Stop asking DPP vendors if they’re compliant. Ask them this instead.
The textile delegated act doesn't exist yet, so no vendor can be compliant with it. But since 15 July there is a question that…
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Every issue
The full archive of DPP Signal — what moved on the EU Digital Product Passport, fortnight by fortnight.
Issue 03: The fight over what goes in the box
Last issue the infrastructure arrived before the rules. This fortnight the argument moved to content: retail's lobby published its case for cutting parts of…
A denim pilot just aimed at the actual DPP bottleneck
World Collective, Denim Deal and Green Story have put digital product passports on three denim fabrics from a single Indian mill. The idea is…
Retail’s lobby has published its list of what to cut from the textile passport
On 10 August EuroCommerce published two detailed position papers on the textile DPP and the ESPR apparel delegated act. They want model-level identification as…
The Registry rules are in force. The first step is a procurement job, not an IT job.
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1778 took effect on 6 August. Before you can register a single passport you must become a verified economic operator —…
The next EU deadline for fashion isn’t the DPP. It’s 27 September.
From 27 September 2026 every seller of consumer goods in the EU must display a harmonised legal guarantee notice, and a producer durability guarantee…
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…
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…