ETSI ES 204 082 V1.1.1 (2025-01)

ETSI STANDARD
Environmental Engineering (EE);
An information model for digital product information on
sustainability and circularity

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Reference
DES/EE-EEPS64
Keywords
DPP, environmental impact, environmental
information, ICT, product details, sustainability
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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 5
Foreword . 5
Modal verbs terminology . 5
Executive summary . 5
Introduction . 6
1 Scope . 7
2 References . 7
2.1 Normative references . 7
2.2 Informative references . 7
3 Definition of terms, symbols and abbreviations . 11
3.1 Terms . 11
3.2 Symbols . 14
3.3 Abbreviations . 14
4 Conventions . 15
5 Related regional and global DPP standards and regulation . 15
5.0 General . 15
5.1 Global digital sustainable product passport opportunities to achieve a circular economy . 15
5.2 European digital product passport . 16
5.3 United Nations Transparency Protocol - B2B Digital Product Passport . 17
5.4 Other related standards . 17
5.5 Alignment and complementarity . 18
6 Overview of information requirements from pre-existing environmental standards . 18
6.0 General . 18
6.1 Quality properties of data and information . 19
6.2 Product granularity and circularity information requirements. 19
6.2.0 General . 19
6.2.1 Granularity requirement . 19
6.2.2 Precision of information details requirement . 20
6.2.3 Product information requirement . 20
6.2.4 Environmental information requirement . 20
6.3 DPP legislative requirements . 20
7 From requirements to an information model . 21
7.0 General . 21
7.1 Description of environmental information about a product . 21
7.2 Metric . 22
7.3 Evidence . 22
7.4 Environmental information template about a standard . 22
8 Digital information and product alignment to standards . 23
8.1 Mapping of specifications to information and data: template about a standard . 23
8.2 Mapping of products to information and data: description about a product . 24
8.3 What digital sustainable product passport information enables . 26
9 Guidance for implementation . 26
Annex A (informative): Example application exercise of an information template for a
standard . 28
Annex B (informative): Relationship to Recommendation ITU-T L.1102 . 32
Annex C (informative): Related work on vocabularies and ontologies about environmental
sustainability . 34
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Annex D (informative): The legal context and requirements for DPP in the EU . 36
History . 37

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Intellectual Property Rights
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Foreword
This ETSI Standard (ES) has been produced by ETSI Technical Committee Environmental Engineering (EE).
Modal verbs terminology
In the present document "shall", "shall not", "should", "should not", "may", "need not", "will", "will not", "can" and
"cannot" are to be interpreted as described in clause 3.2 of the ETSI Drafting Rules (Verbal forms for the expression of
provisions).
"must" and "must not" are NOT allowed in ETSI deliverables except when used in direct citation.
Executive summary
The present document relates to, builds on, and complements Recommendation ITU-T L.1070 [i.43] and ETSI
TS 103 881 [3] standards, which define opportunities for a global digital sustainable product passport to achieve a
circular economy.
The present document defines an information model to describe environmental sustainability and circularity information
details about ICT goods (products) in a digital form to be part of a digital product passport as environmental
information that can be compared with information requirements in relevant environmental sustainability and circularity
standards, specifically ETSI standards and Recommendations ITU-T. The information details can represent products at
any time of their circular lifespan: design, manufacturing, use, hardware changes, and final recycling as e-waste.
Several product-related standards can be expressed as a list of environmental information templates. The comparison of
product information to standards' information templates allows for alignment verification of products to the
requirements of different standards when relevant.
The aim is to complement and contribute to regional (European digital product passport) and global (UNECE B2B
digital product passport) standards.
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Introduction
The present document complements other standards (ITU-T Recommendations and ETSI standards) that rely on
product information in the context of the digital product passport to express environmental sustainability and circularity
information about ICT products and to facilitate alignment verification of ICT products to other standards. For that, the
present document presents:
• Related regional and global standards and Recommendations about the digital product passport are described
in clause 5.
• An overview of information requirements raised from existing environmental standards in clause 6.
• A mapping of the requirements to an information model that supports expressing environmental information
about a product and environmental information templates about a standard in clause 7.
• A mapping of environmental information to digital data or represented as a table for digitalized conformance
statements and checking the alignment to ICT standards in clause 7.4.
• A feasibility analysis of implementing these information items in a global DPP system in clause 9.
The present document provides a basis for expressing circularity and environmental sustainability information about
products and standards for DPPs.
The present document was developed jointly by ETSI TC EE and ITU-T Study Group 5. It is published respectively by
ITU and ETSI as Recommendation ITU-T L.1071 [i.44] and ETSI ES 204 082 (the present document), which are
technically equivalent.
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1 Scope
The present document provides a structure for collecting information items organized to represent circularity and
environmental sustainability information about ICT products and product-related standards. This will facilitate
alignment verification of ICT products to standards to various actors during the product lifespan up to final recycling.
2 References
2.1 Normative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
Referenced documents which are not found to be publicly available in the expected location might be found in the
ETSI docbox.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication, ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
The following referenced documents are necessary for the application of the present document.
[1] Recommendation ITU-T L.361: "ID tag requirements for infrastructure and network elements
management".
NOTE: Former Recommendation ITU-T L.64 renumbered as Recommendation ITU-T L.361 on 2016-02-15
without further modification and without being republished.
[2] Recommendation ITU-T L.1022: "Circular economy: Definitions and concepts for material
efficiency for information and communication technology".
[3] ETSI TS 103 881: "Environmental Engineering (EE); Global digital sustainable product passport
opportunities to achieve a circular economy".
[4] Recommendation ITU-T L.1100: "Procedure for recycling rare metals in information and
communication technology goods".
[5] Recommendation ITU-T L.1102: "Use of printed labels for communicating information on rare
metals in information and communication technology goods".
2.2 Informative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication, ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
The following referenced documents are not necessary for the application of the present document but they assist the
user with regard to a particular subject area.
[i.1] ETSI ES 203 199: "Environmental Engineering (EE); Methodology for environmental Life Cycle
Assessment (LCA) of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) goods, networks and
services".
[i.2] ETSI EN 303 808: "Environmental Engineering (EE); Applicability of EN 45552 to EN 45559
methods for assessment of material efficiency aspects of ICT network infrastructure goods in the
context of circular economy".
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[i.3] Recommendation ITU-T L.1010: "Green battery solutions for mobile phones and other hand-held
information and communication technology devices".
[i.4] Recommendation ITU-T L.1021: "Extended producer responsibility - Guidelines for sustainable
e-waste management".
[i.5] Recommendation ITU-T L.1023: "Assessment method for circular scoring".
[i.6] Recommendation ITU-T L.1031: "Guideline on implementing the e-waste reduction target of the
Connect 2020 Agenda".
