Digital Product Passport Verified Economic Operator Registration

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1778 took effect 6 August 2026 and applies to every DPP category at once: before a business can register a single passport, it has to complete an eIDAS identity check and become a “verified economic operator” in the EU’s central registry.

Why AuthiChain

• The registry itself opened 20 July 2026 with a public API, a separate testing environment, and technical documentation — a production system with a helpdesk, not a beta
• Verified-operator status carries no product-category deadline of its own; it sits upstream of every delegated act, so a brand shipping batteries in 2027 or textiles later clears the same registration step first
• AuthiChain issues each record as a W3C Verifiable Credential built to resolve at a permanent URL, matching the registry’s requirement that a passport stay retrievable without authentication

How it works

Issue a unique identifier per unit, anchor its record on-chain for tamper-evidence, and let anyone verify it with a single scan. Plans start at $49/mo.

FAQ

Do we need to register before our product category has a delegated act?

Yes, eventually — verified-operator registration has no category deadline of its own; it is a one-time identity step ahead of whichever delegated act applies to you first. Batteries, mandatory from 18 February 2027, is currently the earliest.

What does the eIDAS check verify?

That the entity registering passports is who it claims to be, using the EU’s electronic identification framework. Implementing Regulation 2026/1778 sets the access-management and verification rules for it.