Construction DPP: Product and Material Passports with GoodsTag
GoodsTag provides the infrastructure to create and manage Digital Product Passports for construction products and building materials, from bricks and insulation to windows and precast elements, ready for the passport of the new Construction Products Regulation.
Why act now?
The New CPR Applies, the Passport Is Being Drafted, Buildings Must Report Their Carbon.
The new Construction Products Regulation applies since 8 January 2026 and makes the Digital Product Passport part of every construction product’s compliance, once its delegated act is adopted. From 1 January 2028, new buildings over 1,000 m² must disclose their life-cycle global warming potential, and designers will need product data to calculate it.
until new buildings over 1,000 m² must disclose their life-cycle carbon
1 January 2028
Life-cycle carbon disclosed for large new buildings
What’s Inside a Construction Digital Product Passport?
The construction passport comes from the new Construction Products Regulation (EU) 2024/3110, not from an ESPR delegated act. It is based on the ESPR passport, uses the same EU registry unless its delegated act sets other rules, and must stay interoperable with building information modelling (BIM). The Commission will set it up by delegated act; manufacturers must provide it 18 months after that act enters into force.
The regulation already lists what the passport contains:
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Declaration of Performance and Conformity
The DoPC with the product’s essential characteristics, its unique product-type identifier and the REACH information that comes with it
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Environmental Performance
Life-cycle indicators declared in the DoPC, starting with global warming potential, phased in product family by product family
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Instructions and Safety
Instructions for use, installation and maintenance, safety information and the product label
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Linked Material Passports
Links to the passports of the materials and key parts in each product, so their data flows into the product passport
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Technical Documentation
The technical documentation, documents required by other EU law, and the data carriers of key parts for dismantling and reuse
All structured, machine-readable, and ready for architects, builders, building owners, recyclers and authorities.
DPP and DMP
One Product Passport, Linked to Every Material Passport
A window, a brick or an insulation board is a product with its own declaration, and at the same time a set of materials that will one day be dismantled, reused or recycled. That is why GoodsTag covers both kinds of passport, linked in a parent-child relation.
Digital Product Passport (DPP)
The passport of a construction product placed on the market, such as a roof window or a pallet of bricks. The Construction Products Regulation sets its content and its delegated act will set the details.
Digital Material Passport (DMP)
The passport of a material or component, such as timber, glass or aluminium: composition, origin, recycled content, footprint and certificates. An industry and research term, not defined in EU law.
Roof window, 78 × 118 cm
Model RW-780118 · sample data
- Child · DMP
Pine wood frame
Origin, certificates, carbon footprint
- Child · DMP
Low-E double glazing
Composition, thermal data, recycled content
- Child · DMP
Aluminium cladding
Alloy, recycled content, end-of-life route
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One parent, many children
Each DPP references the DMPs of the materials and key parts it contains, through persistent identifiers.
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Update once, inherit everywhere
When a supplier updates a material passport, every product passport linked to it sees the change.
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Each party shares what it should
Trade secrets stay protected: access rights decide which data reaches builders, building owners, recyclers or authorities.
There is no EU legal definition of a Digital Material Passport. For buildings, EU law uses the digital building logbook and the renovation passport (Directive (EU) 2024/1275). GoodsTag uses the term for material data structured like a DPP, so it can be linked to product passports.
Need Clarity on Construction DPP Requirements?
The construction passport comes with a new regulation, a new way of declaring performance and new building carbon rules. We follow every step so you don’t have to.
Digital Product Passport
Construction DPP Experts, Ready to Work With Your Team
End-to-end support to simplify your DPP and DMP rollout.
What’s Getting in the Way of DPP Success?
A construction passport depends on data from suppliers, plants, laboratories and certification bodies, product type by product type.
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Material and component data spread across suppliers and plants
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Declarations of performance, EPDs and test reports in separate systems
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Life-cycle carbon data that is hard to calculate and keep current
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Long product lifetimes: data must stay available for decades
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Unclear internal ownership
Why Leading Teams Choose GoodsTag for DPPs
Full Lifecycle Support
Your passports stay accurate through new product types, updated declarations and evolving regulations, for the long life of a building.
Built for Scale
Handles large catalogues of product types, plants and batches, with product and material passports linked to each other.
Compliance in Mind
Your data model follows the CPR passport as its delegated act takes shape, from the DoPC to life-cycle indicators.
Proven Partner
Proven track record in high-stakes, high-volume environments.
How the DPP platform works
The GoodsTag DPP Hub: Connecting Enterprise, Partners and Regulators
From the data you already have to a verifiable passport that every authorised party can read. Designed for interoperability and regulatory compliance.
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Step 1 · Connect
Your data sources
- Supplier data
- Material passports (DMP)
- ESG and sustainability data
- Business systems: ERP, MES
- PLM and PIM
- Files: PDF, CSV
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Step 2 · Build
GoodsTag DPP Factory
- Data normalisation and validationSupplier and system data mapped to one structure and checked for completeness.
- Digital twin foundationA digital identity for each product, batch or item, linked to its data carrier.
- DPP–DMP linkingEach product passport is the parent of the material passports (DMP) of its components, linked down to the batch.
- DPP data model translatorYour data mapped to the data model each regulation requires.
- Verifiable credential issuancePassport data signed, so its origin and integrity can be checked.
- DPP event storeEvery creation and change recorded as a versioned, traceable event.
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Step 3 · Publish
Issued and connected
- EU central DPP registryUnique identifier and link registered with the EU registry, which stores the index, not the passport.
- Public DPP viewProduct ID, material composition, sustainability data, signature check and conformity certificates in one scan.
