It does not matter where your product is made. If it is placed on the EU market, the applicable requirements must be met.
EU Desk · For companies outside the EU
New EU product rules are coming. Find out what they mean for what you sell.
A Digital Product Passport is a digital record that EU product rules can require for certain products placed on the EU market. If your company is outside the EU, those requirements can still apply to products you sell into Europe. Tell us what you sell and receive a sourced Product Exposure Report showing what may apply, the dates we can establish, what is still open, and the official sources behind it.
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Where a Digital Product Passport is required, a product without a compliant passport cannot be placed on the EU market.
From 18 February 2027, EV batteries, light means of transport batteries, and industrial batteries above 2 kWh need a battery passport. Other priority product groups follow on their own timelines.
For businesses outside the EU
Digital Product Passport questions from non-EU companies.
EU Desk is not a general Digital Product Passport service. It is built for companies outside the European Union that make, export or sell products for the EU market.
What is a Digital Product Passport?
A Digital Product Passport is a digital record that EU product rules can require for certain products placed on the EU market. The exact information, data carrier and product level depend on the EU rules that apply to that product group.
Does a Digital Product Passport apply to companies outside the EU?
It can. EU Digital Product Passport obligations apply to in-scope products placed on the EU market whether they are manufactured in the EU or imported. A company outside the EU therefore needs to understand which product rules apply and which economic operator carries each responsibility.
Do imported products need a Digital Product Passport?
Where the applicable EU legislation requires a Digital Product Passport, imported products are included. The European Commission states that Digital Product Passport registration may also be relevant for customs clearance and release for free circulation.
When will my products need a Digital Product Passport?
The timing depends on the product category and the EU legislation that covers it. Battery passport requirements begin on 18 February 2027 for specified battery categories, while other product groups follow their own legal timelines.
Is yellow3 EU Desk for companies based inside the EU?
No. yellow3 EU Desk is specifically for businesses outside the European Union that sell products into Europe. EU-based buyers use the yellow3 Digital Product Passport Buyer Platform instead.
Official EU basis: European Commission · Digital Product Passport for economic operators ↗ · European Commission · Digital Product Passport Registry ↗
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yellow3 EU Desk · Product Exposure Report
European product exposure from the regulatory evidence held
Industrial batteries above 2 kWh sold into the European Union
▣Illustrative exampleThe real report uses the customer’s own product description and returned evidence.
- Generated
- 2026-09-22 · 07:45 UTC
- Generated by
- agent:eu-desk
- Report type
- Product exposure
- Report version
- v1
- Record coverage
- 1 instruments held
- Record ID
- PER-2026-09-22-EXAMPLE
Automated position1 potentially applicableHuman company-specific confirmation is not included in the free report.
What the record can establish
1 provision may reach a business like this. 0 additional requirements were identified without enough evidence to establish product applicability.
01
The evidence boundary
No additional scope question stated by the returned findings
Open questions are preserved as uncertainty. EU Desk does not convert missing evidence into a compliance conclusion.
No additional scope question was stated by the returned findings. This does not make the report legal advice or a compliance verdict.
02
Evidence-backed findings
What the regulatory record returned for this product description
Every finding below is tied to a provision held in the regulatory corpus. Model-generated prose is not used as regulatory evidence.
#RequirementEvidence position
01Article 77 Battery passportPotentially applicable
01 · Article 77 Battery passport
“From 18 February 2027 each LMT battery, each industrial battery with a capacity greater than 2 kWh and each electric vehicle battery placed on the market or put into service shall have an electronic record (‘battery passport’).”
Scope evidence: Article 77 · “industrial battery with a capacity greater than 2 kWh”
- Instrument
- 32023R1542
- Provision
- Article 77
- Dates stated
- 18 February 2027
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
03
A distinction the report depends on
Identified is not the same as established
A relevant requirement was found, but the evidence does not establish that it reaches this product.
The open question remains visible instead of being turned into an applicability claim.
The rule and product-scope evidence were both retrieved from the instruments held.
It remains proposed until the company-specific position is established. It is not legal advice.
04
Sources remain separated
Customer input and regulatory evidence are not merged
1 finding in this report
Findings come from regulatory passages held by yellow3, with the source and retrieval date preserved in the report.
- Instruments cited
- 1
- Oldest maintained copy
- 2026-08-20
- Dates returned
- 1
The submitted product description starts the research
The customer’s words are used to form search hypotheses. They are never converted into regulatory evidence or presented as though the legislation said them.
- Input
- Industrial batteries above 2 kWh sold into the European Union
- Evidence status
- Not regulatory evidence
- Product scope found
- industrial battery with a capacity greater than 2 kWh
05
Record coverage
What this point-in-time report had available to it
Full-text regulatory instruments in the maintained corpus.
Evidence-backed findings returned for this product description.
Questions deliberately left unresolved rather than guessed.
18 February 2027
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What we mean by product group. A product group means a product category as the EU regulates it, for example textiles, batteries or furniture. Not your own product lines.
You should not have to become an expert in European product legislation just because you sell in Europe. That is our job.
The boundary
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yellow3 is not a law firm, conformity assessment body or Digital Product Passport operator. We keep the evidence and regulatory record current, make uncertainty visible and support the decisions your team needs to make. The selected provider operates the passports.
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