ESPR — Electronics & ICT delegated acts
Digital Product Passport for consumer electronics and ICT under horizontal repairability + product-specific delegated acts
Consumer electronics and ICT will be addressed via ESPR through two parallel routes: a horizontal repairability score that applies across product categories (indicative adoption ~2027) and product-specific delegated acts later in the plan (~2028–2029).
The scope is expected to include: smartphones, laptops, tablets, headphones, small networking equipment, and a broader set of ICT products yet to be specified. Likely requirements: repairability score, software-support window, critical raw material content, recycled content, hazardous substance disclosure.
There is an interaction with the existing EU repairability index legislation in France and forthcoming similar instruments in other member states — the ESPR DPP is expected to supersede where stricter and harmonise across the single market.
| Date | Clause | Applies to | Article ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3–Q4 2027 (estimated) | Horizontal repairability delegated act expected | All ICT in scope | Working Plan |
| 2028–2029 (indicative) | Product-specific delegated acts (smartphones, laptops) | Per category | Working Plan |
| TBD | Electronics DPP obligation effective | Per delegated act | del-act + 18 to 36 months |
- The platform's schema for electronics will inherit the cross-cutting fields from the horizontal repairability act and extend per product-specific act on adoption.
- Critical-raw-material due diligence requirements anticipated to mirror the Battery Regulation's Art 49 obligation — supply-chain traceability, third-party assurance, published due-diligence report URL.
- Operators in scope: manufacturers, importers, EU authorised representatives of ICT products placed on the EU market.
Module state: PLANNED. The Electronics 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.