[i.7] Recommendation ITU-T L.1061: "Circular public procurement of information and communication
technologies".
[i.8] Recommendation ITU-T L.1410: "Methodology for environmental life cycle assessments of
information and communication technology goods, networks and services".
[i.9] Recommendation ITU-T L.1604 (2022): "Development framework for bioeconomy in cities and
communities".
[i.10] Recommendation ITU-T L.1020 (2018): "Circular economy: Guide for operators and suppliers on
approaches to migrate towards circular ICT goods and networks".
[i.11] Ellen McArthur Foundation: "What is the circular economy?".
[i.12] Recommendation ITU-T X.1400 (2020): "Terms and definitions for distributed ledger
technology".
[i.13] Recommendation ITU-T Q.5050 (2019): "Framework for solutions to combat counterfeit ICT
devices".
[i.14] European Commission (2022): "Proposal for Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation".
[i.15] OECD (2019): "Going Digital: Shaping Policies, Improving Lives". Paris: OECD Publishing.
168 pp.
[i.16] COM/2020/798 (2020): "Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council
concerning batteries and waste batteries, repealing Directive 2006/66/EC and amending
Regulation (EU) No 2019/1020".
[i.17] ETSI TS 103 199 (2011): "Environmental Engineering (EE); Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of
ICT equipment, networks and services; General methodology and common requirements".
[i.18] European Commission (2024): "Commission implementing decision on a standardisation request
to the European Committee for Standardisation, the European Committee for Electrotechnical
Standardisation, and the European Telecommunications Standards Institute as regards digital
product passports in support of Union policy on ecodesign requirements for sustainable products
and on batteries and waste batteries".
[i.19] UN: Secretary-General; World Commission on Environment and Development (1987): "Report of
the World Commission on Environment and Development: Our common future", New York, NY:
United Nations. 374 pp.
[i.20] Recommendation ITU-T Y.4108/Y.2213 (2008): "NGN service requirements and capabilities for
network aspects of applications and services using tag-based identification".
NOTE: Former Recommendation ITU-T Y.2213 renumbered as Recommendation ITU-T Y.4108 on 2016-02-05
without further modification and without being republished.
[i.21] ISO 9000:2015: "Quality management systems - Fundamentals and vocabulary".
[i.22] V. Rizos, P. Urban (2024): "Implementing the EU digital battery passport: Opportunities and
challenges for battery circularity".
[i.23] Carolynn Bernier, Fatme Danash (2024): "D5.1: DPP Prototypes".
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[i.24] E. Wagner et al. (2023): "D2.1: Mapping of legal and voluntary requirements and screening of
emerging DPP-related pilots".
[i.25] CEN (2024) Technical Bodies, CEN/CLC/JTC 24: "Digital Product Passport - Framework and
System".
[i.26] Dykstra, C. A. (1939): "The quest for responsibility", Am. Political Sci. Rev. 33(1), pp. 1-25.
doi:10.2307/1949761.
[i.27] Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024
establishing a framework for setting eco-design requirements for sustainable products and
repealing Directive 2009/125/EC (COM(2022)0142 - C9-0132/2022 - 2022/0095(COD)).
[i.28] ETSI GR CIM 017 (V1.1.1) (12-2022): "Context Information Management (CIM); Feasibility of
NGSI-LD for Digital Twins".
[i.29] ETSI (2020): "A Guide to Writing World Class Standards".
[i.30] International Electrotechnical Commission (2023), IEC 62683 - IEC/TC 121: "Tests - Common
Data Dictionary (CDD - V2.0018.0001)".
[i.31] ISO/IEC 8859-1:2003: "Information technology - 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character
sets - Part 1: Latin alphabet No. 1".
[i.32] Telecommunication standardization sector of ITU (09/2020): "ITU-T Editing Guidelines".
[i.33] Luxembourg government (2021): "The Product circularity Data Sheet decoded".
[i.34] A. Kurteva (2023): "The RePlanIT ontology for Digital Product Passports of ICT".
[i.35] Schedler, A. (1999): "Conceptualizing accountability", In: Schedler, A., Diamond, L., Plattner,
M.F., editors. The self-restraining state: Power and accountability in new democracies, pp. 13-28.
Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers.
[i.36] M. Sporny, L. Rosenthol (2021): "Cryptographic Hyperlinks".
[i.37] United Nations (2022): "'Zero tolerance for greenwashing', Guterres says at report launch".
[i.38] UNECE Recommendation No. 49 (2024): "Transparency at Scale (final draft)".
[i.39] UNECE (2024): "Digital Product Passport", version: 0.4.0.
[i.40] UNECE (2024): "DigitalProductPassport", version: working, Data Model of
unece/DigitalProductPassport.
[i.41] Recommendation ITU-T L.1015: "Criteria for evaluation of the environmental impact of mobile
phones".
[i.42] Recommendation ITU-T L.1470: "Greenhouse gas emissions trajectories for the ICT sector
compatible with the UNFCCC Paris Agreement".
[i.43] Recommendation ITU-T L.1070: "Global digital sustainable product passport opportunities to
achieve a circular economy".
[i.44] Recommendation ITU-T L.1071: "An information model for digital product information on
sustainability and circularity".
[i.45] ISO/FDIS 59040: "Circular economy - Product circularity data sheet". .
[i.46] ISO 59010:2024: "Circular economy - Guidelines for the Transition of Business Models and Value
Networks".
[i.47] ISO 59004:2024: "Circular economy - Vocabulary, principles and guidance for implementation".
[i.48] ISO 59020:2024: "Circular economy - Measuring and assessing circularity performance".
[i.49] IEC/FDIS 82474-1: "Material declarationPart 1: General requirements".
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[i.50] Recommendation ITU-T L.1101: "Measurement methods to characterize rare metals in
information and communication technology goods".
[i.51] Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December
2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals
(REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and
repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as
well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC,
93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC (consolidated version 6/6/2024).
[i.52] Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December
2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and
repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006.
[i.53] Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2017 setting a
framework for energy labelling and repealing Directive 2010/30/EU.
[i.54] Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011 on the
restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (recast
1/8/2024).
[i.55] Directive 2012/19/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on waste
electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) (recast 8/4/2024).
[i.56] Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2023
concerning batteries and waste batteries, amending Directive 2008/98/EC and Regulation (EU)
2019/1020 and repealing Directive 2006/66/EC.
[i.57] Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009
establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-related products
(recast).
[i.58] EN 45550:2020: "Definitions related to material efficiency", (produced by CEN).
[i.59] EN 45552:2020: "General method for the assessment of the durability of energy-related products",
(produced by CEN).
[i.60] EN 45553:2020: "General method for the assessment of the ability to remanufacture
energy-related products", (produced by CEN).
