Digital Product Passports for Construction:<\/h1><\/div>What the EU\u2019s 2026\u20132029 CPR Working Plan Means for Stakeholders<\/h2><\/div>By Rumela Atanasova<\/a>, Principal Digital Transformation Consultant, Cobuilder<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>In December 2025, the European Commission<\/a> published the first Working Plan<\/a> for the implementation of the Construction Products Regulation (CPR) for 2026\u20132029, including its roadmap for Digital Product Passports (DPPs) and associated harmonised standards development. This marks the first time stakeholders across the construction ecosystem can see when and how DPP requirements will unfold for specific product families.<\/p>\nIn this article, we break down what this means in practical terms, why it matters, and how manufacturers and their partners can prepare today, ideally before obligations become enforceable.<\/p>\n<\/div>
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<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>Why the CPR Working Plan Matters and Who It Affects<\/h3><\/div>The CPR (EU 2024\/3110)<\/a> sets out harmonised rules for construction products placed on the EU market, including safety, performance and for the first time the requirement for a Digital Product Passport once the supporting standards and delegated acts are in place.<\/p>\nThe Working Plan 2026\u20132029 provides a clear roadmap for how the Commission and standardisation bodies will deliver:<\/p>\n
\n- revised harmonised standards for product families (Annex VII),<\/li>\n
- timelines for standardisation delivery and adoption<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Although the DPP is still not yet mandatory for construction products as of early 2026, this plan signals to manufacturers, contractors, architects and other stakeholders that the transition is no longer theoretical. The sequence and timelines are emerging.<\/p>\n<\/div>
What the Timelines Tell Us: Real Insights from the Working Plan<\/h3><\/div>The working plan sets out when different product families move through:<\/p>\n
\n- delivery of harmonised standards (under the new CPR framework), and<\/li>\n
- mandatory reference in legislation via implementing and delegated acts \u2014 the actual trigger for DPP obligations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
To make this more tangible, the European Commission has mapped out indicative timelines for each construction product family in the CPR Working Plan 2026\u20132029. Please refer to the table below.<\/p>\n<\/div>
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<\/a><\/span><\/div>Two examples help illustrate how this applies in practice:<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/i><\/i><\/span>Cement, building limes, and other hydraulic binders (Product Family 15)<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>Harmonised standardisation work has been initiated and milestones are underway.<\/p>\nNew standards are expected to be in place with a delegated act by Q4 2027, after which products placed on the market under those standards would require a DPP.<\/p>\n
In practice, this means cement manufacturers should be preparing now for structured, machine-readable data sets that will feed DPP systems once required.<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/i><\/i><\/span>Doors, windows and related building hardware (Product Family 2)<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>The timeline stretches into 2028\u20132029 for standards to be made mandatory and the delegated acts adopted.<\/p>\nBut \u201clater\u201d doesn\u2019t mean \u201clater urgency\u201d \u2014 it means these product families have a clear runway during which data readiness and interoperability can be built in.<\/p>\n
The key takeaway here isn\u2019t the individual dates \u2014 it\u2019s that regulators are now publishing product-family-specific roadmaps for standards and DPP application, for the first time.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div><\/div>DPP: Clarifying What Is and Isn\u2019t Here (Yet)<\/h3><\/div>A point we cannot over-emphasise: there are currently no official DPP service providers for construction products as recognised under EU rules.<\/p>\n
The CPR Working Plan and underlying CPR text set the obligation framework, but operational details around:<\/p>\n
\n- who hosts DPP systems,<\/li>\n
- how data carriers and registries will work,<\/li>\n
- whether service providers will be certified<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
These are still to be defined through:<\/p>\n
\n- By 19 July 2026, the Commission shall set up the DPP Registry which stores at least the unique identifiers.<\/li>\n
- A delegated act which will set the rules for DPP Service Providers<\/a> in Q4 2026<\/li>\n
- A delegated act which shall supplement the CPR by setting up a construction DPP system<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
In other words, systems that facilitate the transition to DPP readiness<\/a> exist today \u2014 from data management platforms to digital product documentation tools, but no entity can yet claim to be a certified or mandated DPP service provider or that they can issue DPPs as there are no DPPs for construction products yet under EU law and standards.<\/p>\n<\/div>Why Digital Declarations of Performance (DoP) Are a Practical Stepping Stone<\/h3><\/div>One of the most common questions manufacturers ask is: \u201cIf DPP isn\u2019t mandatory yet, what should we be doing?<\/em><\/span>\u201d<\/p>\nThe answer lies in data readiness, and here, the new CPR requirements dovetail with an existing obligation that manufacturers already know well: the Declaration of Performance (DoP)<\/a>.<\/p>\nDoPs already require structured performance data linked to harmonised standards. The emerging DPP model will build on this same core dataset \u2014 extended with lifecycle, sustainability, traceability and end-of-life information transitioning to a machine \u2013 readable Declaration of Performance and Conformity (DoPC) \u2014 but the backbone in both cases is standardised, machine-readable product information.<\/p>\n
