ESPR — Aluminium delegated act
Digital Product Passport for aluminium intermediate products (delegated act under Regulation (EU) 2024/1781)
Aluminium is named in the ESPR 2025–2030 Working Plan alongside steel as a priority intermediate product. Indicative delegated-act adoption ~2027. Initial scope likely: embodied carbon, recycled content (pre-consumer + post-consumer split), smelter-origin disclosure, alloy specification.
Strong overlap with CBAM (aluminium is one of the six CBAM-covered sectors from 2026). The DPP and CBAM payloads are expected to share the embodied-carbon data definition where the product is in scope of both regimes.
| Date | Clause | Applies to | Article ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| ~2027 (indicative) | Aluminium delegated act expected | Intermediate aluminium products | Working Plan |
| TBD | Aluminium DPP obligation effective | Per delegated act | del-act + 18 months (typical for intermediates) |
- Smelter-origin disclosure is the differentiating field from steel — the LME (London Metal Exchange) approved-brand registry and smelter-level GHG-intensity database (Aluminium Stewardship Initiative) are anticipated reference sources.
- Recycled-content split (pre-consumer vs post-consumer) matters under several downstream procurement frameworks; the platform's existing recycled-content-split data model from the battery passport (W38) extends here.
- Operators in scope: primary aluminium producers, recyclers, downstream rolling / extrusion plants, importers, EU authorised representatives.
Module state: PLANNED. The Aluminium module is not yet available — the relevant ESPR delegated act has not been adopted. The platform tracks the regulatory text via the regulation-monitor agent and the bulletin; the module will switch to BETA on delegated-act adoption.