Proposed Architecture and Principles for Digital Product Passports

In the context of the EU Green Deal, the EU has adopted the Sustainable Product draft regulation which introduces the horizontal product passport concept in the EU legal framework. The new requirements have a global impact because they demand to all companies to share product data around a data structure pre-decided by EU legislation.

GS1 in Europe supports the EU sustainable Product Initiative and this paper intends to give a first overview of the data architecture, based on GS1 standards suite, that could serve the product passport data structure.

Using open and global standards as a foundation of the EU system is central to enable the free movement of goods globally, to minimize disruption along global supply chains and to ensure data interoperability for all.