Topics

Topics — the digital product passport for aluminium

What is your situation?

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 aluminium?
• What is a digital product passport for aluminium?
• When does the product passport become mandatory for aluminium?
• What is a delegated act and why does it determine what I must do?
• Which products from the aluminium sector fall under the ESPR?
• What does the ESPR change for the aluminium sector?
• Does the product passport also apply to small businesses?
• Does it matter whether my aluminium is primary or secondary?
• Does the product passport apply to aluminium profiles?
• Does the product passport also apply to packaging aluminium?
• a product passport must be included with loose aluminium spare parts
• a product passport must already be in place if my aluminium is still a semi-finished product

What goes in the passport

• Which data go into the product passport for aluminium?
• Who may view which data from the product passport?
• Must I make commercially sensitive data about my aluminium public?
• How often must I update the data in the product passport?
• According to which method must I measure the values for the passport?
• What does CBAM mean for aluminium imports?
• How do I demonstrate the CO2 emissions per tonne of aluminium?
• How do I demonstrate the share of recycled aluminium?
• How do I establish the alloy and the EN-AW designation?
• Must I report the surface treatment of aluminium?
• in which language must the data in the product passport be presented
• what is the difference between my technical file and the digital product passport
• must I include information about repair and restoration of aluminium in the passport

Getting started practically

• How do I tackle the product passport for aluminium step by step?
• What does a product passport for aluminium cost?
• What can I already do while the rules are not yet final?
• What does an enforcement authority ask for during an inspection on aluminium?
• May I still destroy unsold aluminium stock?
• What do I do with aluminium stock that is already in place when the rules come into effect?
• can I test a product passport now before it becomes mandatory
• how do I explain to my colleagues what changes with the product passport
• can I register multiple products at once for a product passport

Data from the chain

• My supplier does not provide the data — what can I do?
• Which data must I request from my aluminium supplier?
• How do I record the supply of passport data in my purchase contract?
• How do I check whether my supplier's data are correct?
• What does the product passport mean if I import aluminium from outside the EU?
• What happens to the passport if I process aluminium further?
• must a subcontractor who processes aluminium for me also provide data
• how do I determine the data if my aluminium comes from mixed scrap
• what do I do if I cannot trace the origin of my aluminium
• how do I process data from multiple suppliers for the same alloy in one passport

Who must do what

• Who is responsible for the product passport for aluminium?
• Am I an importer or manufacturer according to the ESPR?
• What obligations does a distributor or trader of aluminium have?
• I sell aluminium under my own brand — what obligations do I incur?
• My manufacturer is outside the EU — who arranges the digital product passport then?
• What does the digital product passport mean if I sell aluminium via an online marketplace?
• What happens if I don't have a digital product passport for my aluminium?
• who is liable if there is incorrect data in the product passport
• who is responsible for the passport if I produce in multiple EU countries
• who is responsible for the passport if I supply aluminium to a brand owner
• what must I arrange for the passport if I change supplier

From data to product

• How does the QR code for the digital product passport get onto my aluminium?
• What is GS1 Digital Link and do I need it for the digital product passport?
• How do I give each product a unique identification code?
• What is the registry of digital product passports and what do I need to enter into 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?
• Do I register aluminium per batch or per unit?
• how do I update data in a product passport that is already published
• must someone also be able to view the product passport without internet connection
• what happens if the QR code on my aluminium becomes illegible
• can I use one QR code to display different language versions of the passport