Build a textile product passport

What applies today

Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 already requires fibre names and the composition by weight on textile products placed on the EU market. The textile digital product passport under the ESPR depends on the textiles delegated act; the Commission's working plan targets its adoption in 2027, which is a planning target, not an application date.

Further rules apply depending on the product: REACH for substances of very high concern, the EU Deforestation Regulation where a component such as cattle leather falls within its scope, and extended producer responsibility for textiles, whose registration and dates each Member State's scheme sets.

What the pack checks

DPP Shield validates a passport against the bundled EU-TEXTILE pack, which is a draft readiness pack, plus the ESPR core checks every category shares: identifiers, the economic operator, the data carrier, substances of concern and passport availability. Required findings block publication; findings to check are flagged for review. Each finding in the console names its rule and source.

Required - blocks publication

• Fibre composition - one row per fibre, shares by weight that add up to 100 %.
• Manufacturer name for the record.
• Substances of very high concern above 0.1 % w/w, with the SCIP number.
• A due-diligence statement reference when the product contains an EUDR commodity such as cattle leather.

What it flags for review

These do not block publication, but resolve each one before the passport goes public.

Check - flagged for review

• Country of manufacture (record quality - not a general EU labelling duty for textiles).
• Care instructions.
• Durability in wash cycles, with the test method behind it.
• Each fibre share between 0 and 100 %.
• Extended producer responsibility registration in the markets where it applies.
• Evidence for a voluntary recycled-fibre claim, and microfibre-release data where synthetic fibres support a shedding claim.

Evidence to collect

Attach these in Documents and link them to the passport, or request them from suppliers.

Typical evidence

• Fibre composition test reports or supplier declarations per material.
• Care label content, and durability test reports with the method used.
• Recycled-fibre certificates such as GRS or RCS, linked to the claim.
• SVHC declarations from fabric, trim and finishing suppliers.
• EUDR due-diligence statement references for leather or other in-scope components.

Build the passport step by step

1. Create the product with the category Textile - in Products, by CSV import or from a connected store.
2. Open DPPs and choose Create passport: the form shows the textile fields together with the shared blocks (identifiers, manufacturer, materials, substances of concern, data carrier and passport availability).
3. Enter each fibre as its own row with its percentage; the shares must add up to 100 %.
4. Ask mills and trim suppliers for composition and SVHC declarations through supplier requests.
5. Record durability only with the test method behind it - leave it empty rather than estimate.
6. Attach the evidence in Documents and send supplier requests for anything you cannot support yourself.
7. Run Validate EU and work through the findings until no required finding is left.
8. Preview the public page, redact commercially sensitive fields, then publish.

Before you publish

Because the bundled packs are drafts, publishing needs an accountable override approved by a second owner or administrator until your platform operator activates a legally reviewed pack. The readiness score is not a legal assessment: confirm the obligations that apply to your product with your compliance adviser.

Avoid environmental claims you cannot substantiate: a recycled share without a certificate behind it is flagged. When the textiles delegated act is adopted, the pack will follow its data requirements, and the fields you have prepared carry over.