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Topics — the digital product passport for electronics and ICT
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To get started
- Does the digital product passport apply to my electronics?
- What is a digital product passport for electronics?
- When will the product passport become mandatory for electronics?
- What is a delegated act and why does it determine what I must do?
- Which products from the electronics industry fall under the ESPR?
- What does the ESPR change for the electronics industry?
- Does the product passport also apply to small businesses?
- My device has a battery — do I need two passports?
- Why are there different rules for different types of equipment?
What goes in the passport
- What data goes into the product passport for electronics?
- Who may view which data from the product passport?
- Do I have to make business-sensitive data about my electronics public?
- How often must I update the data in the product passport?
- According to which method must I measure the values for the passport?
- How is the repairability score of a device determined?
- Must I record how long a device receives software updates?
- Which critical raw materials must I report in the passport?
- How do I record the energy consumption of a device?
- How does RoHS relate to the digital product passport?
- which data must I fill in exactly for my type of device
- must I offer the product passport in multiple languages
- I found an error in the product passport what now
Getting started practically
- How do I approach the product passport for electronics step by step?
- What does a product passport for electronics cost?
- What can I already do while the rules are not yet final?
- What does a supervisory authority ask during an inspection of electronics?
- May I destroy unsold inventory of electronics?
- What do I do with electronics inventory that is already in place when the rules take effect?
- How do I arrange for the return of discarded electronics?
- how can I test my product passport before it is published
- how do I teach my employees to work with the product passport
- how do I plan the implementation of the product passport in my organisation
- how do I arrange the product passport for all my product lines at once
Data from the supply chain
- My supplier does not provide the data — what can I do?
- What data must I request from my electronics supplier?
- How do I document the delivery of passport data in my purchasing contract?
- How do I check whether my supplier's data is correct?
- What does the product passport mean if I import electronics from outside the EU?
- I have multiple suppliers for the same part how does that work with the passport
- my supplier refuses to adjust the terms of purchase for the passport
- must my subcontractor also provide product passport data
- my product varies per batch how do I fill in the passport then
Who must do what
- Who is responsible for the product passport for electronics?
- Am I an importer or manufacturer according to the ESPR?
- What obligations does a distributor or trader of electronics have?
- I sell electronics under my own brand — what obligations do I get?
- My manufacturer is outside the EU — who arranges the product passport then?
- What does the digital product passport mean if I sell electronics via an online marketplace?
- What happens if I don't have a digital product passport for my electronics?
- How long must I keep spare parts for electronics available?
- Do I need to register for waste electronics?
- who must sign that the product passport is correct
- I sell private label electronics what are my obligations
- who is liable if there is an error in the product passport
- I buy electronics in another EU country and resell them
- my company is being taken over what happens to the product passports
From data to product
- How does the QR code for the digital product passport get on my electronics?
- What is GS1 Digital Link and do I need it for the digital product passport?
- How do I give each product a unique identification code?
- What is the register of digital product passports and what do I need to enter in it?
- Can I link the digital product passport to my ERP or inventory system?
- How long must a digital product passport remain available?
- What happens to the digital product passport if my company closes?
- My product needs multiple digital product passports — how does that work together?
- what must the hosting of my product passport comply with
- what if the QR code on my product is damaged or unreadable
- in what format must I provide the product passport data
- how does the product passport work for a box with multiple devices in it
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