The Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR), Regulation (EU) 2024/1781, is the horizontal framework that will introduce Digital Product Passports across many product categories — textiles, electronics, furniture, iron and steel, and more. It entered into force in 2024, with category-specific delegated acts arriving over the following years.
How the ESPR relates to the battery passport
Batteries are a special case: they already have their own dedicated regulation (2023/1542) with an earlier deadline. The ESPR does not replace it. Instead, the battery passport is effectively the first DPP, and the ESPR generalises the same idea — a unique identifier, a data carrier (QR), tiered access, and persistent data — to other categories.
Which products are next
- Textiles and apparel — an early priority category.
- Consumer electronics and ICT equipment.
- Furniture, iron, steel and aluminium.
- Tyres, detergents, paints and more over time.
Frequently asked
Is the battery passport part of the ESPR?
No. Batteries have their own regulation (2023/1542). The ESPR (2024/1781) is the broader framework introducing Digital Product Passports for other product categories, modelled on the same principles.