CARE ID delivered an invited seminar titled "𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀: 𝗧𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 Today, the EU is switching on its Digital Product Passport Registry, with a testing environment and user guidelines going live too. The public web portal and real registration follow as sectors phase in. The Commission has published Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1778, the rulebook for how the registry works. This post breaks down what changes for textiles, what doesn't, and how CARE ID is preparing.

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Today, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗨 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆! A testing environment and user guidelines are going live too. The public web portal and real registration follow as sectors phase in.

The Commission has published 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 (𝗘𝗨) 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲/𝟭𝟳𝟳𝟴 ( 📎 : https://lnkd.in/gUFGND3P ), the rulebook for how the registry actually works.

Here's what changes, and what doesn't.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀: 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗻𝗴. The registry is a decentralised directory. It stores unique identifiers, commodity codes, a reference to the DPP service provider, and a hash of each passport version. It does not hold the passport content itself. That stays with the economic operator or its service provider.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀𝗻'𝘁: 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. No textile brand has to register anything yet. The textile delegated act is expected in H2 2027, with an 18-month runway, so real obligations land around 2029. Batteries come first, in February 2027.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀: accurate, verifiable, always-accessible data behind that link. The registry points to your data. It doesn't hold it. For textiles, the hardest data lives furthest upstream: fibre composition, substances of concern, primary production data. You don't fill that in at the deadline. You build the pipeline now, or chase it.

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗜𝗗 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴:

• 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘐𝘋𝘈𝘚 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴

• 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘢𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘭

• 𝘒𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘱: 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘈𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘵.

So I'll leave you with this: 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗴𝗼-𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲?