EU Digital Product Passport — Frequently Asked Questions

A Digital Product Passport (DPP) is a structured, machine-readable data record that accompanies a physical product throughout its lifecycle. It contains standardised information about the product's composition, origin, environmental footprint, repairability, and end-of-life handling. Under EU regulations ESPR 2024/1781 and Battery Regulation 2023/1542, DPPs are mandatory for products sold in the European Union — starting with batteries in February 2027, then expanding to textiles, tyres, electronics, and eventually all ESPR-regulated categories.

Any economic operator placing a regulated product on the EU market — manufacturers, importers, authorised representatives, and distributors. If you make, import, or sell batteries, textiles, tyres, or electronics in the EU, you will need DPPs. The obligation falls on the entity placing the product on the market, but supply chain data must come from upstream suppliers.

EU Battery Regulation 2023/1542 requires battery passports from February 18, 2027 for EV, LMT, and industrial batteries above 2 kWh. ESPR delegated acts will set deadlines for other categories: textiles and tyres are expected around June 2028, electronics around January 2029. The EU Central DPP Registry launches July 19, 2026.

Under ESPR Article 68 and Battery Regulation Article 84, EU member states must set penalties that are "effective, proportionate, and dissuasive." Non-compliant products cannot legally be placed on the EU market. This means potential regulatory fines (typically €5,000–€500,000 per violation based on existing EU enforcement), product seizure at borders, market access suspension, and reputational damage.

Upload your existing technical documents (test reports, certificates, BOMs). AI extracts structured compliance data and maps it to the correct DPP fields. You review and approve every extraction. The platform scores your compliance in real time, collects missing data from your suppliers via a dedicated portal, and publishes a machine-readable passport with a GS1 Digital Link QR code.

With existing technical documentation, most users create their first compliant Digital Product Passport in under 60 minutes. AI document extraction handles the data entry — you review and approve. The longer process is gathering supply chain data from upstream suppliers, which the platform automates through the supplier portal.

Yes. Traceable offers a free plan covering up to 10 DPPs per month with all core modules: product creation, document management, QR code generation, GS1 Digital Link, compliance scoring, and JSON-LD export. No credit card required. Paid plans start at €500/month for AI extraction, and €1,500/month for supplier portal and API access.

Yes. Most DPP data already exists in your technical documentation — test reports, IEC certificates, REACH declarations, carbon footprint studies, and bills of materials. Traceable's AI Document Intelligence extracts this data automatically and maps it to the correct regulatory fields. You do not re-enter data that already exists in a document.

Traceable covers 12 product categories across all ESPR-regulated sectors: EV batteries, LMT batteries, industrial batteries, textiles, tyres, electronics, furniture, steel, cement, chemicals, plastics, and packaging. Templates update automatically as EU delegated acts are finalised. One account covers every category.

Traceable has 19 specialised AI capabilities: single and bulk document extraction, automatic document type detection, cross-document field mapping, document authenticity validation, product data autofill, certificate requirements suggestion, compliance checking, jurisdictional compliance, recall risk analysis, carbon footprint estimation, sustainability trend analysis, upcycle options suggestion, supply chain traceability checking, ESPR Article 9 access tier enforcement, multi-language translation, and marketing campaign generation. Every AI output is human-reviewed before entering your passport.

Your suppliers receive an email with a one-time access code. They log in without creating an account, see only the data request you sent, enter component data, upload certificates, and leave. No friction, no cost to them. Every interaction is audit-logged. Your product data is invisible to your suppliers.

GS1 Digital Link is the international standard for encoding product identifiers in QR codes. Every DPP published on Traceable gets a GS1 Digital Link QR code in the format /01/[GTIN]/21/[serial]. Scanning the QR code resolves to the public DPP viewer. The EU has adopted GS1 Digital Link as the standard data carrier for Digital Product Passports.

Yes. Traceable provides a RESTful API with endpoints for creating, managing, and publishing DPPs programmatically. JSON-LD output compliant with W3C Verifiable Credentials Data Model 2.0. API access is available on Growth plans and above.

Blockchain anchoring is currently in beta. It creates a cryptographic hash of your passport data on a public blockchain, providing tamper-proof evidence that your data existed in a specific state at a specific time. This is relevant for enterprise procurement RFPs that require immutability guarantees.

All data is hosted in EU data centres (Dublin, Ireland). No data leaves the European Union. Encryption at rest and in transit. GDPR-compliant by architecture with data processing agreements, subprocessor transparency, and data minimisation throughout.

Yes. Traceable is GDPR-compliant by design. We provide data processing agreements, maintain a transparent subprocessor list, support data subject requests, implement data minimisation, and offer full data export and deletion on request. Built-in GDPR tools help you manage the privacy aspects of your DPP data.

Yes. Full JSON-LD data export is available on all plans. CSV export for product data is also supported. Your data is yours — portable, exportable, and deletable on request.

Published passports remain accessible via their QR codes for a grace period after cancellation. You can export all your data before cancelling. Contact us for specific data retention details.

Yes. Scale plan customers can run Traceable under their own brand — custom domain, logo, colours, and pricing. White-label is designed for compliance consultancies, certification bodies, and industry associations serving multiple member companies.