[i.61] EN 45554:2020: "General methods for the assessment of the ability to repair, reuse and upgrade
energy-related products", (produced by CEN).
[i.62] EN 45555:2019: "General methods for assessing the recyclability and recoverability of
energy-related products", (produced by CEN).
[i.63] EN 45556:2019: "General method for assessing the proportion of reused components in
energy-related products", (produced by CEN).
[i.64] EN 45557:2020: "General method for assessing the proportion of recycled material content in
energy-related products", (produced by CEN).
[i.65] EN 45558:2019: "General method to declare the use of critical raw materials in energy-related
products", (produced by CEN).
[i.66] EN 45559:2019: "Methods for providing information relating to material efficiency aspects of
energy-related products", (produced by CEN).
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3 Definition of terms, symbols and abbreviations
3.1 Terms
For the purposes of the present document, the following terms apply:
accountability: equivalent to answerability, liability, and the expectation of account-giving, with the obligation to
inform about (past or future) actions and decisions to justify them
NOTE: Term adapted from [i.26] and [i.35] and ETSI TS 103 881 [3].
authenticity: ability of proving an assertion, such as the identity of a computer system user
NOTE: Term adapted from ETSI TS 103 881 [3].
centralization: data, function, process, system where a single entity, or a small group, has exclusive control or
responsibility
NOTE: Term adapted from ETSI TS 103 881 [3].
circular economy: economy closing the loop between different life cycles through design and corporate
actions/practices that enable activities like reuse, refurbishment, remanufacture and recycling in order to use raw
materials, goods and waste in a sustainable and efficient way
NOTE 1: The circular economy concept distinguishes between technical and biological cycles, the circular
economy is a continuous, positive development cycle. It preserves and enhances natural capital, optimizes
resource yields, and minimizes system risks by managing finite stocks and renewable flows, while
reducing waste streams.
NOTE 2: Term adapted from Recommendations ITU-T L.1022 [2], ITU-T L.1020 [i.10] and L.1604 [i.9].
circularity: designing out waste and pollution, keeping products and materials in use, and regenerating natural systems
NOTE: The term is based on EMF2021[i.11].
collective product: product batch or product model with common characteristics for multiple product items
NOTE: Term adapted from ETSI TS 103 881 [3].
compliance: adherence to specified requirements
NOTE: Term adapted from Recommendation ITU-T X.1400 [i.12].
component: hardware constituent of a product that cannot be taken apart without destruction or impairment of its
intended use
NOTE 1: A populated printed circuit board may be considered a component and/or a part from the perspective of
the present document.
NOTE 2: Term adapted from ETSI EN 303 808 [i.2].
conformity assessment: demonstration that specified requirements relating to a product, process, system, person or
body are fulfilled
NOTE: Term adapted from Recommendation ITU-T Q.5050 [i.13].
decentralization: data, function, process, system that is not centralized, controlled by a single or few entities
NOTE: Term adapted from ETSI TS 103 881 [3].
digital product passport: structured collection of product-specific data conveyed through a unique identifier
NOTE 1: Term based on European Commission document [i.14].
NOTE 2: Term adapted from ETSI TS 103 881 [3].
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digitalization: use of digital technologies and data as well as interconnection that results in new or changes to existing
activities
NOTE: Term adapted from [i.15].
e-waste: electrical or electronic equipment that is waste, including all components, sub-assemblies and consumables
that are part of the equipment at the time the equipment becomes waste
NOTE 1: The terms e-waste and Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) are used interchangeably.
NOTE 2: Term adapted from Recommendation ITU-T L.1031 [i.6].
economic operator: manufacturer, authorized representative, importer, distributor, fulfilment service provider, or any
legal person with legal responsibility concerning manufacture
NOTE: Adapted and modified from [i.16] and ETSI TS 103 881 [3].
environmental information: information related to environmental aspects, eco-design and circularity of ICT goods
NOTE 1: Environmental information, in general, is a much wider concept than what is defined here; however, for
the present document, the term "environmental information" is defined in the context of information to be
presented in the Digital Product Passport.
NOTE 2: This can be part of a sustainability claim in the context of UNECE B2B DPP [i.39] and Recommendation
No. 49 [i.38].
extended producer responsibility: policy principle to promote total life cycle environmental improvements of product
systems by extending the responsibility of the manufacturers of the product to various parts of the entire life cycle of the
product, and especially to the take-back, recycling and final disposal of the product
NOTE: Term adapted from Recommendation ITU-T L.1021 [i.4].
global digital sustainable product passport: subset of a digital product passport, global in regional scope, focused on
environmental sustainability aspects
NOTE: Term adapted from ETSI TS 103 881 [3].
ICT goods: tangible goods deriving from or making use of technologies devoted to or concerned with:
• the acquisition, storage, manipulation (including transformation), management, movement, control, display,
switching, interchange, transmission or reception of a diversity of data;
• the development and use of the hardware, software, and procedures associated with this delivery; and
• the representation, transfer, interpretation, and processing of data among persons, places, and machines, noting
that the meaning assigned to the data is preserved during these operations
NOTE 1: ETSI TS 103 199 [i.17] uses the word "equipment" instead.
NOTE 2: Term adapted from Recommendation ITU-T L.1410 [i.8] or the technically aligned ETSI
ES 203 199 [i.1].
ID tag: physical object which stores one or more identifiers and optionally application data such as name, title, price,
address, etc.
NOTE: Term adapted from Recommendation ITU-T Y.4108/Y.2213 [i.20].
identity: ability of indicating a person or thing's identity, authentication is the process of verifying that identity
NOTE: Term adapted from ETSI TS 103 881 [3].
individual product: product item
NOTE: Term adapted from ETSI TS 103 881 [3].
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information accessibility: ability to access and benefit from information to the widest range of actors and situations
NOTE: Term adapted from ETSI TS 103 881 [3].
information composability: ability to combine and assemble self-contained and stateless information components, as
with structured linked data
NOTE: Term adapted from ETSI TS 103 881 [3].
information confidentiality: set of rules or a promise to limits access or places restrictions on certain types of
information
NOTE: Term adapted from ETSI TS 103 881 [3].
information privacy: relationship between the collection and dissemination of data
NOTE: Term adapted from ETSI TS 103 881 [3].
information transparency: clarity about relevant details, needed for a decision or an assessment
NOTE: Term adapted from ETSI TS 103 881 [3].
information verifiability: ability to review, inspect, audit, test to establish, document, confirm the veracity of an
assertion
NOTE: Term adapted from ETSI TS 103 881 [3].
integrity: maintenance of, and the assurance of, data accuracy and consistency
NOTE: Term adapted from ETSI TS 103 881 [3].
intermediate product: product that requires further manufacturing or transformation such as mixing, coating or
assembling to make it suitable for end-users
NOTE: Term adapted from [i.14].
modular product: product that, in a container, includes module(s) (component product(s)) that can easily be replaced
or added
NOTE: Term adapted from ETSI TS 103 881 [3].
product: any physical good that is placed on the market or put into service
NOTE 1: ICT goods are ICT products.