Put simply:<\/p>\n
\n- manufacturers that have already moved beyond PDF DoPs to digitized and structured data,<\/li>\n
- that consistently manage identifiers and harmonised attributes,<\/li>\n
- are already building the foundation through Digitized DoP for future Digital Product Passport requirements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
What the EU\u2019s 2026\u20132029 CPR Working Plan Means for Stakeholders<\/h2><\/div>By Rumela Atanasova<\/a>, Principal Digital Transformation Consultant, Cobuilder<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>In December 2025, the European Commission<\/a> published the first Working Plan<\/a> for the implementation of the Construction Products Regulation (CPR) for 2026\u20132029, including its roadmap for Digital Product Passports (DPPs) and associated harmonised standards development. This marks the first time stakeholders across the construction ecosystem can see when and how DPP requirements will unfold for specific product families.<\/p>\nIn this article, we break down what this means in practical terms, why it matters, and how manufacturers and their partners can prepare today, ideally before obligations become enforceable.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div>Why the CPR Working Plan Matters and Who It Affects<\/h3><\/div>The CPR (EU 2024\/3110)<\/a> sets out harmonised rules for construction products placed on the EU market, including safety, performance and for the first time the requirement for a Digital Product Passport once the supporting standards and delegated acts are in place.<\/p>\nThe Working Plan 2026\u20132029 provides a clear roadmap for how the Commission and standardisation bodies will deliver:<\/p>\n
\n- revised harmonised standards for product families (Annex VII),<\/li>\n
- timelines for standardisation delivery and adoption<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Although the DPP is still not yet mandatory for construction products as of early 2026, this plan signals to manufacturers, contractors, architects and other stakeholders that the transition is no longer theoretical. The sequence and timelines are emerging.<\/p>\n<\/div>
What the Timelines Tell Us: Real Insights from the Working Plan<\/h3><\/div>The working plan sets out when different product families move through:<\/p>\n
\n- delivery of harmonised standards (under the new CPR framework), and<\/li>\n
- mandatory reference in legislation via implementing and delegated acts \u2014 the actual trigger for DPP obligations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
To make this more tangible, the European Commission has mapped out indicative timelines for each construction product family in the CPR Working Plan 2026\u20132029. Please refer to the table below.<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/a><\/span><\/div>Two examples help illustrate how this applies in practice:<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/i><\/i><\/span>Cement, building limes, and other hydraulic binders (Product Family 15)<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>Harmonised standardisation work has been initiated and milestones are underway.<\/p>\nNew standards are expected to be in place with a delegated act by Q4 2027, after which products placed on the market under those standards would require a DPP.<\/p>\n
In practice, this means cement manufacturers should be preparing now for structured, machine-readable data sets that will feed DPP systems once required.<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/i><\/i><\/span>Doors, windows and related building hardware (Product Family 2)<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>The timeline stretches into 2028\u20132029 for standards to be made mandatory and the delegated acts adopted.<\/p>\nBut \u201clater\u201d doesn\u2019t mean \u201clater urgency\u201d \u2014 it means these product families have a clear runway during which data readiness and interoperability can be built in.<\/p>\n
The key takeaway here isn\u2019t the individual dates \u2014 it\u2019s that regulators are now publishing product-family-specific roadmaps for standards and DPP application, for the first time.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div><\/div>DPP: Clarifying What Is and Isn\u2019t Here (Yet)<\/h3><\/div>A point we cannot over-emphasise: there are currently no official DPP service providers for construction products as recognised under EU rules.<\/p>\n
The CPR Working Plan and underlying CPR text set the obligation framework, but operational details around:<\/p>\n
\n- who hosts DPP systems,<\/li>\n
- how data carriers and registries will work,<\/li>\n
- whether service providers will be certified<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
These are still to be defined through:<\/p>\n
\n- By 19 July 2026, the Commission shall set up the DPP Registry which stores at least the unique identifiers.<\/li>\n
- A delegated act which will set the rules for DPP Service Providers<\/a> in Q4 2026<\/li>\n
- A delegated act which shall supplement the CPR by setting up a construction DPP system<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
