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 "title": "A passport needs three identifiers, and most catalogues hold one",
 "description": "The passport identifier standard describes three identifiers, not one: product, economic operator and facility.",
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 "direct_answer": "The European standard on unique identifiers for digital product passports establishes identifiers for **products**, for **economic operators** and for **facilities**. Product identification is available at model, batch or item level.",
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  "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/glossary#digital-product-passport",
  "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/glossary#gs1",
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   "point": "The economic-operator and facility identifiers",
   "because": "The standard establishes all three and most catalogues hold only the product one."
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