- Back-up copyA copy of the passport held by an independent DPP service provider, as ESPR Article 10(4) requires.
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Step 4 · Access
Role-based passport
- AuthoritiesMarket surveillance and customs see the restricted data the law grants them.
- End customersPublic information, free of charge, with no login.
- RecyclersComposition and dismantling data for treatment and recovery.
- Lifecycle partnersRepairers and remanufacturers with a legitimate interest.
Interoperability
Data carriers and standards, GS1 Digital Link conformant, API-first, multiple identity levels from model to item, and role-based data access.
Compliance
Architecture aligned with the regulations and the passport lifecycle, ready for the EU DPP registry, controlled access and GDPR-compliant processing.
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What Could a Construction DPP Look Like?
Builders won’t dig through a technical file. They’ll scan a QR code on the product, the pallet or the label.
Here’s an example of what they (and building owners and authorities) could see on the other side. Sample data only.
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The Deadlines Are Closer Than You Think
The construction passport is set out in the new Construction Products Regulation; the date it becomes mandatory depends on its delegated act, which has not been adopted yet.
Here are the key dates you need to know about (as of October 2026):
How We Help You Build Your Construction DPP
A simple, practical path for manufacturers, importers and distributors of construction products.
Map the data you already have
Lay out all existing data across ERP, PLM, declarations of performance, EPDs, test reports and supplier declarations to see where each field currently lives.
Identify missing information
Spot the gaps by separating usable data from incomplete, messy, or missing information, from material composition to life-cycle carbon.
Define internal ownership
Assign clear owners for each data area so updates and approvals have defined responsibility.
Align your structure with the EU data model
Match your internal fields to the CPR passport and link each product to the material passports of its components.
Create a publishing workflow
Set a structured workflow for validating, approving, and publishing data into the DPP, the DMP and the declaration.
Plan for ongoing updates
Establish routines and triggers to keep the passports up to date with every new product type, test result and declaration.
Compliance Without Headaches
Turn the upcoming EU construction requirements into a competitive advantage, today.
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Frequently Asked Questions
1. What exactly is a Digital Product Passport (DPP) for construction products?
A Digital Product Passport is a structured, machine-readable data set that stores verified product information across a product's lifecycle. For construction products, the new Construction Products Regulation (EU) 2024/3110 sets out what it contains: the Declaration of Performance and Conformity, instructions for use and safety information, the technical documentation, the label and the unique identifiers, reachable through a data carrier on the product.
2. Is the construction DPP mandatory yet?
Not yet. The CPR applies since 8 January 2026, but the passport becomes mandatory only through a delegated act. As of October 2026 it has not been adopted; the European Commission lists it indicatively for Q2 2027. Manufacturers must provide passports 18 months after that act enters into force, and may use them voluntarily before.
3. Which products will be affected?
Construction products covered by the CPR, as their product families move to the new regulation. The CPR working plan 2026–2029 starts with cement (indicatively Q4 2027) and prepares windows and doors, thermal insulation, flat glass and reinforcing steel. The working plan states that every product under the new CPR will have a passport once it is made mandatory by delegated act.
4. What happens to the Declaration of Performance?
It becomes the Declaration of Performance and Conformity (DoPC), supplied electronically or on a website, and it is part of the passport. Once the passport applies, providing it fulfils the information duties for these documents. The DoPC and instructions must still be given on paper, free of charge, if the end user asks for them at the time of purchase.
5. How do carbon and environmental data fit in?
The CPR adds life-cycle environmental indicators to the DoPC in phases, starting with global warming potential and extending in 2030 and 2032, as each product family gets its harmonised technical specification under the new CPR. Separately, the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive requires new buildings to disclose their life-cycle global warming potential from 2028 (over 1,000 m²) and 2030 (all), which needs product data.
6. What is a Digital Material Passport (DMP)?
A Digital Material Passport is the passport of a material or component, such as timber, glass, steel or aggregates: its composition, origin, recycled content, carbon footprint and certificates. The term comes from building circularity research; it has no definition in EU law, which uses the digital building logbook and the renovation passport for buildings. GoodsTag structures DMPs like DPPs, so the two can be linked.
7. How do the DPP and the DMP relate in GoodsTag?
In a parent-child relation. The product's DPP is the parent, and the DMPs of the materials and key parts it contains are its children, linked through persistent identifiers. Material data flows up into the product passport, and a change to a material passport reaches every product linked to it.
8. How long must the passport stay available?
Much longer than for most products. The CPR foresees that construction passports stay accessible for 25 years after the last product of a type is placed on the market, with the economic operator keeping them available for at least 10 years, and requires a back-up through DPP service providers. GoodsTag stores passports so they stay available over that horizon.
9. How do we feed all this data into the GoodsTag platform?
GoodsTag features an API-first architecture that integrates with your existing enterprise systems, including ERP, PLM, PIM, EPD tools and supplier databases such as SAP S/4HANA. Data synchronization is event-driven and supports global GS1 standards like EPCIS 2.0 and GS1 Digital Link for real-time traceability.
10. Is the GoodsTag platform ready for the upcoming requirements?
The construction passport's delegated act has not been adopted, so no platform can claim full compliance with it today. GoodsTag builds on the principles the CPR already sets: a data carrier on the product linked to its unique identifier, open and machine-readable formats without vendor lock-in, free access, protection of trade secrets and a back-up copy. Its data models are configurable, so the passport can be mapped as soon as the delegated act defines it.
The Manufacturers That Move First Will Set the Standard
Build your brand on top of compliance.
The passport will make the performance, carbon and materials of every construction product visible to the people who design, build and renovate. The manufacturers that get there first will become the easy choice for low-carbon projects, and turn product data into a competitive edge.