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JRC Publishes Study on DPP Content Requirements for Textile Apparel Products Under ESPR
EU Digital Product PassportEuropean Commission - Joint Research CentreEU
Announced
May 13, 2026
Description
The Joint Research Centre published a preparatory study on Digital Product Passport content requirements for textile apparel products under the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation. The study will inform the forthcoming delegated act (tentatively expected in 2027) that will introduce mandatory DPP requirements for textile apparel. The document addresses legal requirements under ESPR, economic operator roles and responsibilities across the supply chain, and recommended data elements for the textile sector DPP framework.
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JRC Publishes Study on DPP Content Requirements for Textile Apparel Products Under ESPR
operationalized, potentially including a central EU maintained multilingual dictionary and a certified translation process. 75 — Future work: The scope of this study is limited to defining and structuring the data to be included in the DPP. Topics such as the technical architecture of the DPP system, data carriers, data governance models, access-rights management, registry and web portal design, and the implementatio