NOTE 2: Term adapted from EC2022 [i.14].
product batch: subset of a specific model composed of all products produced in a specific manufacturing plant at a
specific moment in time
NOTE: Term adapted from [i.18].
product item: single unit of a model
NOTE: Term adapted from [i.18].
product model: version of a product of which all units share the same technical characteristics and the same model
identifier
NOTE: Term adapted from [i.18].
product operator: any actor that can transform and supply modified products and therefore can supply the information
a digital product passport conveys about them, as a result of manufacture or other operations
NOTE 1: These other operations could be: packaging, configuration, maintenance, repair, upgrade, refurbishment,
remanufacturing or recycling.
NOTE 2: Term adapted from ETSI TS 103 881 [3].
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refurbishment: industrial process which produces a product from used products without any changes influencing
safety, original performance, purpose or type of the product
NOTE 1: New and/or used parts can be used during refurbishment.
NOTE 2: The term is based on ETSI EN 303 808 [i.2] and Recommendation ITU-T L.1023 [i.5].
remanufacturing: industrial process which produces a product from used products or used parts where at least one
change is made which influences the safety, original performance, purpose or type of the product
NOTE 1: The product created by the remanufacturing process may be considered a new product when placing on
the market.
NOTE 2: The term is based on ETSI EN 303 808 [i.2] and Recommendation ITU-T L.1023 [i.5].
repair: process of returning a faulty product to a condition where it can fulfil its intended use
NOTE: Term adapted from Recommendation ITU-T L.1022 [2].
risk: combination of the probability of occurrence of harm and the severity of that harm limited to human health or
safety of persons, to property or to the environment
NOTE: Term adapted from [i.16].
supply chain due diligence: obligations of the economic operator which places a product on the market, in relation to
its management system, risk management, third party verifications by notified bodies and disclosure of information with
a view to identifying and addressing actual and potential risks linked to the sourcing, processing and trading of the raw
materials required for product manufacturing
NOTE: Term adapted from Recommendation ITU-T L.1061 [i.7].
sustainability claim: specific statement or assertion about a product, made with a structured data format, regarding its
sustainability, providing details about the metrics, thresholds, and evidence supporting the claim
NOTE: Term adapted from [i.40].
sustainable development: development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their needs
NOTE: Term adapted from [i.19].
tag-based identification: process of specifically identifying a physical or logical object from other physical or logical
objects by using identifiers stored on an ID tag
NOTE: Term adapted from [i.20].
traceability: ability to trace the history, application or location of that which is under consideration
NOTE: Term adapted from [i.21].
3.2 Symbols
Void.
3.3 Abbreviations
For the purposes of the present document, the following abbreviations apply:
B2B Business to Business
B2C Business to Consumer
CFP Carbon Footprint of Products
CLP Classification, Labelling and Packaging
DPP Digital Product Passport
ESG Environmental, Social and Governance
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ESPR Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation
ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute
EU European Union
e-waste Electrical and electronic waste
FAIR Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable
GDSPP Global Digital Sustainable Product Passport
ICT Information and Communication Technology
ID Identifier
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
ISO International Organization for Standardization
ITU International Telecommunication Union
JSON-LD JavaScript Object Notation for Linked Data
PBB PolyBrominated Biphenyls
PBDE PolyBrominatedDiphenyl Ethers
PCB Print Circuit Board
PCDS Product Circularity Data Sheet
REACH Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals
SoC Substances of Concern
UN United Nations
UNECE United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
UNTP United Nations Transparency Protocol
URI Uniform Resource Identifier ®
World-wide-web Consortium
W3C
WEEE Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment
4 Conventions
Generally, ETSI standards use the term "ICT goods" instead of "ICT products". However, considering the present
document is about the Digital Product Passport, both terms are used interchangeably. Hence, the term "products" should
be considered synonymous to the term "goods" in the present document.
References to the term sustainability or (verifiable) claim in the present document should be understood in terms of
environmental and circularity sustainability.
The appearance of requirement phrases or keywords in an annex or in material explicitly marked as informative is
interpreted as having no normative intent.
5 Related regional and global DPP standards and
regulation
5.0 General
The present document provides a basis or complement to other product-centric DPP-related standards and regulations.
The most relevant are introduced next.
5.1 Global digital sustainable product passport opportunities to
achieve a circular economy
ETSI TS 103 881 [3] provides an overview of global and common opportunities to represent environmental
sustainability details about digital technology products, ICT goods, as GDSPP. It defines and specifies the following
regarding DPPs:
• A DPP as a structured collection of product-related information, represented in digital format as digital data.
• A global scope.
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• Its applicability to convey and provide information in the raw material acquisition, production, use, and
end-of-life treatment lifecycle stages to product operators, buyers, and users, assess the sustainability impact,
and support market surveillance of ICT products.
• A criterion and a non-exhaustive list of product types to consider.
• The benefits of collecting and maintaining product information.
• The required principles and required generic properties of digital product information in DPPs.
• Criteria about the level of product's detail in terms of breadth, precision or granularity of identification.
• What constitutes a product and classes of products (verticals).
• Options to customize and change product information by the product operators involved as products evolve.
• The feasibility of implementing these opportunities and the DPP system architectural implications are
determined according to the product-level scope of DPPs, either the product model (collective), product batch
(collective), or individual product item.
• It does not define which items should be included in the DPP for all or different product families or the targets,
limits, or specific requirements a product has to meet.
The present document builds on that to focus on how environmental sustainability and circularity information can be
presented in a way which is aligned with relevant standards.
5.2 European digital product passport
The EU ESPR [i.27] is an EU regulation that specifies high-level information requirements and considers what
information a DPP (EU DPP) could provide for the following aspects:
• product durability, reliability, reusability, upgradability, reparability;
• possibility of maintenance and refurbishment;
• presence of Substance of Concern (SoC);
• energy use/efficiency and resource use/efficiency;
• recycled content;
• possibility of remanufacturing, recycling, material recovery;
• environmental impacts, including carbon footprint and environmental footprint;
• generation of waste materials.
