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 "url": "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/regulation/dpp-vs-epd",
 "title": "Digital Product Passport vs EPD: What Is the Difference?",
 "description": "Compare a Digital Product Passport with an EPD: purpose, legal basis, data scope, verification, construction links and when EPD data can be reused.",
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 "direct_answer": "A **Digital Product Passport (DPP)** and an **Environmental Product Declaration (EPD)** are different information objects. An EPD is an environmental declaration built around quantified environmental information and life-cycle assessment principles under an EPD programme and ISO 14025:2026, while a DPP is a broader digital product-information mechanism whose required content depends on the applicable product rules.",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-07",
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 "datePublished": "2026-09-07",
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   "celex": "32024R1781",
   "name": "Regulation (EU) 2024/1781, ESPR",
   "legislationDate": "2024-06-13"
  },
  {
   "@id": "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/digital-product-passport/construction-products#legislation-32024r3110",
   "celex": "32024R3110",
   "name": "Regulation (EU) 2024/3110 on construction products, especially Articles 75-80. EUR-Lex",
   "legislationDate": "2024-11-27"
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   "url": "https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/sectors/construction/construction-products-regulation-cpr/cpr-2024-revision_en",
   "name": "CPR 2024 revision, European Commission DG GROW. Official page"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://www.iso.org/standard/87610.html",
   "name": "ISO 14025:2026, Environmental statements and programmes for products - Environmental product declarations (EPDs), ISO. Public scope and abstract used; full normative text is not reproduced. Official page"
  }
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  "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/glossary#cbam",
  "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/glossary#cpr",
  "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/glossary#data-carrier",
  "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/glossary#delegated-act",
  "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/glossary#digital-product-passport",
  "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/glossary#eprel",
  "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/glossary#espr",
  "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/glossary#granularity",
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