In under two weeks, on 19 July 2026, the European Commission opens the EU Central DPP Registry — the database where every Digital Product Passport's unique identifiers will be registered before products enter the EU market. It is the single most concrete ESPR milestone so far, and it changes DPP preparation from theory into infrastructure.
What the registry actually does
The registry does not store your full product data. It stores the unique identifiers — the product's unique identifier (UPID), the economic operator identifier (EOID) and the facility identifier — and points to where the passport itself is hosted. The DPP data stays with the manufacturer or, under ESPR Article 2(32), with a DPP service provider hosting it on the manufacturer's behalf.
Customs authorities will use the registry to check, at the border, that a product declared for the EU market carries a registered passport. No registered identifier, no smooth entry.
Do Bangladesh factories need to act on day one?
Not on day one — textile DPPs become mandatory only once the textile delegated act applies (expected 2028–2029). But the registry opening starts the clock: buyers and EU brands are already asking suppliers to demonstrate readiness, and the identifier schemes (GTIN-based UPIDs, EOIDs, facility IDs) take time to set up correctly across an export catalogue of hundreds of SKUs.
A practical checklist
1. Identifiers — make sure every EU-destined style has a GTIN and a plan for model, batch or item-level passport granularity.
2. EU responsible person — the passport must name an EU-established economic operator; agree with your buyer or importer who this will be.
3. Data collection — fibre composition, country of origin, chemicals (REACH Article 33 SVHC declarations), carbon footprint, care and end-of-life instructions. Start collecting per ESPR Article 7 now; retrofitting a season's data later is far harder.
4. Hosting — decide whether you host passports yourself or appoint a DPP service provider (Article 2(32)) to create, host and submit them for you.
5. Data carrier — plan for the QR code on the care label, following the new EN 1821x standards for data carriers.