What applies to my products, and when?

I'm Daniel Carlman. This episode: two free tools for the question of what applies to your products, and when.

The deadline checker, at dppagent.com/deadlines lists dates by product category. The readiness test, at slash readiness, asks nine questions. Both are free, with no sign-in.

The checker shows two kinds of row. Some come from adopted law, with a fixed date. Others come from the Commission’s working plan. Those are indicative years for adopting an act, and the page places them on the first of January. Read them as a year, not a deadline.

The clearest adopted date: from 18 February 2027, LMT batteries, industrial batteries above two kilowatt hours and electric vehicle batteries must have a battery passport. Portable and starter batteries are not covered.

For other products, the working plan gives indicative years for adopting the delegated act: textiles and tyres 2027, furniture 2028, mattresses 2029.

And adoption is not application. As a rule, a delegated act applies no earlier than 18 months after it enters into force. Article 4(4) of the Ecodesign Regulation allows exceptions.

Where to start? The readiness test asks about your identifiers, where your product data lives, your supply chain, your environmental data and your data carriers. Each answer gets one line of feedback. The weakest lines show where to begin.

I'm Daniel. See you in the next episode.

Next time: how much data is it really? This is not legal advice.