Every garment sold into the EU will need a scannable record of what it's made of and where. What the regulation asks for, when it bites, and what a live passport looks like.
The Digital Product Passport sits inside the EU's Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation, in force since July 2024. The textile-specific delegated act, the document that sets out exactly what a passport must contain, is expected to be adopted in 2027. Mandatory compliance follows around 18 months later, putting enforcement no earlier than 2029. The obligation applies to any product sold into the EU market, regardless of where it was manufactured or where the brand is based.
