No DPP, No Sale: How Interoperability Reshapes Europe’s Product Market

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• Format: Video on demand

• Source: Think WIoT Livestream (Issue 01/2026) – DPP in practice

• Title: Digital Product Passport: Latest Developments and Why the Ecodesign Regulation Is a Strategic Opportunity for European Companies

• Speaker: Bmstr. Ing. Otto Handle, Convenor CEN/CENELEC JTC 24 WG 4: digital product passport - interoperability framework

• Date: April 29, 2026

• Language: English

The Digital Product Passport will determine how product data is accessed, exchanged and reused across Europe. In this Think WIoT lecture, Otto Handle, Convenor of CEN/CENELEC JTC 24 WG 4, explains why interoperability is essential for DPP systems that must work across companies, sectors, software platforms and legislation.

Handle distinguishes between horizontal DPP standards and product-specific delegated acts. The standards define how passports are accessed, identified, exchanged and integrated, while delegated acts determine which information each product group must provide. He also explains the importance of continuous availability, decentralized data sources, unique identification, machine readability and vendor-neutral interfaces.

The central message is clear: the DPP is not merely a regulatory document. It can become a trusted source of structured product data for purchasing decisions, market surveillance, maintenance, reuse, recycling and lifecycle optimization.

Using construction products, digital building logbooks and linked data as examples, Handle shows how multiple product passports can feed larger digital models without repeatedly duplicating information.

For European companies, this creates a strategic opportunity to increase lifecycle transparency, support sustainable design and operations, and develop interoperable services based on reliable product data.