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Glossary

DPP, standards, and regulatory terms.

Plain-language definitions for the terms that come up in DPP evaluation.

Digital Product Passport (DPP)
A structured, machine-readable record of a product's evidence and compliance data, accessible via a unique product identifier (typically a GS1 Digital Link URL or QR code). EU ESPR mandates DPPs across multiple product groups. [ESPR]
ESPR — Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation
EU Regulation 2024/1781 setting the framework for ecodesign and digital product passport requirements across product groups. Battery passports are mandatory from Feb 2027 (under separate Battery Regulation 2023/1542); textile, steel, and other delegated acts are working-plan signals, not yet adopted. [ESPR]
EU Battery Regulation 2023/1542
Mandates battery passports for industrial and EV batteries from 18 February 2027 (Annex XIII data + Article 77 access rights). Due-diligence obligations: 18 August 2027 (postponed). [EU Battery Reg]
UNTP — UN Transparency Protocol
Open specification by UN/CEFACT for digital product passport data. Provides a JSON-LD vocabulary, identity resolver, and credential model. Currently pre-production pilot status — vendor claims of 'UNTP-compliant' should be evaluated carefully. [UNTP]
JSON-LD
JSON for Linked Data — a JSON-based serialization for graph-structured data with typed `@context`. The standard format for UNTP-aligned passport output.
GTIN-14
Global Trade Item Number, 14 digits. The GS1 product identifier used as the primary key in DPP / Digital Link URLs. [GS1 Digital Link]
Material Allocation
The per-product, evidence-linked record of which evidence (transaction certificate, scope certificate, test report) backs which claim. Records the allocation method (BOM-weight, unit-weight, equal-split, manual). What SellSafely does. Not a certified balance system.
Material Ledger
A certified balance-reconciliation system that tracks volumes of certified material available for sale, like Textile Exchange Trackit. Bank-account-style accounting at the organizational level. Operated by a certifying body. [Textile Exchange Trackit]
Trackit
Textile Exchange's certified balance-reconciliation platform for certified material volumes (GOTS, OCS, GRS, RCS). Operates at the organizational-volume level. Distinct from material allocation (per-product evidence chain). [Textile Exchange Trackit]
Scope Certificate (SC)
Certifies that an organization has been audited against a standard's organizational-capability requirements (e.g., a facility is GOTS-certified to process organic cotton). Does NOT certify any specific shipment — that's a Transaction Certificate's job.
Transaction Certificate (TC)
Certifies a specific certified-material shipment with article numbers, order numbers, EAN/SKU. The evidence backing per-product claims. Issued by certifying bodies for certified shipments.
EPR — Extended Producer Responsibility
Regulatory framework requiring producers to fund end-of-life management of products (e.g., textile take-back). Eco-modulation fees vary by material composition / recyclability — DPP data feeds EPR fee calculation.
CSRD — Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive
EU directive requiring large companies to report on sustainability performance. Product-level evidence from DPPs feeds CSRD reporting; building once for DPP enables reuse for CSRD.
REACH
EU Regulation 1907/2006 on Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals. Article 33 requires informing recipients about Substances of Very High Concern (SVHCs) in articles. Test reports support compliance. [REACH]
CBAM — Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
EU Regulation 2023/956. Importers of carbon-intensive goods (cement, iron/steel, aluminum, fertilizers, electricity, hydrogen) must report embedded emissions. Steel embedded-carbon data overlaps with future steel DPP scope. [CBAM]
EU DPP Registry
Decentralized registry announced by the European Commission for DPP discovery and verification. Goes live July 2026. SellSafely treats registry integration as a separate phase — passports today are GS1 Digital Link-addressable but not yet registry-registered. [EU DPP Registry]
W3C Verifiable Credential (VC)
W3C standard for cryptographically signed credentials with verifiable issuer / subject / proof. UNTP credentials are W3C VCs. SellSafely outputs UNTP-aligned JSON-LD today; full VC issuance with cryptographic signatures is roadmap. [W3C VC]
Rulepack
SellSafely's source-controlled, versioned validation engine. Each sector has a rulepack (textile-v1.0, battery-v1.0) that encodes the regulatory rules driving readiness state. Fully auditable.
Readiness state
GREEN / AMBER / RED state per product per claim, computed deterministically from rulepack + evidence. Drives the decision-centric review queue ('12 decisions unblock 8,500 SKUs').