Digital product passport for furniture and mattresses: when will it come?
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The short answer
Not yet. Furniture and mattresses only need a digital product passport once a delegated act under the ESPR, Regulation (EU) 2024/1781, requires one (Art. 4, 9). The Commission’s working plan gives 2028 for furniture and 2029 for mattresses as provisional years of adoption. An act applies as a rule no earlier than 18 months after entry into force (Art. 4(4)).
Art. 4, 9 and 18(5)(d) ESPR
Legal basis: the Ecodesign Regulation
Article 18(5)(d) ESPR names “furniture, including mattresses” as a priority for the first working plan. The working plan COM(2025) 187 lists both as separate final products. For furniture it sees high potential in resource use; for mattresses in waste generation, lifetime and material efficiency.
There is no act for either group. On 11 November 2026 we found no delegated act under Article 4 ESPR for any product group on EUR-Lex. The basics are in the guide Digital product passport: deadlines and product groups, all industries under Product passport by industry.
Timeline with status
| Step | Date | Status | Provision |
|---|---|---|---|
| ESPR in force | 18 July 2024 | binding | Art. 80 Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 |
| Commission’s digital product passport registry (deadline) | 19 July 2026 | binding | Art. 13(1) ESPR, Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1778 |
| Mid-term review of the working plan | 2028 | indicative | COM(2025) 187, section 2.1 |
| Delegated act for furniture | 2028 | indicative | COM(2025) 187 |
| Delegated act for mattresses | 2029 | indicative | COM(2025) 187 |
| Passport duty | as a rule no earlier than 18 months after the act enters into force | planned | Art. 4(4) ESPR |
Which data is fixed
None yet. The act selects from Annex III ESPR: unique product identifier, GTIN or equivalent identifier, commodity code, compliance documentation, instructions for use and safety information, details of the manufacturer and the importer. It also decides whether the passport is required at model, batch or item level (Art. 9(2)(d)).
Today, furniture and mattresses sold to consumers fall under the General Product Safety Regulation (EU) 2023/988, with the information in the online offer under Article 19, see GPSR obligations for online sellers. The ban on destruction under Article 25 ESPR covers apparel and footwear under Annex VII, not furniture.
What you can do today
- Keep bills of materials with materials and suppliers per model in a form you can export.
- Assign GTINs to models where you have them.
- Keep assembly and care instructions per model with versions.
- Give each model a permanent address that a later QR code can carry.
- Watch the publications in 2028 and 2029. Only the act sets date and content.
How ProofPass helps
The product passport module gives every model a permanent address and a QR code, with instructions and declarations stored alongside in versions. The dates are in the deadline tracker. Which groups the working plan covers is answered on the page ESPR working plan: which product groups?.
Further reading
- The product passport module: permanent address, QR code and documents per product
- The basics in the guide Digital product passport: deadlines and product groups
- Every date per product group in the deadline tracker
- All industries at a glance: product passport by industry
Frequently asked questions
Does “2028” mean furniture needs a passport from 2028?
No. In the working plan COM(2025) 187, 2028 is the provisional year in which the act is to be adopted. The duty as a rule starts no earlier than 18 months after its entry into force (Art. 4(4) ESPR).
Do mattresses come with furniture?
The working plan lists them separately, with 2029 as the provisional year of adoption. Art. 18(5)(d) ESPR groups both as “furniture, including mattresses”.
Does the passport also apply to office furniture sold to businesses?
The ESPR applies to products in general, not only to consumer products (Art. 1(2)). Which furniture an act covers is set by the act itself.
With ProofPass
ProofPass does not provide a product passport under an ESPR act today, because there is none yet for this group. You get a permanent address per product, a QR code, a GS1 Digital Link address from your GTIN if you want one, and an archive of every document version. That is the groundwork a later passport needs. Which fields it requires is decided by the act alone.
The terms and legal notices are in German, and the German version is binding.
Sources
- Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 (Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation, ESPR), Official Journal (read on 11 November 2026)
- European Commission: Ecodesign for Sustainable Products and Energy Labelling Working Plan 2025-2030, COM(2025) 187 of 16 April 2025 (read on 11 November 2026)
- Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1778 (digital product passport registry), OJ of 17 July 2026
- Regulation (EU) 2023/988 (General Product Safety Regulation, GPSR)
As of 11 November 2026. The legal text in force prevails. This page is not legal advice; sources are given above.