Issue 02: The infrastructure arrived before the rules
The EU's central DPP Registry went live on 20 July, six harmonised standards landed with it, and SGS is already briefing on the 49…
The Brief
Month: July 2026
The full archive of DPP Signal — what moved on the EU Digital Product Passport, fortnight by fortnight.
Your certifier may know the 49 data points better than you do
SGS is now briefing clients on the JRC's proposed DPP content for textile apparel. When the testing-and-certification industry treats a preparatory study as the…
Six DPP standards are now harmonised. Here’s which ones actually concern you
Alongside the Registry launch, the Commission published references to six harmonised CEN-CENELEC DPP standards. Most are your vendor's problem. One of them decides what…
The EU DPP Registry is live. Here’s what it is — and what to do with it
The European Commission switched on the central DPP Registry on 20 July, with a testing environment, an API, and a helpdesk. Nothing is mandatory…
Issue 01: The consultation just closed — and the word that breaks most data models
The textile DPP consultation closed on 26 June 2026. Why "batch" breaks most brands' data models, who owns the passport, and what to do…