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ESPR — COM(2025) 187
The working plan sets priorities and indicative adoption years. It does not itself establish a DPP obligation.
Furniture
Furniture: DPP Readiness under ESPR
Furniture is one of the product areas explicitly identified in the first ESPR working plan. That does not yet mean a complete Digital Product Passport rulebook is in force today, but it does mean manufacturers, importers and specifiers should start organizing the product, material and lifecycle data that future sector rules are likely to require.
Regulatory note: furniture is listed in the first ESPR working plan, and the DG GROW webinar timeline places a furniture delegated act in 2028. Detailed mandatory DPP application still depends on the adopted act.
Furniture is in the first ESPR working plan, which makes structured material and durability data a near-term priority.
Regulatory Timeline
18 Jul 2024
ESPR enters into force
Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 creates the framework for ecodesign requirements and future Digital Product Passports across priority product groups.
16 Apr 2025
First ESPR working plan adopted
Furniture is included in the first working-plan wave, so product-specific preparation work should start well before detailed legal obligations are published.
2026-2027
Preparatory studies and consultation window
The Commission is expected to refine scope, metrics and evidence needs for furniture through preparatory work, impact analysis and consultation.
15 Jul 2026
Six DPP EN standards referenced in the Official Journal
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2026/1736 published the references of six CEN/CENELEC JTC 24 DPP standards in the Official Journal. They support a presumption of conformity with ESPR Articles 10 and 11 only to the extent covered. FprEN 18239 and FprEN 18246, together with WI JT024009, remain to be monitored. These horizontal standards define the IT infrastructure that future furniture-specific DPP requirements will build on.
2028
Furniture delegated act on DG GROW timeline *
The Commission webinar places a delegated act for furniture in 2028. This is a planning milestone, not yet a DPP use date.
Legal basis and current timeline
Sources reviewed:
European Commission
Legal basis and current timeline
Commission portal with DPP work schedules and current implementation documents; planned dates are not statutory deadlines.
Data worth preparing
Bill of materials and product composition
Structured data on wood, metal, plastics, foams, textiles, adhesives, coatings and other major inputs across product variants.
Durability and expected service life
Test results, warranty logic, intended use conditions and durability claims that support longer-lifetime furniture models.
Repairability and replaceable parts
Availability of spare parts, modular components, assembly logic and instructions for maintenance or repair.
Substances of concern and compliance evidence
Chemical declarations, VOC-related information and supplier evidence for substances relevant to the product category.
Recyclability and disassembly
Disassembly routes, separable materials and downstream recovery logic for reuse, refurbishment or recycling.
Product identifiers and variant mapping
Clear mapping between SKUs, variants, collections and a future digital record or data carrier.
Who Should Start Preparing?
Furniture DPP readiness is already relevant for:
- manufacturers of residential, office and contract furniture sold into the EU market
- importers and own-brand distributors consolidating supplier evidence from multiple production partners
- teams managing timber, foam, textile, metal and finishing-material data across large product catalogs
- product and compliance owners responsible for durability, repair and end-of-life claims
- organizations that need to connect ERP, PLM, supplier declarations and product identifiers before future delegated acts arrive