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Digital product passports standards: have your say
14 July 2025
The industry has until 19 August to help shape the standards that will support the implementation of digital product passports (DPPs).
The BSI has published the drafts for six standards that will support the introduction of DPPs:
- BS EN 18219 – unique identifiers;
- BS EN 18220 – data carriers;
- BS EN 18221 – data storage, archiving, and data persistence;
- BS EN 18216 – data exchange protocols;
- BS EN 18222 – APIs for the product passport lifecycle management and searchability; and
- BS EN 18223 – system interoperability.
To view and comment on the drafts, you need to be registered on the BSI Standards Development Portal.
The BSI is also inviting industry to join the committee (BSI Committee IST/47/-3) to help shape the standards.
DPPs 101
DPPs stem from the publication of the EU’s Construction Products Regulation (CPR) late last year.
Regulation (EU) 2024/3110 lays down harmonised rules for the marketing of construction products, emphasising digitalisation, transparency and sustainability. The text of the regulation runs to more than 45,000 words, but the key detail about DPPs is covered by Articles 75-80, which run to less than 1,500 words.
In short, it states that DPPs will have to contain the following information:
- The declaration of performance and conformity.
- The general product information, instructions for use and safety information.
- The technical documentation.
- The label.
- The unique identifier.
- Documentation required under other EU law applicable to the product.
- The data carrier (the barcode, QR code or data matrix that links to the digital file for that product).
DPPs need to be accurate, complete, up-to-date and interoperable with BIM. The data will need to be structured to be computer-readable and searchable, and the information must be transferable without limitations derived from proprietary formats or systems.
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