Regulation radar
KNOW THE RULES. BEFORE THEY APPLY.
Every EU rule that shapes a digital product passport, in one place: what it is, who it binds, when it bites and what it means for your product data.
Next deadlines
The dates that move first across the catalogue
- 01115in daysFeb 1, 2027Certificate sales open for 2026 importsCarbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)
- 02132in daysFeb 18, 2027Digital battery passport mandatory (EV, LMT, industrial > 2 kWh)EU Battery Regulation
- 03313in daysAug 18, 2027Supply-chain due diligence obligations apply (postponed from 2025)EU Battery Regulation
- 041379in daysJul 19, 2030Destruction ban extends to medium-sized companiesEcodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR)
6 regulations
EU Battery Regulation
The first product law to make a digital product passport mandatory. From 18 February 2027 every EV, light-means-of-transport and industrial battery above 2 kWh placed on the EU market needs a passport reachable through a QR code, with carbon footprint, materials, performance and due-diligence data.
- Batteries
Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR)
The framework law behind the digital product passport. It replaces the old Ecodesign Directive, lets the Commission set product-specific requirements through delegated acts, and makes a DPP the carrier for them. Textiles, iron and steel, furniture, tyres, mattresses and aluminium lead the first working plan.
- All sectors
Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)
A carbon price on the embedded emissions of imported iron and steel, aluminium, cement, fertilisers, hydrogen and electricity. Since 1 January 2026 importers need authorised-declarant status and will buy certificates for their 2026 imports from 2027; importers below 50 tonnes a year are exempt.
- Iron & steel
Construction Products Regulation (CPR)
The revised CPR entered into force on 7 January 2025 and applies from 8 January 2026. It makes the declaration of performance and conformity digital and introduces a digital product passport for construction products, with harmonised technical specifications phased in per product family.
- Construction
Smartphones and tablets: energy label and ecodesign
Since 20 June 2025 smartphones and tablets sold in the EU carry an energy label with battery endurance, drop resistance, repairability class and ingress protection, and must meet ecodesign rules on spare-part availability, software updates and battery durability.
- Electronics
Right to Repair Directive
Consumers get a right to have products repaired after the legal guarantee, at a reasonable price and within a reasonable time, for goods covered by EU repairability requirements. Member States apply the rules from 31 July 2026. Repairers get access to spare parts, tools and repair information.
- Electronics
- All sectors
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