Is a QR code on the garment enough for the Digital Product Passport?

No. A QR code is only the carrier that points to the passport. The passport itself is the structured product data required under ESPR delegated acts. The UKFT explainer of 8 September 2026 confirms that a QR code alone does not mean a compliant DPP.

When will the textile Digital Product Passport be mandatory?

The industry guidance used for this article points to compliance expected from 2028 for textiles under ESPR, with technical requirements now taking shape. The exact date will be set in the product-specific delegated act. The battery passport provides the closest binding precedent, mandatory from 18 February 2027.

What data does a textile DPP need to contain?

The final list will be set in the delegated act, but the Fibre2Fashion reporting and ESPR materials point to fibre composition, durability and repair, recycled content, origin and traceability across supplier tiers, and circularity information. All of it needs to be standardised and accessible through the registry-compatible flow.

What is the EU DPP Registry and is it already live?

The registry and testing environment went live on 20 July 2026 and covers textiles, according to the Fibre2Fashion news report. It allows businesses placing products on the EU market to test registry operations before the requirements become fully mandatory.

How does Hoken Pass make a textile passport verifiable?

Hoken Pass issues a qualified eIDAS timestamp on each passport version and anchors the record for auditability. The timestamp gives legal validity across the EU, the blockchain trail proves the data has not been altered, and the passport can be exported in EU JSON and EU XML for registry submission. ---

- UKFT explainer: A QR code is not a Digital Product Passport (08/09/2026) - Fibre2Fashion: The EU's Digital Product Passport is Coming for Textiles: Here is what Exporters Need to Build Now (Aug 2026) - Fibre2Fashion news: EU's digital product passport registry goes live, covering textiles (20/07/2026) - Trustrace: A DPP is not a QR code (98% data, 2% carrier) - EU ESPR - Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (EC single market) - GS1 Digital Link standard Free ESPR compliance checklist → https://www.hokenpass.com/resources/espr-compliance-checklist

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A QR Code Is Not a Digital Product Passport: What Textile Exporters Must Build by 2028

UKFT confirms a QR code alone is not a DPP. For textiles, the passport is structured ESPR data. Here is what to build before 2028.