Digital Product Passport

Textile / Apparel passport

For clothing, footwear and home textiles. Composition 100% check, ISO 3758 care symbols, origin from yarn to garment, and a separate barcode for each size/colour in a single passport.

51
fields, in 10 sections
8
fields required to publish (incl. GTIN)
8–12 min
average time to first passport

Who is it for?

  • Manufacturers exporting ready-made garments, home textiles or fabric to the EU
  • Firms doing contract manufacturing for EU brands (when your buyer asks for data)
  • Companies selling to France (AGEC traceability and microfibre declaration)

Timeline

  • 19 Jul 2026Destruction of unsold clothing and footwear banned for large companies (ESPR).
  • 2027Textile delegated act: mandatory DPP fields and the timeline take shape.
  • 2028–2029DPP is expected to become mandatory for textiles in phases.

Your EU buyer already asks for transparency data today: a passport published before the obligation gives you an edge in supplier selection.

In-depth guide: Textile DPP: which data fields are mandatory?

Fields required to publish

  • GTIN (barcode number)
    GS1 Digital Link · or a separate barcode per size/colour
  • Product Name
    ESPR (Reg (EU) 2024/1781) Annex III(a)
  • Product Description
  • Manufacturer Name
    GPSR (Reg (EU) 2023/988) Art. 9(6)
  • Manufacturer Address
    GPSR (Reg (EU) 2023/988) Art. 9(6)
  • Manufacturer Country
    GPSR (Reg (EU) 2023/988) Art. 9(6)
  • Substances of Concern
    REACH (Reg (EC) 1907/2006) Art. 33
  • Material Composition
    Reg (EU) 1007/2011 Art. 9

What's in the passport?

Product Identification
7 fields
Manufacturer / Economic Operator
8 fields
Environmental Data
5 fields
Regulatory Compliance
3 fields
End of Life
2 fields
Circular Economy
4 fields
Material Composition
6 fields
Care Instructions
3 fields
Manufacturing Details
10 fields
Durability & Repairability
3 fields