EU DIGITAL PRODUCT PASSPORTS
Prepare the product data. Keep the rules in view.
The EU’s Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) provides the framework for product-specific requirements, including Digital Product Passports. Textile businesses can organise their product information now without presenting a software passport as a legal certification.
Reviewed 7 October 2026 · This page is general information, not legal advice.
Framework versus product-specific rules
The ESPR is a framework regulation. The exact information and operational requirements for a product group are set through further EU measures. A general DPP page or QR label should therefore not be described as proof that a particular textile product meets every applicable rule.
What can a team do now?
Connect product identity, material composition, production information and evidence to their sources. Keep uncertain fields visible, and document which calculation scope a result covers. This makes a future data-mapping exercise more manageable than starting with a QR label alone.
What Made IQ provides
Made IQ structures apparel product records, supports governed impact calculations where data permits, and publishes controlled public passports with stable QR destinations. It separates private source information from the public view.
Made IQ does not issue regulatory approval, certify supplier claims or guarantee compliance with requirements that need a product-specific legal assessment.
Guidance as the requirements take shape
We help your team organise product data and evidence, review the first passports together and identify what future textile requirements mean for your workflow. We distinguish steps you can take now from requirements that are not yet final. The legal assessment and responsibility for product compliance remain with your company.
Follow primary sources
For legal scope and changes, use the European Commission textile strategy, the Commission’s ESPR FAQs and the 2025–2030 ESPR working plan. Those sources take precedence if this summary becomes outdated.
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