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The EU DPP Registry: what battery manufacturers need to know now

The central registry for digital product passports has been running since July 2026. What it stores, who registers and how to prepare.

By Redaktion Batterypass · 2 min read

Illustration: a battery passport with QR code is checked and entered in a registry
In shortAccording to the European Commission, the DPP Registry has been running since 20 July 2026. Whoever places a battery subject to the passport obligation on the market must register the passport there. The full passport data stays with the economic operator.

What happened?

The Commission gives 20 July 2026 as the start of the Registry and offers a helpdesk and a testing environment. The battery passport system is decentralised: the Registry mainly records registration data and metadata, while the passport data itself stays with the responsible company or its service provider.

How registration works according to the Commission
  1. VerifyThe company proves its identity, for example with a qualified seal.
  2. Provide the passportThe passport is machine-readable as JSON at its address.
  3. SubmitUp to 100 passports per call, via interface or API.
  4. Check the resultThe Registry checks the data. If one passport is faulty, the whole call fails.

Who is affected?

The economic operator placing the finished battery on the EU market. According to the Commission, component and module suppliers are not subject to the passport obligation. If a battery is only completed in the EU, for instance by adding the battery management system, the company completing it takes on responsibility.

What to do now

  1. Clarify which legal entity registers as the economic operator.
  2. Read the Commission’s FAQ and check the procedure in the testing environment.
  3. Decide who carries out registration per model or battery and where identifiers are documented.
  4. Ask your software provider whether it handles registration or which data it provides for it.

What this means for Batterypass

Batterypass is not connected to the Registry yet. Having reviewed the technical documents of 30 October, we find that passport IDs and addresses are not enough: the Registry reads the passport itself and checks it against a fixed data schema. We are therefore moving Batterypass to this schema and will report here once registration is possible.

Sources

This article reflects the status on its publication date and is not legal advice. The linked original texts are decisive.