Product category-specific details are to be detailed i
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-april-2025
Okoljski inženiring (EE) - Informacijski model za informacije o digitalnih izdelkih
glede vzdržnosti in krožnosti
Environmental Engineering (EE) - An information model for digital product information on
sustainability and circularity
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: ETSI ES 204 082 V1.1.1 (2025-01)
ICS:
35.020 Informacijska tehnika in Information technology (IT) in
tehnologija na splošno general
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

ETSI STANDARD
Environmental Engineering (EE);
An information model for digital product information on
sustainability and circularity

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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 5
Foreword . 5
Modal verbs terminology . 5
Executive summary . 5
Introduction . 6
1 Scope . 7
2 References . 7
2.1 Normative references . 7
2.2 Informative references . 7
3 Definition of terms, symbols and abbreviations . 11
3.1 Terms . 11
3.2 Symbols . 14
3.3 Abbreviations . 14
4 Conventions . 15
5 Related regional and global DPP standards and regulation . 15
5.0 General . 15
5.1 Global digital sustainable product passport opportunities to achieve a circular economy . 15
5.2 European digital product passport . 16
5.3 United Nations Transparency Protocol - B2B Digital Product Passport . 17
5.4 Other related standards . 17
5.5 Alignment and complementarity . 18
6 Overview of information requirements from pre-existing environmental standards . 18
6.0 General . 18
6.1 Quality properties of data and information . 19
6.2 Product granularity and circularity information requirements. 19
6.2.0 General . 19
6.2.1 Granularity requirement . 19
6.2.2 Precision of information details requirement . 20
6.2.3 Product information requirement . 20
6.2.4 Environmental information requirement . 20
6.3 DPP legislative requirements . 20
7 From requirements to an information model . 21
7.0 General . 21
7.1 Description of environmental information about a product . 21
7.2 Metric . 22
7.3 Evidence . 22
7.4 Environmental information template about a standard . 22
8 Digital information and product alignment to standards . 23
8.1 Mapping of specifications to information and data: template about a standard . 23
8.2 Mapping of products to information and data: description about a product . 24
8.3 What digital sustainable product passport information enables . 26
9 Guidance for implementation . 26
Annex A (informative): Example application exercise of an information template for a
standard . 28
Annex B (informative): Relationship to Recommendation ITU-T L.1102 . 32
Annex C (informative): Related work on vocabularies and ontologies about environmental
sustainability . 34
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Annex D (informative): The legal context and requirements for DPP in the EU . 36
History . 37

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Intellectual Property Rights
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ETSI in respect of ETSI standards", which is available from the ETSI Secretariat. Latest updates are available on the
ETSI IPR online database.
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including IPR searches, has been carried out by ETSI. No guarantee can be given as to the existence of other IPRs not
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Foreword
This ETSI Standard (ES) has been produced by ETSI Technical Committee Environmental Engineering (EE).
Modal verbs terminology
In the present document "shall", "shall not", "should", "should not", "may", "need not", "will", "will not", "can" and
"cannot" are to be interpreted as described in clause 3.2 of the ETSI Drafting Rules (Verbal forms for the expression of
provisions).
"must" and "must not" are NOT allowed in ETSI deliverables except when used in direct citation.
Executive summary
The present document relates to, builds on, and complements Recommendation ITU-T L.1070 [i.43] and ETSI
TS 103 881 [3] standards, which define opportunities for a global digital sustainable product passport to achieve a
circular economy.
The present document defines an information model to describe environmental sustainability and circularity information
details about ICT goods (products) in a digital form to be part of a digital product passport as environmental
information that can be compared with information requirements in relevant environmental sustainability and circularity
standards, specifically ETSI standards and Recommendations ITU-T. The information details can represent products at
any time of their circular lifespan: design, manufacturing, use, hardware changes, and final recycling as e-waste.
Several product-related standards can be expressed as a list of environmental information templates. The comparison of
product information to standards' information templates allows for alignment verification of products to the
requirements of different standards when relevant.
The aim is to complement and contribute to regional (European digital product passport) and global (UNECE B2B
digital product passport) standards.
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Introduction
The present document complements other standards (ITU-T Recommendations and ETSI standards) that rely on
product information in the context of the digital product passport to express environmental sustainability and circularity
information about ICT products and to facilitate alignment verification of ICT products to other standards. For that, the
present document presents:
• Related regional and global standards and Recommendations about the digital product passport are described
in clause 5.
• An overview of information requirements raised from existing environmental standards in clause 6.
• A mapping of the requirements to an information model that supports expressing environmental information
about a product and environmental information templates about a standard in clause 7.
• A mapping of environmental information to digital data or represented as a table for digitalized conformance
statements and checking the alignment to ICT standards in clause 7.4.
• A feasibility analysis of implementing these information items in a global DPP system in clause 9.
The present document provides a basis for expressing circularity and environmental sustainability information about
products and standards for DPPs.
The present document was developed jointly by ETSI TC EE and ITU-T Study Group 5. It is published respectively by
ITU and ETSI as Recommendation ITU-T L.1071 [i.44] and ETSI ES 204 082 (the present document), which are
technically equivalent.
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1 Scope
The present document provides a structure for collecting information items organized to represent circularity and
environmental sustainability information about ICT products and product-related standards. This will facilitate
alignment verification of ICT products to standards to various actors during the product lifespan up to final recycling.
2 References
2.1 Normative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
Referenced documents which are not found to be publicly available in the expected location might be found in the
ETSI docbox.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication, ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
The following referenced documents are necessary for the application of the present document.
[1] Recommendation ITU-T L.361: "ID tag requirements for infrastructure and network elements
management".
NOTE: Former Recommendation ITU-T L.64 renumbered as Recommendation ITU-T L.361 on 2016-02-15
without further modification and without being republished.
[2] Recommendation ITU-T L.1022: "Circular economy: Definitions and concepts for material
efficiency for information and communication technology".
[3] ETSI TS 103 881: "Environmental Engineering (EE); Global digital sustainable product passport
opportunities to achieve a circular economy".
[4] Recommendation ITU-T L.1100: "Procedure for recycling rare metals in information and
communication technology goods".
[5] Recommendation ITU-T L.1102: "Use of printed labels for communicating information on rare
metals in information and communication technology goods".
2.2 Informative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication, ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
The following referenced documents are not necessary for the application of the present document but they assist the
user with regard to a particular subject area.
[i.1] ETSI ES 203 199: "Environmental Engineering (EE); Methodology for environmental Life Cycle
Assessment (LCA) of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) goods, networks and
services".
[i.2] ETSI EN 303 808: "Environmental Engineering (EE); Applicability of EN 45552 to EN 45559
methods for assessment of material efficiency aspects of ICT network infrastructure goods in the
context of circular economy".
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[i.3] Recommendation ITU-T L.1010: "Green battery solutions for mobile phones and other hand-held
information and communication technology devices".
[i.4] Recommendation ITU-T L.1021: "Extended producer responsibility - Guidelines for sustainable
e-waste management".
