Topics

Topics — the digital product passport for furniture

What is this about for you?

Choose the situation that matches your business. Each topic answers one question, with the location in the regulation included.

Getting started

• Does the digital product passport apply to my furniture?
• What is a digital product passport for furniture?
• When does the product passport become mandatory for furniture?
• What is a delegated act and why does it determine what I must do?
• Which furniture sector products fall under the ESPR?
• What does the ESPR change for the furniture sector?
• Does the product passport also apply to small businesses?
• Does the product passport also apply to custom-made furniture?
• Do built-in furniture fall under the Construction Products Regulation or under the ESPR?

What the passport contains

• What data goes into the product passport for furniture?
• Who is allowed to view which data from the product passport?
• Must I disclose business-sensitive data about my furniture?
• How often must I update the data in the product passport?
• According to which method must I measure the values for the passport?
• Must I record the material for each component of a piece of furniture?
• How do I determine the formaldehyde emission class of a piece of furniture?
• What must be included in the disassembly instructions?
• must I record repairs of a piece of furniture in the product passport
• how do I calculate the percentage of recyclable material of a piece of furniture
• which hazardous substances must I mention in the product passport of a piece of furniture
• must I have the CO2 footprint of my piece of furniture calculated for the passport
• how do I record data on textiles and upholstery in the product passport
• must I update the product passport if I change material supplier

Getting started practically

• How do I approach the product passport for furniture step by step?
• What does a product passport for furniture cost?
• What can I do now while the rules are not yet final?
• What does a supervisory authority ask for during an inspection of furniture?
• Can I still destroy unsold furniture stock?
• What do I do with furniture stock that is already in place when the rules come into effect?
• What do the waste rules mean for discarded furniture?
• Can I still destroy showroom models and returns?
• can I use my existing product database for the product passport
• how do I create passports for a furniture collection with many colour and fabric variants

Data from the supply chain

• My supplier does not provide the data — what can I do?
• What data must I request from my furniture supplier?
• How do I document the supply of passport data in my purchase contract?
• How do I verify whether my supplier's data are correct?
• What does the product passport mean if I import furniture from outside the EU?
• How do I document the origin of the wood?
• how do I obtain passport data from a supplier outside the EU
• must a subcontractor supplying semi-finished products also provide passport data
• what do I do if I purchase the same component from different suppliers
• must I have my passport data checked by an independent party

Who must do what

• Who is responsible for the product passport for furniture?
• Am I an importer or a manufacturer according to the ESPR?
• What obligations does a distributor or trader of furniture have?
• I sell furniture under my own brand — what obligations do I get?
• My manufacturer is outside the EU — who arranges the product passport then?
• What does the product passport mean if I sell furniture via an online marketplace?
• What happens if I don't have a digital product passport for my furniture?
• How long must I keep spare parts for furniture available?
• who is liable for incorrect data from a supplier in the passport
• what fine or sanction do I receive if I do not have a product passport
• who must provide the passport data for private label furniture
• do I become a manufacturer if I have an existing piece of furniture modified or refined
• does the product passport also apply to furniture that I am already bringing to market

From data to product

• How does the QR code for the digital product passport get onto my furniture?
• What is GS1 Digital Link and do I need it for the digital product passport?
• How do I assign a unique identification code to each product?
• What is the registry of digital product passports and what must I enter in it?
• Can I link the digital product passport to my ERP or inventory system?
• How long must a digital product passport remain available?
• What happens to the digital product passport if my company closes?
• My product needs multiple digital product passports — how does that work together?
• Does each component get its own passport or the piece of furniture as a whole?
• what must I do if the QR code on a piece of furniture becomes unreadable
• can I modify data after the product passport has already been published
• in which language must I provide the product passport of my piece of furniture