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 "url": "https://activatedigital.ai/knowledge/regulation/dpp-vs-eprel",
 "title": "DPP vs EPREL: Does EPREL Replace, Feed or Sit Alongside a Passport?",
 "description": "EPREL can reduce duplicate DPP data, but it is not simply the DPP. See current law, the June 2026 proposal and safe data-reuse boundaries.",
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 "direct_answer": "**EPREL does not simply become the Digital Product Passport. But the EU is now explicitly designing the two systems so equivalent model data does not have to be reported twice.**",
 "last_verified": "2026-09-03",
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 "datePublished": "2026-09-03",
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   "name": "Regulation (EU) 2024/1781, ESPR",
   "legislationDate": "2024-06-13"
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  {
   "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:52026PC0565",
   "name": "COM(2026) 565 - proposed once-only principle and EPREL-DPP Registry interlink"
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  {
   "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/procedure/EN/2026_169",
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   "url": "https://energy-efficient-products.ec.europa.eu/suppliers_en",
   "name": "European Commission, EPREL information for product suppliers - model registration, public/compliance systems and optional commercial name, GTIN and model picture from 20 July 2026"
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   "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:52026SC0565",
   "name": "Commission Staff Working Document SWD(2026) 565 - impact-assessment treatment of EPREL data not needing re-entry into DPP when linked"
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