Digital Product Passport glossary

Short definitions for crawlers, answer engines and practitioners. Legal meanings belong to the cited regulation; SOURCE meanings belong to the product.

Written by SOURCE Research. Published 18 August 2026. Last reviewed 18 August 2026. Not legal advice.

Digital Product Passport: DPP; A structured, electronically accessible record of product information introduced in EU product law. Exact content depends on the applicable product-group rules.; Digital Product Passport
Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation: ESPR; Regulation (EU) 2024/1781, a framework in force since 18 July 2024 for setting ecodesign requirements, including the Digital Product Passport concept.; Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation · Primary source
Delegated act: Product-group measure; A Commission act that can specify requirements for a product group under a framework regulation. DPP field lists and dates typically appear here, not as a single ESPR appendix for all goods.; Delegated act
Economic operator: Manufacturer, importer, distributor; A role in placing or making a product available on the EU market. Roles are not interchangeable; private-label and import chains change who may have to provide information.; Economic operator
Data carrier: QR code; A physical or digital pointer to the passport record. The carrier is not the evidence. SOURCE does not currently issue carriers.; Data carrier
DPP readiness: Catalogue evidence-ready; The extent to which an organisation can identify products, attach reliable evidence, see gaps, and collect missing information from suppliers before publication.; DPP readiness
Evidence: Provenance; In SOURCE, an original document or record linked to a claim, with issuer, validity and a verification status. Missing evidence means the line under a value is missing.; Evidence
Claim: Product data statement; A versioned statement of a property on a subject. SOURCE shows status (declared, evidenced, verified) and never labels a claim as simply true.; Claim