[i.5] Recommendation ITU-T L.1023: "Assessment method for circular scoring".
[i.6] Recommendation ITU-T L.1031: "Guideline on implementing the e-waste reduction target of the
Connect 2020 Agenda".
[i.7] Recommendation ITU-T L.1061: "Circular public procurement of information and communication
technologies".
[i.8] Recommendation ITU-T L.1410: "Methodology for environmental life cycle assessments of
information and communication technology goods, networks and services".
[i.9] Recommendation ITU-T L.1604 (2022): "Development framework for bioeconomy in cities and
communities".
[i.10] Recommendation ITU-T L.1020 (2018): "Circular economy: Guide for operators and suppliers on
approaches to migrate towards circular ICT goods and networks".
[i.11] Ellen McArthur Foundation: "What is the circular economy?".
[i.12] Recommendation ITU-T X.1400 (2020): "Terms and definitions for distributed ledger
technology".
[i.13] Recommendation ITU-T Q.5050 (2019): "Framework for solutions to combat counterfeit ICT
devices".
[i.14] European Commission (2022): "Proposal for Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation".
[i.15] OECD (2019): "Going Digital: Shaping Policies, Improving Lives". Paris: OECD Publishing.
168 pp.
[i.16] COM/2020/798 (2020): "Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council
concerning batteries and waste batteries, repealing Directive 2006/66/EC and amending
Regulation (EU) No 2019/1020".
[i.17] ETSI TS 103 199 (2011): "Environmental Engineering (EE); Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of
ICT equipment, networks and services; General methodology and common requirements".
[i.18] European Commission (2024): "Commission implementing decision on a standardisation request
to the European Committee for Standardisation, the European Committee for Electrotechnical
Standardisation, and the European Telecommunications Standards Institute as regards digital
product passports in support of Union policy on ecodesign requirements for sustainable products
and on batteries and waste batteries".
[i.19] UN: Secretary-General; World Commission on Environment and Development (1987): "Report of
the World Commission on Environment and Development: Our common future", New York, NY:
United Nations. 374 pp.
[i.20] Recommendation ITU-T Y.4108/Y.2213 (2008): "NGN service requirements and capabilities for
network aspects of applications and services using tag-based identification".
NOTE: Former Recommendation ITU-T Y.2213 renumbered as Recommendation ITU-T Y.4108 on 2016-02-05
without further modification and without being republished.
[i.21] ISO 9000:2015: "Quality management systems - Fundamentals and vocabulary".
[i.22] V. Rizos, P. Urban (2024): "Implementing the EU digital battery passport: Opportunities and
challenges for battery circularity".
[i.23] Carolynn Bernier, Fatme Danash (2024): "D5.1: DPP Prototypes".
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[i.24] E. Wagner et al. (2023): "D2.1: Mapping of legal and voluntary requirements and screening of
emerging DPP-related pilots".
[i.25] CEN (2024) Technical Bodies, CEN/CLC/JTC 24: "Digital Product Passport - Framework and
System".
[i.26] Dykstra, C. A. (1939): "The quest for responsibility", Am. Political Sci. Rev. 33(1), pp. 1-25.
doi:10.2307/1949761.
[i.27] Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024
establishing a framework for setting eco-design requirements for sustainable products and
repealing Directive 2009/125/EC (COM(2022)0142 - C9-0132/2022 - 2022/0095(COD)).
[i.28] ETSI GR CIM 017 (V1.1.1) (12-2022): "Context Information Management (CIM); Feasibility of
NGSI-LD for Digital Twins".
[i.29] ETSI (2020): "A Guide to Writing World Class Standards".
[i.30] International Electrotechnical Commission (2023), IEC 62683 - IEC/TC 121: "Tests - Common
Data Dictionary (CDD - V2.0018.0001)".
[i.31] ISO/IEC 8859-1:2003: "Information technology - 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character
sets - Part 1: Latin alphabet No. 1".
[i.32] Telecommunication standardization sector of ITU (09/2020): "ITU-T Editing Guidelines".
[i.33] Luxembourg government (2021): "The Product circularity Data Sheet decoded".
[i.34] A. Kurteva (2023): "The RePlanIT ontology for Digital Product Passports of ICT".
[i.35] Schedler, A. (1999): "Conceptualizing accountability", In: Schedler, A., Diamond, L., Plattner,
M.F., editors. The self-restraining state: Power and accountability in new democracies, pp. 13-28.
Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers.
[i.36] M. Sporny, L. Rosenthol (2021): "Cryptographic Hyperlinks".
[i.37] United Nations (2022): "'Zero tolerance for greenwashing', Guterres says at report launch".
[i.38] UNECE Recommendation No. 49 (2024): "Transparency at Scale (final draft)".
[i.39] UNECE (2024): "Digital Product Passport", version: 0.4.0.
[i.40] UNECE (2024): "DigitalProductPassport", version: working, Data Model of
unece/DigitalProductPassport.
[i.41] Recommendation ITU-T L.1015: "Criteria for evaluation of the environmental impact of mobile
phones".
[i.42] Recommendation ITU-T L.1470: "Greenhouse gas emissions trajectories for the ICT sector
compatible with the UNFCCC Paris Agreement".
[i.43] Recommendation ITU-T L.1070: "Global digital sustainable product passport opportunities to
achieve a circular economy".
[i.44] Recommendation ITU-T L.1071: "An information model for digital product information on
sustainability and circularity".
[i.45] ISO/FDIS 59040: "Circular economy - Product circularity data sheet". .
[i.46] ISO 59010:2024: "Circular economy - Guidelines for the Transition of Business Models and Value
Networks".
[i.47] ISO 59004:2024: "Circular economy - Vocabulary, principles and guidance for implementation".
[i.48] ISO 59020:2024: "Circular economy - Measuring and assessing circularity performance".
[i.49] IEC/FDIS 82474-1: "Material declarationPart 1: General requirements".
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[i.50] Recommendation ITU-T L.1101: "Measurement methods to characterize rare metals in
information and communication technology goods".
[i.51] Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December
2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals
(REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and
repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as
well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC,
93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC (consolidated version 6/6/2024).
[i.52] Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December
2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and
repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006.
[i.53] Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2017 setting a
framework for energy labelling and repealing Directive 2010/30/EU.
[i.54] Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011 on the
restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (recast
1/8/2024).
[i.55] Directive 2012/19/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on waste
electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) (recast 8/4/2024).
[i.56] Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2023
concerning batteries and waste batteries, amending Directive 2008/98/EC and Regulation (EU)
2019/1020 and repealing Directive 2006/66/EC.
[i.57] Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009
establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-related products
(recast).
[i.58] EN 45550:2020: "Definitions related to material efficiency", (produced by CEN).