In other words, systems that facilitate the transition to DPP readiness<\/a> exist today \u2014 from data management platforms to digital product documentation tools, but no entity can yet claim to be a certified or mandated DPP service provider or that they can issue DPPs as there are no DPPs for construction products yet under EU law and standards.<\/p>\n<\/div>Why Digital Declarations of Performance (DoP) Are a Practical Stepping Stone<\/h3><\/div>One of the most common questions manufacturers ask is: \u201cIf DPP isn\u2019t mandatory yet, what should we be doing?<\/em><\/span>\u201d<\/p>\nThe answer lies in data readiness, and here, the new CPR requirements dovetail with an existing obligation that manufacturers already know well: the Declaration of Performance (DoP)<\/a>.<\/p>\nDoPs already require structured performance data linked to harmonised standards. The emerging DPP model will build on this same core dataset \u2014 extended with lifecycle, sustainability, traceability and end-of-life information transitioning to a machine \u2013 readable Declaration of Performance and Conformity (DoPC) \u2014 but the backbone in both cases is standardised, machine-readable product information.<\/p>\n
Put simply:<\/p>\n
\n- manufacturers that have already moved beyond PDF DoPs to digitized and structured data,<\/li>\n
- that consistently manage identifiers and harmonised attributes,<\/li>\n
- are already building the foundation through Digitized DoP for future Digital Product Passport requirements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
By Rumela Atanasova<\/a>, Principal Digital Transformation Consultant, Cobuilder<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div> In December 2025, the European Commission<\/a> published the first Working Plan<\/a> for the implementation of the Construction Products Regulation (CPR) for 2026\u20132029, including its roadmap for Digital Product Passports (DPPs) and associated harmonised standards development. This marks the first time stakeholders across the construction ecosystem can see when and how DPP requirements will unfold for specific product families.<\/p>\n In this article, we break down what this means in practical terms, why it matters, and how manufacturers and their partners can prepare today, ideally before obligations become enforceable.<\/p>\n<\/div> The CPR (EU 2024\/3110)<\/a> sets out harmonised rules for construction products placed on the EU market, including safety, performance and for the first time the requirement for a Digital Product Passport once the supporting standards and delegated acts are in place.<\/p>\n The Working Plan 2026\u20132029 provides a clear roadmap for how the Commission and standardisation bodies will deliver:<\/p>\n Although the DPP is still not yet mandatory for construction products as of early 2026, this plan signals to manufacturers, contractors, architects and other stakeholders that the transition is no longer theoretical. The sequence and timelines are emerging.<\/p>\n<\/div> The working plan sets out when different product families move through:<\/p>\n To make this more tangible, the European Commission has mapped out indicative timelines for each construction product family in the CPR Working Plan 2026\u20132029. Please refer to the table below.<\/p>\n<\/div> Two examples help illustrate how this applies in practice:<\/p>\n<\/div> New standards are expected to be in place with a delegated act by Q4 2027, after which products placed on the market under those standards would require a DPP.<\/p>\n In practice, this means cement manufacturers should be preparing now for structured, machine-readable data sets that will feed DPP systems once required.<\/div><\/div><\/div> But \u201clater\u201d doesn\u2019t mean \u201clater urgency\u201d \u2014 it means these product families have a clear runway during which data readiness and interoperability can be built in.<\/p>\n The key takeaway here isn\u2019t the individual dates \u2014 it\u2019s that regulators are now publishing product-family-specific roadmaps for standards and DPP application, for the first time.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> A point we cannot over-emphasise: there are currently no official DPP service providers for construction products as recognised under EU rules.<\/p>\n The CPR Working Plan and underlying CPR text set the obligation framework, but operational details around:<\/p>\n These are still to be defined through:<\/p>\n In other words, systems that facilitate the transition to DPP readiness<\/a> exist today \u2014 from data management platforms to digital product documentation tools, but no entity can yet claim to be a certified or mandated DPP service provider or that they can issue DPPs as there are no DPPs for construction products yet under EU law and standards.<\/p>\n<\/div> One of the most common questions manufacturers ask is: \u201cIf DPP isn\u2019t mandatory yet, what should we be doing?<\/em><\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n The answer lies in data readiness, and here, the new CPR requirements dovetail with an existing obligation that manufacturers already know well: the Declaration of Performance (DoP)<\/a>.<\/p>\n DoPs already require structured performance data linked to harmonised standards. The emerging DPP model will build on this same core dataset \u2014 extended with lifecycle, sustainability, traceability and end-of-life information transitioning to a machine \u2013 readable Declaration of Performance and Conformity (DoPC) \u2014 but the backbone in both cases is standardised, machine-readable product information.<\/p>\n Put simply:<\/p>\n<\/a><\/span><\/div>Why the CPR Working Plan Matters and Who It Affects<\/h3><\/div>
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What the Timelines Tell Us: Real Insights from the Working Plan<\/h3><\/div>
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<\/a><\/span><\/div><\/i><\/i><\/span>Cement, building limes, and other hydraulic binders (Product Family 15)<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>
<\/i><\/i><\/span>Doors, windows and related building hardware (Product Family 2)<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>
DPP: Clarifying What Is and Isn\u2019t Here (Yet)<\/h3><\/div>
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Why Digital Declarations of Performance (DoP) Are a Practical Stepping Stone<\/h3><\/div>
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