Textiles and apparel are a first-priority product group under ESPR. The delegated act is expected around 2027 and the passport becomes mandatory roughly 18 months later — 2028–2029. The data it needs lives with your fabric suppliers, so the brands that start collecting now are the ones that are ready.
Dates marked “expected” follow the ESPR Working Plan 2025–2030 and the Commission's stated 18-month minimum transition. The delegated act sets the final date. Full field-by-field detail in our ESPR textile requirements guide.
These are the sections of the productpasses.com textile template, which mirrors the working plan and the textile preparatory study. The delegated act finalises the list; the structure is not expected to change.
Upload a garment photo or paste your Shopify, WooCommerce or any product page URL. AI drafts the name, fibre composition, care and end-of-life fields. You review, correct, activate.
The textile template lays out identity, materials & origin, care, repair, end-of-life and certifications — the same sections the delegated act is expected to require. Every field is editable.
Each passport gets a permanent public URL and a QR code as SVG or PNG for hangtags, woven labels or stickers. Add your GTIN and the passport carries it.
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Exact fibre percentages, the mill the fabric came from, the certificate numbers — none of it is in your webshop. It is with your suppliers, and every new collection adds more. Set the passport structure up now, fill it as suppliers answer, and the 2028–2029 deadline is a formality.
Textiles and apparel are a first-priority product group in the ESPR Working Plan 2025–2030. The textile delegated act is expected around 2027, and ESPR gives at least 18 months before it applies — so a textile DPP is expected to be mandatory around 2028–2029. The exact date is set in the delegated act, not yet published.
Yes. ESPR has no size threshold for the DPP obligation. A one-person label placing garments on the EU market is covered the same way a large retailer is. The Commission has promised proportionate rules for micro-enterprises, but not an exemption.
Based on the working plan and the textile preparatory study: product identity and a unique identifier (GTIN or similar), fibre composition with weight shares, country of origin, care instructions, repair information, end-of-life and recycling guidance, substances of concern, and certifications such as GOTS or OEKO-TEX. The delegated act fixes the final list.
From 19 July 2026 the EU bans destroying unsold apparel and footwear. Micro and small enterprises are exempt; medium-sized companies get until 2030. It is a separate ESPR obligation from the DPP, but it signals how seriously textiles are being regulated.
Yes, and it is the sensible order. The passport structure — identity, materials, care, repair, end-of-life, certifications — is stable. Collecting fibre and origin data from suppliers is the slow part. productpasses.com keeps the textile template aligned as the act is finalised; you edit fields, the QR stays the same.
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