WidinX Academy · Season 1 · Episode 10 · 2:15
Outlive the vendor
Lifetime, versions and the archive: why a passport must stay available for years, and what the law asks for to make sure.
Presented by WidinX
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Available for years after the sale.
A passport must stay available for a period the delegated act sets for each product group, typically the expected life of the product plus some margin. A sweater passport may need to live ten years. A building product, far longer.
ESPR Art. 9 · period during which the passport remains available - 02
Data changes. The address does not.
Facts change: a corrected weight, a new test report, a repair logged. Each change creates a new version. The address keeps pointing at the current one, and previous versions stay readable, so a product bought in 2027 shows what it was then.
CEN/CLC JTC 24 · EN 18221 versioning and archiving
The episodes explain the rules as published; they are not legal advice. Check the source for your own case.