative year for adopting furniture measures, and lists mattresses separately with 2029. These are indicative adoption years, not compliance dates.
No passport date yet
As of 26 September 2026 the Commission has not adopted an ESPR delegated act for furniture, so no passport content or application date is set. Once an ESPR delegated act is adopted, Article 4(4) says it applies no earlier than 18 months after it enters into force, except in duly justified cases.
At a glance
Furniture, including mattresses, is a priority product group under ESPR (Regulation (EU) 2024/1781, Article 18(5)(d)). The Commission's working plan for 2025 to 2030 gives 2028 as the indicative year for adopting furniture measures and 2029 for mattresses. As of 26 September 2026 no furniture delegated act has been adopted, so no passport content or date is set; once one is adopted, it applies no earlier than 18 months after entering into force, except in duly justified cases (Article 4(4)).
- ESPR Article 18(5)(d) lists furniture, including mattresses, as a priority product group.
- Working plan COM(2025) 187: indicative adoption year 2028 for furniture and 2029 for mattresses.
- No furniture delegated act had been adopted as of 26 September 2026.
- ESPR Article 4(4): a delegated act applies no earlier than 18 months after entry into force, except in duly justified cases.
Furniture passport: common questions
No. As of 26 September 2026 no delegated act under Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 (ESPR) sets ecodesign requirements or a digital product passport for furniture. Furniture, including mattresses, is a priority product group under ESPR Article 18(5)(d).
No date is set. The working plan for 2025 to 2030 gives 2028 as the indicative year for adopting furniture measures and 2029 for mattresses. After adoption, ESPR Article 4(4) requires at least 18 months before a delegated act applies, except in duly justified cases.
It can. Annex I, point (h), of ESPR lists use or content of recycled materials among the product parameters on which ecodesign requirements may be based, but any such requirement for furniture would come from a furniture delegated act, and none has been adopted.
Further reading
Regulatory Guide
ESPR 2024/1781 — Complete Guide
The horizontal ESPR framework: furniture, including mattresses, is a priority product group under Article 18(5).
Regulatory Guide
GPSR — General Product Safety
Upholstered furniture and children's furniture have specific GPSR obligations. How they sit alongside the ESPR DPP requirement.
Regulatory Guide
DPP Regulation Tracker
Track whether an ESPR furniture delegated act has been adopted, and what the working plan indicates.
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