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4 changes: 3 additions & 1 deletion site/dpp-docs/astro.config.mjs
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{ label: 'ESPR Overview', link: '/regulatory/espr' },
{ label: 'Battery DPP', link: '/regulatory/battery' },
{ label: 'Textile DPP', link: '/regulatory/textile' },
{ label: 'Electronics DPP', link: '/regulatory/electronics' },
// Electronics DPP is withdrawn pending a rewrite — its source is
// `_electronics.mdx`, which the underscore keeps out of the content
// collection. Restore this entry with the page, not before it.
{ label: 'Access Control', link: '/regulatory/access-control' },
{ label: 'EU Central Registry', link: '/regulatory/central-registry' },
],
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions site/dpp-docs/src/content/docs/core/sectors.mdx
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description: New regulation arrives sector by sector and keeps moving; the core absorbs it through a single extension seam, so a new sector is a plugin, not a rewrite.
---

ESPR does not arrive all at once. It lands sector by sector — batteries, then textiles, then electronics — and each sector's rules keep changing as the delegated acts are finalised. The core is built so that movement is normal: every sector's compliance logic enters through one seam.
Product-passport obligations do not arrive all at once. They land sector by sector — batteries first, textiles next — and each sector's rules keep changing as the delegated acts are finalised. The core is built so that movement is normal: every sector's compliance logic enters through one seam.

## One seam, many sectors

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## Read next

- [What the core does](/core/overview) — the standard sectors plug into.
- [Battery DPP](/regulatory/battery) · [Textile DPP](/regulatory/textile) · [Electronics DPP](/regulatory/electronics) — sectors in context.
- [Battery DPP](/regulatory/battery) · [Textile DPP](/regulatory/textile) — sectors in context.
45 changes: 45 additions & 0 deletions site/dpp-docs/src/content/docs/regulatory/_electronics.mdx
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---
title: Electronics DPP
description: Withheld pending a rewrite against the governing ecodesign and energy-labelling regulations.
---

{/*
UNPUBLISHED — the leading underscore excludes this file from the content
collection, so no /regulatory/electronics route is built. Do not remove it
until the page has been rewritten and reviewed.

WHY THIS CAME DOWN (2026-08-20)

The previous version of this page asserted an ESPR electronics delegated act
"adopted on 18 March 2026" and "in force on 1 April 2026", a two-tier rollout
with dated compliance windows, and four named priority product classes. None
of it is traceable to any instrument in the Official Journal. It also listed
foldable-display devices as first in scope, which the governing regulation
expressly excludes, and told a named class of manufacturer that they were
already subject to the obligation.

It was withdrawn rather than corrected in place, because every sentence on the
page inherited from the act that does not exist — including its framing as
"the most commercially significant DPP mandate in the near term".

WHAT IS ACTUALLY TRUE

Electronics is not an ESPR sector. Its basis is ecodesign and energy
labelling: Regulation (EU) 2023/1670 Art. 1(1) and Regulation (EU) 2023/1669,
in force since 20 June 2025, covering smartphones, other mobile phones,
cordless phones and slate tablets — and only those. Laptops, monitors,
televisions, servers, routers, chargers, earphones and PCBs carry no DPP
obligation, in force or dated, under any EU instrument.

WRITING THE REPLACEMENT

The sector manifest in dpp-core (crates/dpp-domain/sectors/electronics.json)
is the single home for act numbers, regulatory status and applicability dates.
Source this page from it or from primary text. Do not restate a regulatory
detail from memory, and do not carry anything forward from the version this
replaced.

Four live references pointed at this route and were repointed when it came
down — the docs sidebar, the sector list on the core sectors page, and two
sentences on the ESPR overview. Restoring the route means restoring them.
*/}
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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions site/dpp-docs/src/content/docs/regulatory/espr.mdx
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| Sector | Regulatory basis | Status today |
|---|---|---|
| **Battery** | EU 2023/1542 | In force — passport mandatory 18 Feb 2027; substance limits enforced now |
| **Textile** | ESPR delegated act (in drafting) | Structural validation now; unsold-goods ban (Art. 22) applies from 2026 |
| **Electronics** | ESPR delegated act (adopted Mar 2026) | Phasing in — high-end from Apr 2026, the rest from Jan 2027 |
| **Textile** | ESPR delegated act (in drafting) | Structural validation now; unsold-goods ban (Art. 25) applies from 2026 |
| **Electronics** | EU 2023/1670 + 2023/1669 — ecodesign and energy labelling, not ESPR | In force since 20 Jun 2025 for smartphones, other mobile phones, cordless phones and tablets |
| **Steel · Aluminium** | CBAM 2023/956 / ESPR | Reference benchmarks only; no DPP mandate yet (aluminium expected ~2030) |
| **Construction** | CPR 2024/3110 | Awaiting delegated acts (2028–2032) |
| **Toys** | EU 2025/2509 | Awaiting delegated act (~2030) |
| **Furniture · Detergent · Tyre** | ESPR | Seams in place; awaiting delegated acts |

Battery, textile, and electronics have dedicated pages below; the rest run on the same mechanism, waiting on their regulation.
Battery and textile have dedicated pages below; the rest run on the same mechanism, waiting on their regulation.

## What a compliance result actually claims

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