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Detergents: DPP rules, dates and guides

Detergent passports: what the adopted regime covers, and when it applies

Regulation (EU) 2026/405 creates an adopted Digital Product Passport regime for detergents and end-user surfactants . The Regulation entered into force on 22 March 2026 and generally applies from 23 September 2029 . 1. Read the full answer: Detergent and Surfactant Digital Product Passport Requirements

01 · The timeline

Planned is not a deadline

Click a date for what it means.

In law Planned, can moveToday

Traders making covered business-to-consumer environmental claims in the EU
Environmental claims rules from 27 September 2026
Operators and traders dealing in relevant commodities and relevant products within Annex I, subject to the Regulation's role and timing rules
Reaches: Large and medium enterprises
Check whether your product is in EUDR scope
Operators and traders dealing in relevant commodities and relevant products within Annex I, subject to the Regulation's role and timing rules
Reaches: Micro and small enterprises
Check whether your product is in EUDR scope
The adopted model-level detergent/surfactant DPP regime generally applies. See what the detergent passport must list.
See every DPP date and what it means

Every date here is a row in the obligations dataset, as JSON and CSV.

02 · The decisions

03 · Your route

Brand with a PIM or ERP

You hold most facts. The job is ownership.

Small business

You hold more than you think.

Seller or importer

The platform or the buyer asks before the law does.

Supplier or maker

Your evidence is what the brand will need.

04 · Moving parts

Changed

One email when a date here moves, a planned act lands or a rule we are watching settles. Nothing else.

Give us one product. We work out what applies and ask only what we cannot resolve.

Every change we record, with the date and the page it changed.

05 · Everything on detergents