The EU Digital Product Passport Registry is the Commission's central index for DPP unique identifiers, required registration data and high-level metadata. It became operational on 20 July 2026; detailed product information remains decentralized with the responsible economic operator or its DPP service provider.
What is stored in the EU DPP Registry?
The ESPR requires the Registry to store at least unique identifiers and, for products entering free circulation, the commodity code. Product-specific EU rules can require additional registration data. The Registry is not intended to replace the complete passport data source.
Who needs to register a DPP?
The relevant economic operator registers a passport when the applicable EU legislation requires that product to have a DPP and to be registered. A general interest in DPPs does not by itself create a registration duty for every product category.
How should a team prepare?
Only verified economic operators can register: enrolment uses an EU Login and a declaration signed with a qualified electronic signature or sealed with a qualified electronic seal (eIDAS). A registration names the passport's Unique Product Identifier, an https URL of at most 2,000 characters that resolves to the passport, with optional model and batch identifiers; batteries are registered at item level. It is made in the Registry's online form or by uploading a JSON or XML file of up to 100 passports, and the Registry answers with a correlation ID, then success or failure.
Confirm the responsible operator, product scope and identifier level; keep the passport URL persistent; validate identifiers and commodity codes; and retain the registration response with the published version. DPP Shield computes and checks the identifier for each published release, prepares registration data for up to 100 passports at a time and records the Registry's answer with the release.
Frequently asked questions
When did the DPP Registry become operational?
The European Commission announced the operational Registry and testing environment on 20 July 2026.
Can passports be registered today?
Not yet. The Commission's user guide for economic operators (v1.03, 16 September 2026) states that successful registration is not currently possible because the semantic catalogue for batteries, the first product group, has not been defined. Operators can already enrol and complete verification, including in the Registry's test environment.
Who can register a passport?
A verified economic operator. Verification requires a declaration signed by the legal representative with a qualified electronic signature or sealed with the organization's qualified electronic seal, and it is valid for up to three years under Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1778.
Does the Registry store the full passport?
No. It indexes identifiers and required metadata, while detailed product data remains decentralized.
Is every product required to register now?
No. Registration follows the applicable product-specific EU legislation and its application date.