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 "title": "What happens to your passports when the business changes hands",
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 "direct_answer": "Article 6a of [Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1778](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=OJ:L_202601778) says it in one sentence: Registered digital product passports may be transferred to another verified economic operator or, where applicable, to a verified value chain actor that takes over the obligations from the previous actor in relation to those digital product passports from the date indicated for the transfer.",
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