The EU Central DPP Registry set-up deadline is 19 July 2026

Under Article 13 of the ESPR (Regulation (EU) 2024/1781), the European Commission must set up a central Digital Product Passport registry by 19 July 2026, 24 months after the regulation entered into force. With the date now weeks away, here is what the registry is, and what it is not.

It is an index, not a data store

The registry does not hold passport content. It is a directory. Given a product identifier resolved through a data carrier, typically a GS1 Digital Link URL, it returns the location where the passport data is hosted by the manufacturer or its appointed DPP service provider. The data itself stays decentralised, with the economic operator.

It is a Commission deadline, not a business one

19 July 2026 is the date by which the Commission must have the infrastructure running. It is not the date your products need a passport. Registration obligations for economic operators begin per sector, as each delegated act applies:

• Batteries are first, with registration tied to the full DPP obligation from 18 February 2027.
• Other sectors follow as their ESPR delegated acts enter application, expected from 2028 onward.

What to do now

• If you are scoping a DPP solution, confirm your platform can register passports with the central registry via its API once it is live, and resolve identifiers through it.
• Keep your product identifiers and resolver strategy consistent with the identifiers guidance; the registry indexes by identifier.
• Nothing about the registry deadline changes your sector timeline. Check the one that applies to you in the delegated-acts tracker.

See the full picture on the ESPR page and the regulatory timeline.