Tyres: Prepare Early for the ESPR Delegated-Act Window
Tyres are included as a final product group in the first ESPR working plan, with an indicative timeline around 2027. That does not mean the full tyre DPP rulebook is final today. It does mean manufacturers and importers should already prepare structured product, recyclability, and traceability data so they are not starting from zero once the delegated act is clearer.
Working-Plan Milestones
ESPR enters into force
Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 creates the framework for future ecodesign requirements and Digital Product Passports across priority product groups, including tyres.
Tyres included in the first working plan
The Commission lists tyres among the first final products prioritised under the 2025–2030 ESPR working plan.
Preparatory work and consultations
The practical focus is likely to be on recyclability, recycled content, waste-management impacts, and data design around the product record.
Horizontal DPP standards — drafts in progress (CEN/CENELEC)
CEN and CENELEC are developing eight harmonised technical standards covering the DPP data model, data carrier, registry and access-rights framework. These horizontal standards define the IT infrastructure that future tyre-specific DPP requirements will build on.
Indicative adoption window
The current working-plan signal points to 2027 as the indicative timeline for tyre measures, subject to the delegated-act process.
Likely Readiness Areas for Tyres
Tyre identity and model data
Commercial model structure, dimensional specifications, and product-family mapping.
Material and circularity evidence
Material composition, recycled-content evidence, recyclability logic, and retread-related data where relevant.
Performance and durability records
Evidence linked to performance, lifetime, and product-use characteristics already tracked in adjacent compliance workflows.
Supply-chain and end-of-life traceability
Supplier declarations, recovery routes, and documentation for end-of-life tyre handling.
Who Should Start First?
The highest-priority preparation case covers:
- tyre manufacturers selling into the EU market
- importers and private-label operators that rely on external production partners
- groups already managing tyre-labelling, waste, or product-performance documentation
- teams that expect pressure on recyclability and recycled-content evidence in the delegated-act process