Regulation radar

What really applies to your products, and what does not yet

One table per regulation, with its real status: in force, expected (delegated act not yet published), or no named obligation today. No countdown clocks.

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This radar lists each text with its real status. A lot of market messaging blends proposals, working plans and adopted regulations into one anxiety-inducing deadline. They are not the same thing. An obligation only exists once its text is adopted and its transition period has run. Where a date is indicative, we say so; where no obligation is named, we say that too.

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ESPR: Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (EU) 2024/1781

In force

Scope: Framework for nearly every physical product placed on the EU market, regardless of company size or country of establishment.
Real status: In force since 18 July 2024. Framework regulation: it creates the Digital Product Passport but activates it product group by product group.
Deadline: No single switch-on date: each product group follows its own delegated act, typically with a transition period of around 18 months.
What it implies: The DPP becomes a condition for placing covered products on the EU market: a passport reachable through a QR code, NFC tag or RFID, layered access rights (public / authorities / economic operators), and interoperable, machine-readable data built on open standards such as GS1 Digital Link and JSON-LD.

EU Batteries Regulation (EU) 2023/1542

In force

Scope: Electric-vehicle batteries, industrial batteries above 2 kWh, and LMT batteries (light means of transport: e-bikes, e-scooters).
Real status: In force. The battery passport obligation is written into the regulation itself: a firm, regulation-level date, not a proposal.
Deadline: Digital battery passport required from 18 February 2027.
What it implies: A passport reachable via a QR code carried on the battery, with state of health, carbon footprint, recycled content and due-diligence data (Annex XIII) linked to the unit's unique identifier. Portable and SLI (starter) batteries are out of passport scope.

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ESPR delegated act: textiles & apparel

Expected: act not published

Scope: Textiles, with apparel identified as the top priority of the ESPR 2025-2030 working plan. Footwear and leather goods are treated as textile-adjacent categories.
Real status: Not yet published. The delegated act is expected around 2027; until it is adopted, there is no binding textile DPP obligation.
Deadline: DPP obligation expected to apply from around 2028 (indicative planning horizon, not set in law).
What it implies: The expected shape: fibre composition, recycled content share, durability and care information, repairability, substances of concern, recyclability and end-of-life guidance, and traceability of the main production steps. Structuring composition, origin and supplier data per SKU now turns the future deadline into a mapping exercise rather than a rebuild.

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Ecodesign Regulation (EU) 2023/1670: smartphones & tablets

In force

Scope: Smartphones and tablets placed on the EU market.
Real status: In force since 20 June 2025. This is an ecodesign regulation, not a passport obligation.
Deadline: Applies now.
What it implies: Batteries lasting at least 800 cycles at 80% capacity, spare parts available for at least seven years, software updates for at least five years, and an A-to-E repairability class on the label. In France, the repairability index (2021) then the durability index (2024-2025) already require transparency for several equipment categories.

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ESPR: electrical & electronic equipment (EEE)

Expected: act not published

Scope: Consumer electronics and household appliances, an ESPR priority group.
Real status: No ESPR delegated act creating a passport for EEE exists today. Electronics is handled horizontally in the 2025-2030 working plan.
Deadline: Repairability score measure targeted around 2027, recyclability requirements around 2029 (indicative: each obligation starts only once its act is adopted).
What it implies: No passport field list to comply with yet, and none should be invented. The preparation that holds regardless: unique product identity, structured materials / conformity / repairability data, and a durable data carrier, so the delegated act lands in an existing structure.

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ESPR delegated act: furniture

Expected: act not published

Scope: Furniture, named among the priority groups of the ESPR 2025-2030 working plan.
Real status: Not yet published. The delegated act is expected during the plan period; no date has been set.
What it implies: Material composition, durability and repairability data are the expected backbone. Collecting them per product now means being ready ahead of the mandate instead of against it.

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CE toy safety requirements + General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR)

In force

Scope: Toys and childcare products sold in the EU.
Real status: Applicable today. These are safety and traceability obligations, not a DPP as such.
What it implies: Traceability, conformity documentation (CE declaration, test reports, age-grading, chemical safety) and rapid recall capability. Structuring this data per item or batch is exactly the groundwork a future passport builds on.

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ESPR: other priority groups (iron & steel, aluminium, tyres, mattresses)

Expected: act not published

Scope: The remaining priority groups named in the ESPR 2025-2030 working plan.
Real status: Delegated acts expected on a staggered basis across the plan period; real-world start dates will spread over the second half of the decade.
Deadline: No confirmed year should be assumed until each act is published.
What it implies: Each group's obligation begins only once its own delegated act is adopted and its transition period ends. Track the act that matches your category rather than a generic 'DPP deadline'.

Cosmetics & fragrance: no named DPP obligation today

No named obligation today

Scope: Cosmetics and fine fragrance sold in the EU.
Real status: Cosmetics are not currently a named ESPR priority group. EU disclosure requirements on ingredients, batch and safety information continue to tighten.
What it implies: Monitor the ESPR working plan. Traceability and per-unit authenticity already carry value today, against grey-market and refilled units, independently of any passport mandate.

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Standards we conform to

SealTrust is built to align with the European Digital Product Passport framework and the technical standards that underpin it. Conformance by design, self-assessed.

EN 18219

DPP data model. The structure our product passports follow.

EN 18220

DPP data exchange. How passport data is shared, interoperably.

EN 61406-1

Unique product identification. The identifier scheme we chose for every unit.

ESPR-ready

Structured for the EU Digital Product Passport, rolled out category by category.

GDPR

Privacy by design across the platform.

Conformance is self-assessed by design, not third-party certification. DPP obligations enter into force category by category (batteries 2027, textiles expected around 2028).

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