EU - EU Implementing Decision 2026/1736 First Harmonized Standards for Digital Product Passports

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​Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2026/1736 of July 14, 2026 published the references of the first 6 harmonized standards for digital product passports (DPPs) in support of the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR, Regulation (EU) 2024/1781).

The Decision entered into force on July 15, 2026 -  the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. From that date, conformity with the listed standards confers a presumption of conformity with the essential DPP requirements in Articles 10 and 11 of the ESPR (to the extent covered by those standards).
The list of harmonized standards are:

  • EN 18216:2026 – Data exchange protocols
  • EN 18219:2026 – Unique identifiers
  • EN 18220:2026 – Data carriers
  • EN 18221:2026 – Data storage, archiving, and persistence
  • EN 18222:2026 – Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) for product passport lifecycle management and searchability
  • EN 18223:2026 – System interoperability


Source: EU - EU Implementing Decision 2026/1736 First Harmonised Standards for Digital Product Passports
Countries:
01 European Union
02 Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU)
Albania
Alderney
Andorra
Austria
Azores
Belarus
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
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Faroe Islands
Finland
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Gibraltar
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Kosovo
Latvia
Liechtenstein
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Luxemburg
Madeira
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Netherlands
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Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russian Federation
San Marino
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Svalbard
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom (UK)
Vatican City
Product categories:
Basic materials and consumables/Chemical preparations
Components
Furniture
Household Appliances
IT/Audio & Video
Textiles, Clothes, Leather Products
Toys
Technical aspects:
Environment / Sustainability
Business fields:
P.01 Softlines
P.02 Hardlines
P.03 Electrical
P.04 Solar & Commercial
Regions:
Europe
Others

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