DIGITAL PRODUCT PASSPORT DIRECTLY IMPACTS THE SECTOR

• The ceramics sector will be directly affected by the Digital Product Passport requirements, which will become mandatory with the Ecodesign Regulation and the Construction Products Regulation. DPP compliance is critical for companies to maintain their presence in international markets.

Compliance with the transparency and sustainability standards targeted by the European Union's Digital Product Passport (DPP) will directly impact the Turkish ceramics sector. The DPP, the new identity card of the circular economy, is considered not only a necessity but also a tool for maintaining a competitive advantage. The sector's DPP compliance is critical for companies to maintain their presence in international markets.

One of the most ambitious goals of the European Green Deal, the transition to a sustainable economy, brings about radical changes in our production and consumption habits. One of these changes, the DPP, concerns not only companies exporting from Türkiye to the EU, but all producers.

Priority for construction materials

A Digital Product Passport is an electronically accessible dataset containing critical information about environmental and social sustainability throughout a product's entire lifecycle (from raw materials to production, use, and end-of-life management). These passports transparently present information such as the product's origin, carbon footprint, durability, repairability score, recycled content percentage, presence of hazardous substances, and how it will be managed at the end of its life.

The technical infrastructure of DPP is being designed to enable machine-readable, interoperable, and secure data sharing. Access to the product-specific passport will be provided via QR codes, RFID tags, or other data carriers.

The European Commission will implement DPP requirements in stages, prioritizing different product groups (textiles, electronics, batteries, construction materials, etc.).