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 "url": "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/digital-product-passport/textiles/product-variant-batch-item-data",
 "title": "How Should Textile Brands Structure Product, Variant, Batch and Item Data Before Final DPP Rules?",
 "description": "How textile brands can structure product, variant, batch and item data before the final Digital Product Passport rules, without fixing an unconfirmed level.",
 "territory": "dpp",
 "category": "textiles",
 "direct_answer": "Textile brands should structure product data now, but they should not hard-code a final Digital Product Passport level that EU law has not yet set.",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-01",
 "verified_label": "Last verified",
 "datePublished": "2026-09-01",
 "dateModified": "2026-09-01",
 "legislation": [
  {
   "@id": "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/digital-product-passport#legislation-32024r1781",
   "celex": "32024R1781",
   "name": "Regulation (EU) 2024/1781, ESPR",
   "legislationDate": "2024-06-13"
  }
 ],
 "primary_sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/single-market/digital-product-passport/textile-apparel_en",
   "name": "European Commission, Textile apparel and the Digital Product Passport. Current sector implementation page. Indicative Q4 2027 delegated-act timing and warning that timelines may evolve."
  },
  {
   "url": "https://susproc.jrc.ec.europa.eu/product-bureau/sites/default/files/2026-05/Textiles_DPP_20260513.pdf",
   "name": "Study in support of the Digital Product Passport for textiles, May 2026. European Commission Joint Research Centre / Product Bureau supporting study. See the report disclaimer and section 9.1 on granularity. The study is development evidence and does not itself establish binding textile DPP requirements."
  },
  {
   "url": "https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/single-market/digital-product-passport_en",
   "name": "European Commission, Digital Product Passport. Current implementation timeline places textiles, aluminium and tyres on the Q3-Q4 2027 sector-specific delegated-act track."
  }
 ],
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  "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/glossary#access-rights",
  "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/glossary#delegated-act",
  "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/glossary#digital-product-passport",
  "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/glossary#espr",
  "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/glossary#granularity",
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  "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/glossary#gs1-digital-link",
  "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/glossary#gtin",
  "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/glossary#pim",
  "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/glossary#sku",
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  "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/glossary#unique-product-identifier"
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 "watch": [],
 "decisions": [
  {
   "state": "not required yet",
   "point": "The level a textile passport is established at",
   "because": "ESPR leaves model, batch or item level to the product-specific delegated act, which has not been adopted."
  }
 ],
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