DPP Academy

The digital product passport,one part at a time.

Short episodes on what the regulation asks for, how the standards work and what the work looks like, with the source on screen. Free, in fourteen languages.

About two minutes

One subject per episode, also in two one-minute parts for phones.

The source on screen

Every claim shows the article or standard it comes from. Not legal advice.

Fourteen languages

English, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Greek, Polish, Lithuanian and Dutch.

Season 1

The basics

What a passport is, what the regulation asks for, and how the pieces fit together.

  1. S1 · E01

    What is a Digital Product Passport, and why?

    One product, one code, one set of data, and the three reasons the law gives.

    Daniel Carlman1:53 English
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  2. S1 · E02

    Who it applies to, and when

    The priority product groups in the regulation, and batteries: the one category with a date.

    Daniel Carlman2:02 English
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  3. S1 · E03

    The address: GTIN, batch, serial and GS1 Digital Link

    How a code on the product leads to exactly one passport.

    Daniel Carlman2:03 English
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  4. S1 · E04

    Model, batch or item

    Which level a passport sits at, and what changes between them.

    Daniel Carlman1:59 English
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  5. S1 · E05

    What a passport must contain

    The information requirements, and where they come from.

    Daniel Carlman1:59 English
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  6. S1 · E06

    Who sees what

    Public, restricted, authorities: access rights in the passport.

    Daniel Carlman1:56 English
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  7. S1 · E07

    The EU registry

    What is decided, what is not yet, and who uploads what.

    Daniel Carlman2:00 English
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  8. S1 · E08

    The CEN standards in plain language

    EN 18216 to EN 18246: how a passport works technically.

    Daniel Carlman1:51 English
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  9. S1 · E09

    The data: where it lives today

    PIM, suppliers, certificates, and what is usually missing.

    Daniel Carlman1:54 English
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  10. S1 · E10

    A passport must outlive its vendor

    Lifetime, versions and the archive.

    Daniel Carlman1:49 English
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Season 2

By category

Each product group with its own rules, presented by the agent for that category.

  1. S2 · E01

    Batteries

    The Battery Regulation, 18 February 2027, and what the battery passport holds.

    Evelyn ReedAI1:56 English
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  2. S2 · E02

    Textiles

    Fibre, origin, care and recycling, ahead of the textile act.

    Stella MaxwellAI1:59 English
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  3. S2 · E03

    Tyres

    The EU tyre label, EPREL and the passport.

    Marcus ThorneAI1:58 English
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  4. S2 · E04

    Electronics

    Repairability, spare parts and the energy label.

    Chloe ChenAI2:00 English
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  5. S2 · E05

    Furniture

    Materials, durability and repair, including mattresses.

    Isabella RossiAI1:58 English
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Season 3

In practice

From the first passport to a whole catalogue.

  1. S3 · E01

    Getting started

    From the data you already have to a first published passport.

    Daniel Carlman2:03 English
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  2. S3 · E02

    Reading a validation report

    What the grade means and what to fix first.

    Daniel Carlman2:04 English
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  3. S3 · E03

    Common gaps in real passports

    What was most often missing in ten real passports, and how to close each gap.

    Daniel Carlman1:58 English
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  4. S3 · E04

    From a GTIN list to QR codes

    Upload a GTIN list, choose the level, and export links your label supplier prints as QR codes.

    Daniel Carlman1:45 English
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  5. S3 · E05

    What applies to my products, and when?

    Fixed dates from adopted law, indicative years from the working plan, and where to start.

    Daniel Carlman1:49 English
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  6. S3 · E06

    How much data is it really?

    Model, batch or item, and why inheritance keeps the data work smaller than the passport count.

    Daniel Carlman1:45 English
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  7. S3 · E07

    Real cases

    Brands that have published passports, with their permission.

    Daniel Carlman
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Season 4

For customers

DPP Agent in practice

The platform step by step, from your data to a published passport. For DPP Agent customers.

  1. S4 · E01

    Connect your data

    Connections, file upload and the API, and what happens when your data changes.

    Daniel Carlman1:47 English
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  2. S4 · E02

    Field mapping and inheritance

    Model, batch and item, and which values a passport inherits from the level above.

    Daniel Carlman1:44 English
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  3. S4 · E03

    Filling gaps

    AI suggestions with a visible source, and nothing saved until you approve it.

    Daniel Carlman1:33 English
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  4. S4 · E04

    The address and the QR code

    How a passport gets its address, and the QR codes and labels that carry it.

    Daniel Carlman1:46 English
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  5. S4 · E05

    The look

    Templates, your brand profile and how the passport takes on your brand.

    Daniel Carlman1:43 English
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  6. S4 · E06

    Validate and read the grade

    The grade from A to F, what lowers it, and where you see it.

    Daniel Carlman1:42 English
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  7. S4 · E07

    Publish, versions and archive

    Publishing, withdrawing and archiving, and the version history behind every passport.

    Daniel Carlman1:35 English
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  8. S4 · E08

    Who sees what

    What is public, what is never served, and what the audience views do and do not do.

    Daniel Carlman1:35 English
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  9. S4 · E09

    Scans

    What a scan records, what it leaves out, and where you read the numbers.

    Daniel Carlman1:34 English
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  10. S4 · E10

    The team

    Inviting colleagues, roles and what each role can do.

    Daniel Carlman1:36 English
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Season 5

For customers

API and docs

For developers: reading, writing and validating passports through the API. For DPP Agent customers.

  1. S5 · E01

    Get started with the API

    Your API key, how to send it, and the limits per brand.

    Daniel Carlman1:58 English
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  2. S5 · E02

    Reading passports

    JSON and JSON-LD from the same address, and the EN 18222 read endpoints.

    Daniel Carlman2:02 English
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  3. S5 · E03

    Creating and updating passports

    What a new passport needs, and how updates and batches work.

    Daniel Carlman2:03 English
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  4. S5 · E04

    Sync, and what happens to changes

    Scheduled sync, the rules for published passports, and how to follow changes.

    Daniel Carlman1:35 English
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  5. S5 · E05

    The resolver

    Addresses, the linkset, link types and your own domain.

    Daniel Carlman1:53 English
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  6. S5 · E06

    Validating through the API

    Grading any passport from code, with and without a key.

    Daniel Carlman2:02 English
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  7. S5 · E07

    Taking your data with you

    Reading out every passport and its versions in open formats.

    Daniel Carlman1:52 English
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Hosts

Who presents what.

Daniel presents the general episodes. Each category is presented by DPP Agent's AI expert for that category, marked as AI wherever it appears.

Daniel Carlman
Daniel Carlman
DPP Agent
Evelyn Reed
Evelyn Reed
AI expert, batteries
AI
Stella Maxwell
Stella Maxwell
AI expert, textiles
AI
Marcus Thorne
Marcus Thorne
AI expert, tyres
AI
Chloe Chen
Chloe Chen
AI expert, electronics
AI
Isabella Rossi
Isabella Rossi
AI expert, furniture
AI

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