Learn the passport. Two minutes at a time.
Short episodes on what the regulation asks for, how the standards work and what the work looks like in WidinX, with the source on screen for every claim. Free, in English, French and Arabic.
WidinX in two minutes
One code on the product. Everything behind it, for years. The whole platform in one sitting.
About two minutes
One subject per episode. Pause, go back, or let it run.
The source on screen
Every frame names the article, standard or document it rests on. Not legal advice.
Three languages, read aloud
English, French and Arabic, with an optional voice that reads each frame.
The basics
What a passport is, what the regulation asks for, and how the pieces fit together: codes, levels, data, access, registry, standards, lifetime.
S1 · E012:21What is a Digital Product Passport, and why?
One product, one code, one set of data. And the four reasons the law gives for asking.
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S1 · E022:14Who it applies to, and when
The framework is in force. The duties arrive per product group. One date is fixed: batteries.
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S1 · E032:13GTIN, batch, serial and GS1 Digital Link
How a code on the product leads to exactly one passport, and keeps doing so after the data changes.
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S1 · E042:20Model, batch or item
Which level a passport sits at, what changes between levels, and why inheritance keeps the work small.
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S1 · E052:11What it must contain
Annex III is the menu. The delegated act is the order. The fields, one by one.
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S1 · E062:11Who sees what
Public, restricted, authorities. The actors the law names, and the standard that will carry the rules.
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S1 · E072:11The EU registry
What is decided, what is not yet, who uploads what, and how customs will use it.
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S1 · E082:28The CEN standards
The eight standards from CEN/CLC JTC 24 in plain language, and which ones count as harmonised today.
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S1 · E092:17Where the data lives
PIM, ERP, spreadsheets, suppliers, test labs, certificates. And the four things that are usually missing.
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S1 · E102:15Outlive the vendor
Lifetime, versions and the archive: why a passport must stay available for years, and what the law asks for to make sure.
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Actors, software roles and data rights in a passport, and why they are three different questions.
S2 · E012:13One T-shirt, many actors
Follow a cotton T-shirt from field to wardrobe and meet everyone who touches its passport.
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S2 · E022:22Three questions, three answers
Business actor, software role, data right. Why they must never share a dropdown, with Sara the quality manager.
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S2 · E032:12What the law asks
Article 9(2) of the ESPR asks two actor questions per product group: who may see, who may write.
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S2 · E042:12Who is named
The audiences Article 11 lists, in four groups that help to teach the law and must not become a role list.
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S2 · E052:08Public, controlled, authorized
Three classes of passport data, and why no textile table is final until the sector act is adopted.
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S2 · E062:08Not everyone needs an account
Public scan, business workspace, scoped task: three secure paths to one record, and why suppliers get the third.
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S2 · E072:14How access is decided
Identity, business context, action and scope, applicable rule: four inputs, one server-side decision, never a silent allow.
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S2 · E082:06A supplier cannot publish
Submit, accept, publish are three verbs. Separation of duties inside the brand, and the four steps of an authority request.
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S2 · E092:15Which documents matter
EU law, delegated act, EN 18239, CIRPASS-2 guides: the right source for each decision, and five checks of a good access model.
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Each product group has its own rules. What already applies, what the passport will hold, and the date that counts for you.
S3 · E012:19Textiles and apparel
First in the ESPR working plan. Fibre, origin, care, substances, durability, and the French overlay already in force.
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S3 · E022:13Batteries
The one group with a fixed date and a fixed list: 18 February 2027, Annex XIII, one passport per unit.
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S3 · E032:21Tyres
The label and EPREL already exist. What the passport adds, and when the ESPR delegated act is expected.
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S3 · E042:13Electronics and ICT
Energy label, EPREL, RoHS, WEEE, and the smartphone rules of 2025 as a preview of what the passport will carry.
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S3 · E052:11Furniture and mattresses
Materials, durability, repair, timber due diligence, and why mattresses get their own line in the working plan.
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S3 · E062:11Construction products
A passport of its own under the revised Construction Products Regulation: declaration, CE marking, environmental data, own timeline.
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S3 · E072:13Toys
The new Toy Safety Regulation puts a passport in place of the declaration of conformity, with a transition period.
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S3 · E082:14Cosmetics and detergents
Two groups with strong labelling rules and no passport date yet. What exists, what the digital label brings, what a passport would add.
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S3 · E092:13Packaging and plastics
The PPWR applies since August 2026: recyclability grades, recycled content, harmonised labels, deposit return, and where it meets the product passport.
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From the data you already have to a published passport, step by step in WidinX: import, model, code, evidence, approval, publication, public view, team.
S4 · E012:18Getting started
From a spreadsheet or a PIM export to a first published passport: what to collect, what to leave for later.
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S4 · E022:24Model once, publish at the right grain
One product model, batches and items inherit from it. What changes between levels, and why the data work stays smaller than the passport count.
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S4 · E032:24The code on the product
GS1 Digital Link: GTIN, lot, serial. Printing once, the same address opening the current version, and what the QR must resolve to.
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S4 · E042:22Evidence with a source
Test reports, supplier declarations, certificates: attaching evidence to the fact it supports, recording who submitted it, and what a reviewer checks.
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S4 · E052:24Preflight and approval
The checks before publication, and the rule that the person who prepared a passport cannot approve it alone.
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S4 · E062:24Publish, versions and withdraw
Publishing, the version history behind every passport, withdrawing, what the public address shows afterwards, and the archive.
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S4 · E072:22What the public sees
The public view a shopper gets with no sign-in versus the console; which fields are public and which are served only to authorised actors.
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S4 · E082:18Your team and roles
Inviting colleagues, the standard WidinX roles, roles that are scoped and time-limited, and why a role is a software capability, not a legal status.
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