Regulation (EU) 2023/1670 sets ecodesign requirements for smartphones and tablets and applies from 20 June 2025. It mandates an EU repairability class, a free-fall reliability index, a battery enduring at least 800 charge cycles while retaining 80% capacity, spare-part availability for years after the last unit is placed on the market, and a defined software-update period.
Under the ESPR, electronics and ICT are expected to need a fuller digital product passport — but no delegated act has been adopted, so there is no electronics passport obligation today. The working plan points at 2028 for the act, with the obligation following later.
That is an argument for building now rather than waiting: the Ecodesign rules already require most of the data, so structuring it today means extending later rather than starting over.
Since June 2025 the Ecodesign rules already require the repairability class, spare-part availability, battery endurance and update periods. You are gathering most of a passport whether you call it one or not. The only question is whether it lands in a structured record or in spreadsheets.
Structure it now and the delegated act — indicated around 2028 — becomes an extension. Leave it in spreadsheets and it becomes a project, at the moment when everyone else is also looking for help.
EU repairability and durability class plus the free-fall reliability index from Reg 2023/1670.
Record ≥800-cycle endurance at 80% capacity — the Ecodesign battery requirement.
A structured spare-part list with availability windows and delivery times.
The guaranteed operating-system and security-update period for the device.
EPREL energy class and a deep link, alongside RoHS, WEEE and REACH status.
Record common-charger conformance under the radio-equipment rules.
A repairable laptop passport with repairability class, spare-part list, battery endurance, update period and energy class.
No. Electronics and ICT appear in the ESPR working plan with an act indicated around 2028, and the obligation would follow at least 18 months after that. A 2027 electronics DPP deadline does not exist.
Regulation (EU) 2023/1670, since 20 June 2025, for smartphones and tablets: a repairability class, a free-fall reliability index, a battery lasting at least 800 cycles at 80% capacity, spare-part availability after the last unit ships, and a defined software-update period. That is most of a passport already.
Because you are collecting the data either way, and the difference shows when the act lands. Extending a structured record is a change; rebuilding from spreadsheets is a project.
Disassembly depth, spare-part availability and price, and the repair information you publish. We hold the class and the free-fall reliability index as fields, not as a PDF attachment.
Yes. The EPREL energy class and a deep link sit alongside RoHS, WEEE and REACH status, so a market surveillance officer does not have to look in two places.
Repairability, spare parts, battery endurance and energy class in one passport.