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DPP and ESPR glossary.

Plain-English summaries of the regulations, standards, and technical concepts a textile brand encounters when implementing a Digital Product Passport.

Regulation

ESPR

Regulation

Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation

EU regulation adopted July 2024 setting ecodesign requirements (durability, recyclability, recycled content, environmental footprint) for products placed on the EU market. ESPR mandates a Digital Product Passport for in-scope categories. Textiles are a priority category; the textile delegated act will define the specific data fields required. Source.

Textile delegated act

Regulation

ESPR textile delegated act

Secondary EU legislation under ESPR that will define the specific data fields, format, and verification rules for textile Digital Product Passports. Expected publication late 2026 to Q2 2027 based on DG GROW signals, with practical compliance deadlines around mid to late 2028.

Empowering Consumers Directive

Regulation

ECGT, Empowering Consumers for the Green Transition

EU directive (March 2024) restricting environmental and sustainability claims that brands cannot substantiate. A DPP-grade evidence base becomes the substrate for any forward-looking sustainability claim. Marketing copy without an underlying evidence chain becomes legally risky from 2026 onwards. Source.

EUDR

Regulation

EU Deforestation Regulation

EU regulation requiring traceability for in-scope commodities including some textile-relevant inputs (leather, rubber). Operators must prove the commodity was not produced on land deforested after 31 December 2020. Sits alongside ESPR but uses a separate due-diligence statement workflow. Source.

Standard

W3C Verifiable Credentials

Standard

W3C VC

W3C standard for cryptographically signed claims. Used in the DPP context to make the passport's content tamper-evident: every claim about a product is signed by its issuer (the brand, a certifying body, an inspector), and any auditor can independently verify the signature without trusting the platform vendor. Source.

CEN/CENELEC TC 442

Standard

European technical committee for sustainability standards

European technical committee responsible for publishing the data schemas the EU Central DPP Registry uses. Schema decisions made here drive what fields textile DPP platforms must support. Tracks active drafts on the CEN platform; outputs typically reach published European Standard status 18 to 24 months after committee consensus. Source.

EPCIS

Standard

Electronic Product Code Information Services

GS1 standard for sharing supply-chain events between trading partners: when a product was shipped, received, transformed, aggregated. Complementary to GS1 Digital Link: Digital Link handles the consumer-facing scan, EPCIS handles B2B supply-chain visibility. Not strictly required for ESPR compliance today; may be required for advanced traceability claims by 2028. Source.

ISO/IEC 18975

Standard
International standard published in 2024 that ratifies GS1 Digital Link as an ISO/IEC specification. Gives the GS1 Digital Link standard formal ISO standing, which matters for procurement teams and regulators who reference ISO specs in policy documents.

Identifier

GTIN

Identifier

Global Trade Item Number

The 8, 12, 13, or 14-digit number that uniquely identifies a product across the supply chain. Issued by national GS1 member organisations (GS1 UK, GS1 US, GS1 Sweden, etc.). Required by retailers, by ESPR delegated act drafts, and by the EU Central DPP Registry. Without a GTIN, your passport cannot be cross-referenced by external systems. Source.

Concept

DPP

Concept

Digital Product Passport

A structured, machine-readable record attached to a physical product and accessible via a QR code or other data carrier. Carries product identity, composition, origin per processing stage, durability data, care instructions, recycling pathway, and a tamper-evident audit trail. Required under ESPR for in-scope product categories. Source.

Resolver

Concept

GS1 Digital Link resolver

The web service that takes a GS1 Digital Link URL (encoded in the QR on a garment) and returns the product's passport content. Can be hosted by the brand on its own domain, by a DPP vendor, or by a GS1-registered shared resolver. Resolver architecture choices determine portability when a brand switches DPP vendors.

SVHC

Concept

Substance of Very High Concern

Chemical substance flagged by ECHA under REACH as carcinogenic, mutagenic, toxic for reproduction, persistent, bioaccumulative, or endocrine-disrupting. Textiles must declare SVHCs above 0.1 percent in articles. The SVHC candidate list is updated twice a year; brands should monitor it as a part of DPP data hygiene. Source.

Microfibre release

Concept
The shedding of synthetic textile fibres during use and washing, contributing to microplastic pollution. The EU Microplastic Roadmap signals that DPPs may eventually carry a microfibre-release indicator for synthetic textiles. Brands designing fabrics for the EU market should document fibre-shedding test data even before this becomes mandatory.

Database

SCIP database

Database

Substances of Concern In articles, as such or in complex objects (Products)

EU database under the Waste Framework Directive that tracks Substances of Very High Concern (SVHCs) in articles. Textile manufacturers placing products containing >0.1 percent SVHCs on the EU market must notify ECHA via SCIP. SCIP submission references may feed into DPP fields for end-of-life recycling decisions. Source.

EU Central DPP Registry

Database

ESPR Article 12 registry

The EU-operated central registry that will store identifiers for every DPP placed on the EU market. Lookups are by GTIN. The European Commission has confirmed the registry will be operational ahead of the first sectoral deadlines. Brands do not store passport content in the registry; they register that a passport exists at a specific resolver URL.

Summaries on this page are educational and not legal advice. The textile delegated act has not been published as of June 2026 and details may shift before adoption. Verify obligations that apply to your products with qualified compliance counsel.

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