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 "url": "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/passport/from-question-to-published-passport",
 "title": "From Question to Published Passport: The Five Steps, and Who Does Each One",
 "description": "The five steps between deciding you need a product passport and having one that works: identifier, carrier, resolver, access and staying alive.",
 "territory": "dpp",
 "category": null,
 "direct_answer": "**Publishing a passport takes five steps: allocate an identifier, put it on a carrier, make the carrier resolve, decide who sees what, and keep the record alive for the expected lifetime of the product. The operator stays responsible for all five, and a backup copy has to be held through an independent third-party DPP service provider.**",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
 "datePublished": "2026-09-11",
 "dateModified": "2026-08-28",
 "legislation": [
  {
   "@id": "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/regulation/how-to-register-a-dpp-eu-registry#legislation-32026r1778",
   "celex": "32026R1778",
   "name": "EUR-Lex, Regulation (EU) 2026/1778",
   "legislationDate": "2026-07-16"
  }
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 "primary_sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02024R1781-20240628",
   "name": "Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (EU) 2024/1781, consolidated text"
  }
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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#dpp-service-provider",
  "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/glossary#economic-operator",
  "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/glossary#espr",
  "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/glossary#resolver"
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 "watch": [],
 "decisions": [
  {
   "state": "operator declares",
   "point": "The identifier, at the level the product rules require",
   "because": "The standard establishes identifiers for products, operators and facilities, and the level is printed on goods that stay in circulation."
  },
  {
   "state": "operator declares",
   "point": "A backup copy through an independent service provider",
   "because": "Article 10(4) requires it when the product is placed on the market, and hosting it yourself does not satisfy it."
  }
 ],
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