When Will the EU Digital Product Passport Apply to Furniture?
Furniture is an ESPR priority, but no mandatory DPP date has been set. See the confirmed timeline, the 2028 target and what remains undecided.
There is no confirmed mandatory date for furniture yet.
Furniture is a priority product group under the EU Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation, with an indicative target of 2028 for the European Commission to adopt the furniture-specific rules.[1]
No furniture application date is confirmed. The 2028 date is an indicative adoption target, and the final delegated act will set the application date and transition arrangements.[2]
Why there is no firm date yet
ESPR has been in force since 18 July 2024, but it is a framework.[2] Each priority product group needs its own delegated act. For furniture, that act will determine matters including:
- Which products fall within scope.
- What information the passport contains.
- Whether information is recorded by model, batch or individual item.
- Who can see each part of the passport.
- When the requirements begin to apply.
Until that delegated act is adopted, a supplier claiming to know the final furniture field list or compliance date is getting ahead of the legislation.
The confirmed timeline
| Milestone | Current position |
|---|---|
| ESPR entered into force | 18 July 2024.[2] |
| Furniture named as a priority product group | Confirmed in the 2025–2030 working plan.[1] |
| Furniture preparatory study | Underway in 2026.[3] |
| Feedback on the furniture DPP content assessment | Scheduled to close on 25 November 2026.[3] |
| EU Digital Product Passport Registry | Operational from 20 July 2026.[4] |
| Furniture delegated act | Indicative 2028 target.[1] |
| Furniture requirements apply | Not set; the delegated act will determine the application date and transition arrangements.[2] |
The working-plan dates are indicative and can move. Mattresses are treated as a separate product group.
Does the registry launch create a furniture obligation?
No. The registry becoming operational on 20 July 2026 did not create a furniture passport requirement.[4]
The registry supports the DPP system. Product registration depends on the rules for the relevant product group and the level those rules specify. Furniture does not yet have that delegated act.
Does this affect manufacturers outside the EU?
Yes, when their products are placed on the EU market.
ESPR applies to covered products sold in the EU regardless of where they were made.[2] Once furniture-specific requirements apply, non-EU manufacturers and their EU importers will need the required information and compliance route for the products they place on that market.
That does not mean every product in a UK or US catalog needs an EU passport. Start by identifying the ranges, variants and routes through which products reach EU customers.
What is worth doing before the rules are final?
Do the work that also helps the business sell the range now.
Map where identifiers, material composition, care instructions, repair information, compliance documents and supplier declarations live. Connect each record to the product, variant, material or production context it actually describes.
The furniture study is examining the likely passport content and is open for stakeholder input.[3] Treat its draft proposals as proposals, not final legal requirements.
For a practical review of the possible data, see what furniture manufacturers may need for a digital product passport.
Furniture Connect's current boundary
Furniture Connect is not a Digital Product Passport provider. It does not issue passport identifiers or data carriers, register products with the EU or provide a compliant passport service.
Its catalog can maintain some of the underlying product, variant, material and asset information that may later contribute to a passport. That is useful preparation, but it is not compliance.
