Regulatory updates, market analysis and technical commentary on EU Digital Product Passport and ESPR compliance. Written by Stefano Cipriani — CIRPASS-2 Expert Member and JRC Registered Stakeholder — directly from the working groups where the rules are being written.
In 2025 that was an opinion about me. 2026: in 60 days it is an obligation on them. Nothing in the data changed.
Here is the difference.
InsightOn 19 July the EU's central Digital Product Passport Registry goes live as a resolver — while the trust layer that would make passport data true is still a consultation document.
InsightThe market believes its AI can already answer regulatory questions. It can — the LinkedIn version of them.
InsightABC for Fashion Brands
InsightIn Italy, from 27 September 2026, an undocumented per-garment recycled or organic claim is no longer just a marketing risk. The same is happening in Europe.
InsightA recap of Fashion Industry media coverage on one of the bigger challenges that will impact the whole network.
InsightDevelop a DPP meant develop an enforcement tool, not a product.
InsightA Technical Assessment Against the 2026 Production Baseline
InsightA three-year audit of 656,309 yards and what it reveals about the structural gap in textile DPP verification.
InsightApplying the Bernier–Hbeich interoperability ladder to textile DPP — and what semantic interoperability still does not verify.
InsightHere Is the Actual List of Streams That Must Close on the Same Date.
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