Which products does the digital product passport cover?
Those covered by a delegated act, group by group rather than all at once. The regulation named the groups its first working plan had to prioritise, from iron and steel to textiles and furniture, and batteries follow a separate regulation with a date of their own.
One group at a time
regulation (EU) 2024/1781 does not impose a passport on everything at once. Article 9 provides that the information requirements make a passport a condition for placing a product on the market, in accordance with the applicable delegated acts; without such an act for a product group, nothing applies to it yet.
Each act does the specifying: the data, the carriers, their positioning, whether the passport is established at model, batch or item level, who may read what, who may write, and how long it stays available. That is why two products in the same catalogue can face different obligations.
The groups named in the text
Article 18 required a first working plan by 19 April 2025 and listed the groups it had to prioritise: iron and steel, aluminium, textiles, in particular garments and footwear, furniture including mattresses, tyres, detergents, paints, lubricants, chemicals, and energy related products for which ecodesign requirements are set for the first time.
A working plan is a plan, not an obligation on a product: it says what the Commission intends to regulate and when, and the obligations arrive with the act itself. The distinction matters when a supplier tells you that your category is already covered.
Batteries have their own text
regulation (EU) 2023/1542 sets a battery passport for each light means of transport battery, each industrial battery above 2 kWh and each electric vehicle battery placed on the market from 18 February 2027, with its own list of contents in Annex XIII. The battery page covers what it says about the carrier, which is more specific than the ecodesign text.
The two regimes meet in one place: the ecodesign registry stores the unique identifiers for batteries as well, which the registry page describes.
What to watch, and where
Watch the act for your group rather than the summaries. The texts are published in the Official Journal and on EUR-Lex, they are amended, and a date read in an article is worth more than a date read in an article about the article.
This site follows the same rule: every date on these pages comes from the text that sets it, and nothing here is a statement about what applies to your product. That question belongs to the act and to your counsel.
Frequently asked questions
Is every product covered?
No. A product is covered when a delegated act covers its group, and the acts arrive group by group.
Which groups came first?
The regulation required the first working plan to prioritise iron and steel, aluminium, textiles, furniture, tyres, detergents, paints, lubricants, chemicals and energy related products.
Does a working plan create an obligation?
No. It states which groups the Commission intends to regulate. The obligations arrive with the delegated act for the group.
What about batteries?
They follow the batteries regulation, whose passport applies from 18 February 2027 to light means of transport, industrial batteries above 2 kWh and electric vehicle batteries.