What Goes in a Textile Digital Product Passport? Data by EU Study Phase (2026)

Most DPP articles list dozens of fields as if they were already law. This guide follows the official European Parliament STOA study Digital product passport for the textile sector (PE 757.808, June 2024): what is mandatory in Phase 1 (2027), what Phase 2 (2030) and Phase 3 (2033) add, and what 81 textile stakeholders said should not be mandatory.

Binding textile rules will still be set in ESPR delegated acts; use this as the study’s evidence-based model until those acts are published.

Identification (all phases)

The study defines a DPP as identifier + data + physical link:

Identifier granularity — batch, reference, or unique product (luxury often unique; mass market often batch/reference; unique ID can be added after sale).
Brand / product reference — ties data to a specific product line or SKU.
Physical carrier — QR code, barcode, NFC, or label serial — study does not mandate one standard URL format.

Existing EU textile labelling already requires fibre % by mass for products that are more than 80% textile; the DPP supplements the label (e.g. recycled content detail, microfibers, process locations) — it does not replace legal label text.

Phase 1 (2027) — mandatory themes in the study

These match the study’s “minimal and simplified DPP” (Section 6.1, Figure 13).

Composition (extensions beyond the physical label)

Data theme	Study status
Recycled material incorporation	Mandatory (Phase 1)
Dangerous substances	Mandatory (Phase 1)
Plastic microfibers	Mandatory (Phase 1)
Fibre % by material	Already on label (>80% textile products); DPP can add detail

France (AGEC): hazardous substances above 0.1% must be communicated — study cites this alongside REACH.

Circularity

Data theme	Study status
Recyclability of the product	Mandatory (Phase 1)
Maintenance / repair / take-back detail	Phase 2–3 / voluntary in Phase 1

Supply chain — process locations (not full supplier directory)

For clothing, mandatory locations of:

Confection (assembly / CMT)
Weaving or knitting
Dyeing and printing
Significant wet processes (e.g. tannery, dyeing)

For footwear: stitching, assembling, finishing.

The study requires where processes happen, not publication of every tier-4 entity. Survey comments: full tier 3–4 traceability is very difficult; supplier names may stay restricted.

Packaging

Recycled content
Recyclability
Possibility of re-use

Environmental impact

Information on product innocuousness and environmental qualities (aligned with environmental labelling work in the study)

Phase 1 optional add-ons (study: “blue” fields)

Useful for lifecycle analysis but not in the mandatory Phase 1 set:

Weight and quantity of main components
Means and distance of transport (sector “not ready” for per-item transport tracking — survey)

Phase 2 (2030) — advanced DPP

The study’s advanced DPP adds:

Richer supply chain documentation (mandatory + additional, with access restrictions)
More finished-product data: colour, size, weight, composition — for consumers and sorting/recycling
Evaluations (certifications, tests) — survey: often voluntary; mandatory evaluation on every product seen as expensive
After-sales, repair, second-hand tracking for durability
Interoperability between ERP, PLM, PIM, LCA, certification systems and QR/barcode carriers

Phase 3 (2033) — full circular DPP

Full supply-chain integration with confidentiality
Distribution, usage, after-sales tracked
Sorting and recycling use design/manufacturing data from the DPP
Closed-loop material flows between recyclers and upstream tiers (3–4)

Still excluded as mandatory in the survey: manufacturing costs, customer identification.

Sixteen categories in the full study model

For planning beyond Phase 1, the study maps 16 information categories:

Product description
Composition
Supply chain
Transport
Documentation (certificates, audits)
Environmental impact
Social impact
Impact on animals
Circularity
Health impact
Information on the brand
Communication / identification media
Granularity
Quantity
Costs (not mandatory — survey)
After-sale tracking; customer feedback (customer ID not mandatory)

Fields many brands collect today (often Phase 2+ or voluntary)

These are common in industry but not in the study’s Phase 1 mandatory list. Collect them if they serve your buyers or circular programs; do not present them as Phase 1 legal requirements:

GTIN / GS1 identifiers (good practice for trade; study mentions barcode/QR, not a named GS1 Digital Link obligation)
ISO 3758 care symbols, GSM, weave/knit type
Certificate numbers (GOTS, OEKO-TEX, GRS, etc.) — survey: voluntary evaluation info
Tier 3–4 facility names and addresses — confidentiality concerns
Product carbon footprint — PEF / Green Claims context in study, not Phase 1 mandatory
Repairability score — only where national schemes exist (e.g. France); not in Phase 1 study list

How to collect Phase 1 data without overload

Start from one SKU and the Phase 1 table above.
Use restricted access for sensitive supplier fields; public pages for recyclability, recycled content, and consumer-relevant composition themes.
Onboard confection and fabric partners first for process location data.
Version every change (study: stakeholders need reliable, auditable data).
Avoid parallel spreadsheets — single product-level record per reference/batch.

TL;DR

Phase 1 (2027 study proposal): recycled content, dangerous substances, microfibers, recyclability, process locations, packaging trio, environmental innocuousness.
Not Phase 1 mandatory per study: full tier 4, manufacturing costs, customer ID, blockchain, public supplier lists.
Phase 2–3: deeper chain, usage, after-sales, sorting/recycling integration.