DOC TYPE: ENGINEERING BASIS · REGULATION + 6 EN STANDARDS
Built on the rules,
not around them
The passport format is set by EU regulation and a published series of European standards. This page states exactly which rules we engineer against, and is honest about what the delegated acts have not yet fixed.
PART 1 · THE REGULATION
ESPR: Regulation (EU) 2024/1781
The Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation establishes Digital Product Passports. Article 9 sets the passport mechanism, identifiers and data carrier; Annex III is the menu of passport content the sector delegated acts draw from.
STATUS: TEXTILE DELEGATED ACT NOT YET PUBLISHED
The exact content requirements and enforcement dates for textiles are set by a Delegated Act that is expected in the 2027 to 2028 window and is not yet published. We track it and keep passports current as the rules take shape.
| AREA | BASIS | ON THE PLATFORM |
|---|---|---|
| Product identification | ESPR Art. 9 · Annex III | Unique identifier, serial, model and brand tracked per product. |
| Material composition | ESPR Annex III | Full fibre breakdown with percentages, recycled content and origin per material. |
| Supply chain transparency | ESPR Annex III | Tiered supplier contributions with facility-level data, each under its author’s name. |
| Consumer access | ESPR Art. 9 (data carrier) | Scannable code on every product; the passport renders in six languages with no login. |
| Third-party verification | ESPR Annex III | Certifier workflow; verified and self-declared states shown honestly apart. |
| Environmental footprint | ESPR Annex III | PEF-aligned carbon, water and energy figures with their calculation basis disclosed. |
PART 2 · THE PUBLISHED EN STANDARDS
The EN 18220 series, engineered against
CEN/CENELEC JTC 24 published the horizontal DPP standards in 2026. We hold the full texts and engineer against them clause by clause.
EN 18216:2026
Data exchange protocols
Passport data is served over documented, versioned exchange interfaces; exports carry the full record including provenance.
EN 18219:2026
Unique identifiers
Every passport keys on a unique product identifier. GS1-issued GTINs are supported with check-digit validation; GTIN-less products receive a permanent platform-minted identity.
EN 18220:2026
Data carriers
QR carriers are generated to the standard’s geometry guidance, with print layouts for labels and hang tags and the physical size stamped into the vector output.
EN 18221:2026
Data storage, archiving and persistence
First publication freezes a signed snapshot; corrections append rather than overwrite; withdrawal and retention states are explicit.
EN 18222:2026
APIs
Passport lifecycle operations (create, publish, correct, withdraw, resolve) run through a documented API surface with role-scoped access.
EN 18223:2026
System interoperability
Passports resolve from the standard identifier paths and export in machine-readable form, so other conformant systems can consume them.
PART 3 · THE VOLUNTARY PROGRAMME
Publishing before obligation
Nothing stops you publishing a passport today. A voluntary passport uses the same structure, record and carriers as the regulated kind; a product without a GS1-issued GTIN receives a permanent platform identity instead, and the page says plainly that it is published by choice. When the delegated act lands, the data you have already collected is the data it will ask for.
Data protection posture, security controls and the audited privacy disclosures live on their own pages: security and privacy.