Which products are out of scope for the DPP initiative?

Modified on Wed, 18 Jun at 10:06 AM

The scope of the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR), of which the EU DPP is part of, is described in ESPR Article 1 – Subject matter and scope: the Regulation applies to any physical goods that are placed on the market or put into service in the European Union, including components and intermediate products.

Only certain product groups will require a DPP, specifically, those for which the European Commission sets detailed rules under the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR).

These rules will come in the form of product-specific "delegated acts". Each delegated act will:

Target a particular product group (e.g. textiles, batteries, electronics),
Set specific information requirements (e.g. about a product’s materials, carbon footprint, recyclability),
And state whether a DPP is required for that product group.

The ESPR does not apply to:

(a)	food as defined in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002;

(b)	feed as defined in Article 3(4) of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002;

(c)	medicinal products as defined in Article 1(2) of Directive 2001/83/EC;

(d)	veterinary medicinal products as defined in Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/6;

(e)	living plants, animals and micro-organisms;

(f)	products of human origin;

(g)	products of plants and animals relating directly to their future reproduction;

(h)

vehicles as referred to in Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) No 167/2013, in Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 and in Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/858, in respect of those product aspects for which requirements are set under sector-specific Union legislative acts applicable to those vehicles.

Find the ESPR article here:

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32024R1781&qid=1719580391746#art_1