The ESPR (Regulation (EU) 2024/1781) created the DPP Registry in Article 13 but left its operation to an implementing act. That act is Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1778, adopted 16 July 2026, published in the Official Journal on 17 July and in force from 6 August 2026. The Registry itself went live on 20 July 2026, alongside a separate testing environment, a user guide and a helpdesk.
What the Registry is — and is not
The Registry is an index, not a database of your product data. It records the unique identifier, the commodity code, a reference to the digital product passport service provider and registrant information. The passport data itself stays hosted by you or by a service provider on your behalf, and the Registry performs only formal checks — mandatory fields and structural conformity. It does not validate whether your data is true.
Two ways in
Article 3 gives the Registry both a website with a secure user interface and an API for registering passports and receiving information back. Article 8(6) lets you use either. Access is through EU Login, and only a verified economic operator may register.
Becoming a verified economic operator
Article 4 requires your identity to be proven with an eIDAS qualified electronic seal (for a legal person) or a qualified electronic signature (for a natural person acting as a sole trader), by countersigning a declaration that the Commission has sealed. This is done by your own company — a service provider cannot do it for you.
What is validated when you register
- Semantic conformity of the passport data against the published data models.
- Coherence of the mandatory data for the product group.
- The granularity level — model, batch or item. For batteries the agreed level is the individual item.
- The validity of the commodity code.
- The link to the back-up copy hosted by a digital product passport service provider.
Proof of registration
Article 9 lets you request proof of registration as a secure electronic document containing the unique product identifier, the commodity code, the identity of the responsible operator, the date and time validated by a Commission electronic time stamp, and a hash of the registered passport version — guaranteed by a qualified electronic seal. It remains available for 90 calendar days from generation, so it is something you request when you need it rather than a certificate you file once.
How long the registration lasts
Where no other period is set by Union law, Article 10(3) has the Registry delete registration data automatically 10 years after registration. Member States must appoint a national registry administrator by 18 February 2027 — the same date the battery passport becomes mandatory.
Can battery passports be registered today?
Frequently asked
Does registering in the DPP Registry prove my product is compliant?
No. The Registry performs formal checks only — mandatory fields and structural conformity — and stores no passport content. Responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of the data stays with the economic operator placing the product on the EU market.
Does the Registry cost anything?
No fee is expected for economic operators registering passports, and access to the semantic repository and its APIs is provided free of charge under Article 12(7). The cost of compliance is the work of preparing and maintaining the data, not access to the Registry.
Can a service provider register passports on my behalf?
Yes, where you have granted the necessary authorisation and access rights — but you remain fully responsible for compliance. Your own verified-economic-operator status still has to be obtained by your company with an eIDAS qualified seal or signature.