[i.59] EN 45552:2020: "General method for the assessment of the durability of energy-related products",
(produced by CEN).
[i.60] EN 45553:2020: "General method for the assessment of the ability to remanufacture
energy-related products", (produced by CEN).
[i.61] EN 45554:2020: "General methods for the assessment of the ability to repair, reuse and upgrade
energy-related products", (produced by CEN).
[i.62] EN 45555:2019: "General methods for assessing the recyclability and recoverability of
energy-related products", (produced by CEN).
[i.63] EN 45556:2019: "General method for assessing the proportion of reused components in
energy-related products", (produced by CEN).
[i.64] EN 45557:2020: "General method for assessing the proportion of recycled material content in
energy-related products", (produced by CEN).
[i.65] EN 45558:2019: "General method to declare the use of critical raw materials in energy-related
products", (produced by CEN).
[i.66] EN 45559:2019: "Methods for providing information relating to material efficiency aspects of
energy-related products", (produced by CEN).
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3 Definition of terms, symbols and abbreviations
3.1 Terms
For the purposes of the present document, the following terms apply:
accountability: equivalent to answerability, liability, and the expectation of account-giving, with the obligation to
inform about (past or future) actions and decisions to justify them
NOTE: Term adapted from [i.26] and [i.35] and ETSI TS 103 881 [3].
authenticity: ability of proving an assertion, such as the identity of a computer system user
NOTE: Term adapted from ETSI TS 103 881 [3].
centralization: data, function, process, system where a single entity, or a small group, has exclusive control or
responsibility
NOTE: Term adapted from ETSI TS 103 881 [3].
circular economy: economy closing the loop between different life cycles through design and corporate
actions/practices that enable activities like reuse, refurbishment, remanufacture and recycling in order to use raw
materials, goods and waste in a sustainable and efficient way
NOTE 1: The circular economy concept distinguishes between technical and biological cycles, the circular
economy is a continuous, positive development cycle. It preserves and enhances natural capital, optimizes
resource yields, and minimizes system risks by managing finite stocks and renewable flows, while
reducing waste streams.
NOTE 2: Term adapted from Recommendations ITU-T L.1022 [2], ITU-T L.1020 [i.10] and L.1604 [i.9].
circularity: designing out waste and pollution, keeping products and materials in use, and regenerating natural systems
NOTE: The term is based on EMF2021[i.11].
collective product: product batch or product model with common characteristics for multiple product items
NOTE: Term adapted from ETSI TS 103 881 [3].
compliance: adherence to specified requirements
NOTE: Term adapted from Recommendation ITU-T X.1400 [i.12].
component: hardware constituent of a product that cannot be taken apart without destruction or impairment of its
intended use
NOTE 1: A populated printed circuit board may be considered a component and/or a part from the perspective of
the present document.
NOTE 2: Term adapted from ETSI EN 303 808 [i.2].
conformity assessment: demonstration that specified requirements relating to a product, process, system, person or
body are fulfilled
NOTE: Term adapted from Recommendation ITU-T Q.5050 [i.13].
decentralization: data, function, process, system that is not centralized, controlled by a single or few entities
NOTE: Term adapted from ETSI TS 103 881 [3].
digital product passport: structured collection of product-specific data conveyed through a unique identifier
NOTE 1: Term based on European Commission document [i.14].
NOTE 2: Term adapted from ETSI TS 103 881 [3].
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digitalization: use of digital technologies and data as well as interconnection that results in new or changes to existing
activities
NOTE: Term adapted from [i.15].
e-waste: electrical or electronic equipment that is waste, including all components, sub-assemblies and consumables
that are part of the equipment at the time the equipment becomes waste
NOTE 1: The terms e-waste and Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) are used interchangeably.
NOTE 2: Term adapted from Recommendation ITU-T L.1031 [i.6].
economic operator: manufacturer, authorized representative, importer, distributor, fulfilment service provider, or any
legal person with legal responsibility concerning manufacture
NOTE: Adapted and modified from [i.16] and ETSI TS 103 881 [3].
environmental information: information related to environmental aspects, eco-design and circularity of ICT goods
NOTE 1: Environmental information, in general, is a much wider concept than what is defined here; however, for
the present document, the term "environmental information" is defined in the context of information to be
presented in the Digital Product Passport.
NOTE 2: This can be part of a sustainability claim in the context of UNECE B2B DPP [i.39] and Recommendation
No. 49 [i.38].
extended producer responsibility: policy principle to promote total life cycle environmental improvements of product
systems by extending the responsibility of the manufacturers of the product to various parts of the entire life cycle of the
product, and especially to the take-back, recycling and final disposal of the product
NOTE: Term adapted from Recommendation ITU-T L.1021 [i.4].
global digital sustainable product passport: subset of a digital product passport, global in regional scope, focused on
environmental sustainability aspects
NOTE: Term adapted from ETSI TS 103 881 [3].
ICT goods: tangible goods deriving from or making use of technologies devoted to or concerned with:
• the acquisition, storage, manipulation (including transformation), management, movement, control, display,
switching, interchange, transmission or reception of a diversity of data;
• the development and use of the hardware, software, and procedures associated with this delivery; and
• the representation, transfer, interpretation, and processing of data among persons, places, and machines, noting
that the meaning assigned to the data is preserved during these operations
NOTE 1: ETSI TS 103 199 [i.17] uses the word "equipment" instead.
NOTE 2: Term adapted from Recommendation ITU-T L.1410 [i.8] or the technically aligned ETSI
ES 203 199 [i.1].
ID tag: physical object which stores one or more identifiers and optionally application data such as name, title, price,
address, etc.
NOTE: Term adapted from Recommendation ITU-T Y.4108/Y.2213 [i.20].
identity: ability of indicating a person or thing's identity, authentication is the process of verifying that identity
NOTE: Term adapted from ETSI TS 103 881 [3].
individual product: product item
NOTE: Term adapted from ETSI TS 103 881 [3].
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information accessibility: ability to access and benefit from information to the widest range of actors and situations
NOTE: Term adapted from ETSI TS 103 881 [3].
information composability: ability to combine and assemble self-contained and stateless information components, as
with structured linked data
NOTE: Term adapted from ETSI TS 103 881 [3].
information confidentiality: set of rules or a promise to limits access or places restrictions on certain types of
information
NOTE: Term adapted from ETSI TS 103 881 [3].
information privacy: relationship between the collection and dissemination of data
NOTE: Term adapted from ETSI TS 103 881 [3].
information transparency: clarity about relevant details, needed for a decision or an assessment
NOTE: Term adapted from ETSI TS 103 881 [3].
information verifiability: ability to review, inspect, audit, test to establish, document, confirm the veracity of an
assertion
NOTE: Term adapted from ETSI TS 103 881 [3].
integrity: maintenance of, and the assurance of, data accuracy and consistency
NOTE: Term adapted from ETSI TS 103 881 [3].
intermediate product: product that requires further manufacturing or transformation such as mixing, coating or
assembling to make it suitable for end-users
NOTE: Term adapted from [i.14].
modular product: product that, in a container, includes module(s) (component product(s)) that can easily be replaced
or added
NOTE: Term adapted from ETSI TS 103 881 [3].
product: any physical good that is placed on the market or put into service
NOTE 1: ICT goods are ICT products.
