DPP Designer
Design your DPP

Guide · 21 questions

Digital Product Passport questions

Every question in Design your DPP, one per page: what it asks, the possible answers, the guidance and the legal references.

Company

  1. 01Which industry does your company operate in?

    DPP obligations and timelines depend on the product category.

  2. 02Specify the industry

    It helps us understand which delegated acts may apply to you.

  3. 04What type of company are you?

    Whoever places the product on the EU market is responsible for the passport. A brand having products made by third parties under its own name is usually…

  4. 05Do you manufacture in-house or rely on suppliers?
  5. 06Who owns the DPP project in your company?

    The passport involves product, quality, IT and suppliers: a person or function needs to lead the project.

  6. 20How many different products (SKUs) do you handle each year?

    An estimate is fine.

Product

  1. 03Which product categories do you place on the market?

    The categories shown depend on the industry you chose. You can select more than one.

  2. 07At which level is the passport needed, for each category?

    The passport can relate to the model, the production batch or the individual item. The level can differ between categories and also between products of the…

  3. 08For each category, does the product require maintenance or repairs?

    If the product is repaired or maintained, the passport will have to include the relevant information (spare parts, instructions) and, depending on the sector,…

  4. 09For each category, is the product data static or dynamic?

    Static: set at production and unchanged (e.g. composition). Dynamic: they change during the product's life (e.g. repairs, state of health, owners).

  5. 21Describe a sample product

    We will use this product as a reference throughout the journey.

Data

  1. 10Where does the data for the DPP come from?

    Indicate all the sources the product information comes from today: internal systems and suppliers.

  2. 11How many suppliers will need to provide data for the passport?

    The more suppliers, the more a standard format and a structured channel to collect data matter.

  3. 12How is this data organized today?
  4. 13Which information do you already have?

    The required data model depends on the sector's delegated act.

Identification

  1. 14Does the product already carry a data carrier?

    The data carrier (e.g. a QR code) links the physical product to its passport. It can be on the product, its packaging or the documentation.

  2. 15Where will the data carrier be applied?

    The position affects production, packaging and labels.

  3. 16Which scheme will you use for the identifier and URL?

    See EN 18219 (DPP unique identifiers): check the standard's status.

Infrastructure

  1. 17Where will you host the passports?

    The passport must remain available for the whole product life, even if the provider or the company changes.

  2. 18Who must be able to view or update the passport?

    The passport has different access levels: some information is public, other information is restricted to specific operators.

  3. 19How do you plan to integrate with the EU Registry?