EU Digital Product Passport Registry is now live
EU Digital Product Passport Registry is now live. Learn how manufacturers can prepare for DPP compliance with eIDAS trust services.
The European Commission has officially launched the Digital Product Passport (DPP) Registry, together with a dedicated testing environment and user guidance, marking a significant milestone in making the Digital Product Passport a practical reality for businesses placing products on the EU market. The Registry is now operational and represents a key step in the implementation of the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR).
What is the Digital Product Passport?
The Digital Product Passport (DPP) is a digital record that provides essential information about a product throughout its lifecycle. Depending on the product category, it may include details relating to sustainability, repairability, recycled content, technical documentation, compliance, and end-of-life management.
The objective is to improve product transparency, support the circular economy, facilitate market surveillance, and provide consumers, customs authorities, and businesses with trusted product information.
What is the DPP Registry?
The European Commission has launched the DPP Registry as the central infrastructure for the Digital Product Passport. Rather than storing the complete Digital Product Passport, it acts as a secure index that links a product’s unique identifier with its Digital Product Passport, allowing authorised parties to locate and verify product information while manufacturers retain control of the underlying data. The Commission has also released a testing environment to help businesses prepare for future implementation.
What Does This Mean for Manufacturers?
Although the Registry is now live, the European Commission will introduce the Digital Product Passport progressively through product-specific legislation. Manufacturers, importers, software vendors, and system integrators should use this period to prepare their systems and business processes.
Key preparation activities include:
- reviewing product data management processes;
- preparing Digital Product Passport information;
- integrating DPP generation into existing ERP, PLM, and manufacturing systems;
- implementing trusted mechanisms to guarantee the authenticity and integrity of product information.
The role of Qualified Trust Services
One of the key challenges of the Digital Product Passport is ensuring that product information remains authentic, tamper-evident, and legally trustworthy throughout its lifecycle.
TrustPro QTSP provides the trust services needed to support Digital Product Passport implementations, including:
- Qualified Electronic Seals (QeSeal) for the automated signing of Digital Product Passport data;
- Qualified Electronic Signatures (QES) for approval workflows and legally binding documents;
- Qualified Time Stamps provide trusted evidence of when users create or update product information
- Remote Signing APIs for seamless integration into enterprise software;
- Long-Term Preservation services for regulatory compliance and long-term evidential value.
Preparing today for tomorrow’s requirements
The launch of the Digital Product Passport Registry demonstrates that the Digital Product Passport is moving from legislative planning to operational implementation. The European Commission is still defining product-specific requirements.Organisations that prepare now will meet future compliance obligations more easily and accelerate their digital transformation.
TrustPro QTSP is closely following the evolution of the Digital Product Passport framework and is ready to support manufacturers, software providers, and system integrators with secure, scalable, and fully eIDAS-compliant trust services.
A Digital Product Passport (DPP) is a digital record that provides key information about a product throughout its lifecycle, including sustainability, repairability, recycled content, compliance, and end-of-life management. It is designed to improve transparency, support the circular economy, and help businesses comply with EU legislation.
The EU Digital Product Passport Registry is the central infrastructure operated by the European Commission. Rather than storing the complete Digital Product Passport, it links a product’s unique identifier to its passport, enabling authorised parties to locate and verify product information while allowing manufacturers to retain control of their own data.
The Digital Product Passport will be introduced progressively through product-specific legislation under the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR). Manufacturers, importers, authorised representatives, and other economic operators placing products on the EU market should monitor the applicable requirements for their product categories and begin preparing their systems in advance.
A Qualified Electronic Seal (QeSeal) helps ensure that Digital Product Passport data is authentic, has not been altered, and can be trusted by customers, business partners, and public authorities. Using an eIDAS-compliant Qualified Electronic Seal provides strong evidence of the origin and integrity of electronically issued product information.
TrustPro QTSP provides Qualified Electronic Seals (QeSeal), Qualified Electronic Signatures (QES), Qualified Time Stamps, Remote Signing APIs, and Long-Term Preservation services. These trust services help manufacturers and software providers integrate secure, automated, and eIDAS-compliant authentication into their Digital Product Passport solutions, supporting future regulatory requirements.
