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This is the complete archive of The Passport Brief, newest first. Each issue follows the same house format — one synthesis, what it means for manufacturers, importers and certifiers, a deadline watch, and two or three action items. Browse by date below, or start from a topic hub if you are researching one regime.
Written by Y. Lietzke, editor · 11 published issues · RSS feed
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No. 019 ·
The battery deadline that never moved: what is really locked for 18 February 2027
With battery general-information and capacity labels delayed, here is what is still fixed at 18 February 2027: the QR code (Art 13(6)) and the digital battery passport (Art 77).
The EU battery passportESPR and the Digital Product Passport
No. 018 ·
Battery due diligence moves to 18 August 2027 — why that is not a reprieve
Regulation (EU) 2025/1561 pushed battery supply-chain due diligence to 18 August 2027. Why the two-year delay still leaves no slack, and what is not moving.
The EU battery passportSupplier data for product passportsMarket surveillance and passport enforcement
No. 017 ·
Today is not the battery-labelling deadline — what Article 13 actually says
Much of the trade press marks 18 August 2026 as the battery labelling deadline. Article 13 ties it to the implementing act — here is the real trigger date.
The EU battery passportMarket surveillance and passport enforcement
No. 016 ·
The EU's Digital Product Passport registry is live — publish to it, not just your own site
The ESPR requires a central Digital Product Passport registry. What that changes for your data pipeline, and why the battery passport tests it first.
ESPR and the Digital Product PassportThe EU battery passportMarket surveillance and passport enforcement
No. 015 ·
Two weeks to the 18 August battery-labelling deadline: what must be on the pack
What Article 13 of the EU Battery Regulation requires on the label from 18 August 2026, and why artwork has to be frozen now.
The EU battery passportMarket surveillance and passport enforcement
No. 014 ·
The battery passport is a data-ownership problem, not a labelling problem
Why battery-passport programmes stall when they are run as labelling projects, and the data governance they actually require.
No. 013 ·
What the ESPR working plan actually commits the Commission to
How to read the ESPR working plan: which product groups are queued for delegated acts, and what that means for your DPP planning horizon.
No. 012 ·
The supplier data clause that decides your DPP timeline
Why Digital Product Passport programmes slip on supplier response time, and the contract language that fixes it at renewal.
Supplier data for product passportsESPR and the Digital Product PassportThe EU battery passport
No. 011 ·
How market surveillance authorities will actually check a product passport
What an authority sees when it scans a data carrier, and the three failure modes that turn a passport check into a finding.
Market surveillance and passport enforcementESPR and the Digital Product PassportThe EU battery passport
No. 010 ·
Choose your data carrier and identifier before you choose a platform
Why identifier and resolver decisions outlast your DPP platform choice, and how to avoid reprinting carriers later.
ESPR and the Digital Product PassportThe EU battery passport
No. 009 ·
Importers carry passport liability for data they never created
What EU importers are accountable for under the Digital Product Passport, and how to get leverage over data held outside the EU.
Supplier data for product passportsMarket surveillance and passport enforcementESPR and the Digital Product Passport
Start from a topic
- The EU battery passport — What the EU battery passport requires, who is obligated, and how to be ready for the 18 February 2027 date — issues, deadlines and playbooks.
- ESPR and the Digital Product Passport — How the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation works, which product groups come first, and what the DPP requires of your data.
- Supplier data for product passports — Why supplier response time sets your Digital Product Passport timeline, and the contract language and templates that fix it.
- Market surveillance and passport enforcement — How authorities check a Digital Product Passport in the field, the inconsistencies that become findings, and how to rehearse a check.
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