Under EU Battery Regulation 2023/1542, economic operators are expected to maintain an independent backup of their passport data. Our Backup service provides this as a standalone product — operated on infrastructure designed to meet the expected requirements of the anticipated DPP Service Provider certification scheme.
EU Digital Passport Processor Backup is operated as an independent backup service, designed to meet the expected requirements of the anticipated ESPR DPP Service Provider certification scheme. The certification scheme has not yet been adopted by the Commission.
If you already use the platform, backup is included in your annual platform licence. If you run your own DPP infrastructure, push your passport data to us via REST API — your primary system stays untouched, we hold the independent copy.
Your passport data already lives on our platform. Backup hosting is a contractual guarantee that a separate encrypted copy is held independently of the primary instance — at no additional charge.
Running your own DPP infrastructure? Push your passport data to us via REST API. Your primary system is unchanged — we hold the independent backup copy of what you push, with the same retention and SLA as bundled customers.
Operational reality of the backup service, from the day you activate to the day you need to restore. On retention: ESPR Article 9(2)(i) requires a passport to stay available for a period corresponding to at least the expected lifetime of the product, and the exact period for each product group is fixed by delegated act. No such act has been published, so no fixed number of years is a legal requirement today. We retain your snapshots for the full period the regulation requires. Where you need a firm figure to plan against, your Backup Hosting agreement states the contractual minimum we commit to, which is a commitment we offer and not a statutory period. Restore-time SLA commitments are set out in the same agreement.
Every day at 03:00 UTC we take a complete encrypted snapshot of your passport data, together with every linked record: supply chain actors, documents and carbon footprint declarations. The snapshot is encrypted at rest and held on independent infrastructure, separate from the primary system. It is retained for the full period the regulation requires.
Your dashboard shows the exact time of the last successful backup. If a backup fails, the timestamp will not update — giving you immediate visibility. You will not be billed for a period in which backup was not performed.
Request a data export at any time from your Backup dashboard. The export is generated in JSON (full Annex XIII structure) and delivered to you by email as a download link. The link expires after 7 days. No limit on number of exports.
If you need to restore data — accidental deletion, system migration, regulatory audit — contact support@eudigitalpassportprocessor.com. We initiate the restore procedure. Restore SLA is documented in the Backup Hosting agreement provided at activation.
Existing platform-fee operators get backup hosting at no additional charge. Self-hosters subscribe directly. The full breakdown lives on the pricing page.
Enterprise enquiries: support@eudigitalpassportprocessor.com
The back-up duty in ESPR Article 10(4) sits in the regulation itself. It is already in force and is not deferred to a delegated act: it applies as soon as the passport obligation applies. For EV batteries, LMT batteries and industrial batteries above 2 kWh that date is 18 February 2027, under Article 77 of Regulation (EU) 2023/1542, the only fixed statutory DPP deadline. Separately, the DPP Service Provider Delegated Act, which is expected to bring a certification scheme, is indicatively expected in Q2 to Q3 2027 and has not been adopted. Operators who start now avoid a last-minute migration when it is.