NOTE 2: Term adapted from EC2022 [i.14].
product batch: subset of a specific model composed of all products produced in a specific manufacturing plant at a
specific moment in time
NOTE: Term adapted from [i.18].
product item: single unit of a model
NOTE: Term adapted from [i.18].
product model: version of a product of which all units share the same technical characteristics and the same model
identifier
NOTE: Term adapted from [i.18].
product operator: any actor that can transform and supply modified products and therefore can supply the information
a digital product passport conveys about them, as a result of manufacture or other operations
NOTE 1: These other operations could be: packaging, configuration, maintenance, repair, upgrade, refurbishment,
remanufacturing or recycling.
NOTE 2: Term adapted from ETSI TS 103 881 [3].
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refurbishment: industrial process which produces a product from used products without any changes influencing
safety, original performance, purpose or type of the product
NOTE 1: New and/or used parts can be used during refurbishment.
NOTE 2: The term is based on ETSI EN 303 808 [i.2] and Recommendation ITU-T L.1023 [i.5].
remanufacturing: industrial process which produces a product from used products or used parts where at least one
change is made which influences the safety, original performance, purpose or type of the product
NOTE 1: The product created by the remanufacturing process may be considered a new product when placing on
the market.
NOTE 2: The term is based on ETSI EN 303 808 [i.2] and Recommendation ITU-T L.1023 [i.5].
repair: process of returning a faulty product to a condition where it can fulfil its intended use
NOTE: Term adapted from Recommendation ITU-T L.1022 [2].
risk: combination of the probability of occurrence of harm and the severity of that harm limited to human health or
safety of persons, to property or to the environment
NOTE: Term adapted from [i.16].
supply chain due diligence: obligations of the economic operator which places a product on the market, in relation to
its management system, risk management, third party verifications by notified bodies and disclosure of information with
a view to identifying and addressing actual and potential risks linked to the sourcing, processing and trading of the raw
materials required for product manufacturing
NOTE: Term adapted from Recommendation ITU-T L.1061 [i.7].
sustainability claim: specific statement or assertion about a product, made with a structured data format, regarding its
sustainability, providing details about the metrics, thresholds, and evidence supporting the claim
NOTE: Term adapted from [i.40].
sustainable development: development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their needs
NOTE: Term adapted from [i.19].
tag-based identification: process of specifically identifying a physical or logical object from other physical or logical
objects by using identifiers stored on an ID tag
NOTE: Term adapted from [i.20].
traceability: ability to trace the history, application or location of that which is under consideration
NOTE: Term adapted from [i.21].
3.2 Symbols
Void.
3.3 Abbreviations
For the purposes of the present document, the following abbreviations apply:
B2B Business to Business
B2C Business to Consumer
CFP Carbon Footprint of Products
CLP Classification, Labelling and Packaging
DPP Digital Product Passport
ESG Environmental, Social and Governance
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ESPR Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation
ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute
EU European Union
e-waste Electrical and electronic waste
FAIR Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable
GDSPP Global Digital Sustainable Product Passport
ICT Information and Communication Technology
ID Identifier
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
ISO International Organization for Standardization
ITU International Telecommunication Union
JSON-LD JavaScript Object Notation for Linked Data
PBB PolyBrominated Biphenyls
PBDE PolyBrominatedDiphenyl Ethers
PCB Print Circuit Board
PCDS Product Circularity Data Sheet
REACH Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals
SoC Substances of Concern
UN United Nations
UNECE United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
UNTP United Nations Transparency Protocol
URI Uniform Resource Identifier ®
World-wide-web Consortium
W3C
WEEE Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment
4 Conventions
Generally, ETSI standards use the term "ICT goods" instead of "ICT products". However, considering the present
document is about the Digital Product Passport, both terms are used interchangeably. Hence, the term "products" should
be considered synonymous to the term "goods" in the present document.
References to the term sustainability or (verifiable) claim in the present document should be understood in terms of
environmental and circularity sustainability.
The appearance of requirement phrases or keywords in an annex or in material explicitly marked as informative is
interpreted as having no normative intent.
5 Related regional and global DPP standards and
regulation
5.0 General
The present document provides a basis or complement to other product-centric DPP-related standards and regulations.
The most relevant are introduced next.
5.1 Global digital sustainable product passport opportunities to
achieve a circular economy
ETSI TS 103 881 [3] provides an overview of global and common opportunities to represent environmental
sustainability details about digital technology products, ICT goods, as GDSPP. It defines and specifies the following
regarding DPPs:
• A DPP as a structured collection of product-related information, represented in digital format as digital data.
• A global scope.
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• Its applicability to convey and provide information in the raw material acquisition, production, use, and
end-of-life treatment lifecycle stages to product operators, buyers, and users, assess the sustainability impact,
and support market surveillance of ICT products.
• A criterion and a non-exhaustive list of product types to consider.
• The benefits of collecting and maintaining product information.
• The required principles and required generic properties of digital product information in DPPs.
• Criteria about the level of product's detail in terms of breadth, precision or granularity of identification.
• What constitutes a product and classes of products (verticals).
• Options to customize and change product information by the product operators involved as products evolve.
• The feasibility of implementing these opportunities and the DPP system architec
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-april-2025
Okoljski inženiring (EE) - Informacijski model za digitalne informacije o izdelkih na
področju trajnostnosti in krožnosti
Environmental Engineering (EE) - An information model for digital product information on
sustainability and circularity
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: ETSI ES 204 082 V1.1.1 (2025-01)
ICS:
35.020 Informacijska tehnika in Information technology (IT) in
tehnologija na splošno general
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

ETSI STANDARD
Environmental Engineering (EE);
An information model for digital product information on
sustainability and circularity

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Contents
Intellectual Property Rights . 5
Foreword . 5
Modal verbs terminology . 5
Executive summary . 5
Introduction . 6
1 Scope . 7
2 References . 7
2.1 Normative references . 7
2.2 Informative references . 7
3 Definition of terms, symbols and abbreviations . 11
3.1 Terms . 11
3.2 Symbols . 14
3.3 Abbreviations . 14
4 Conventions . 15
5 Related regional and global DPP standards and regulation . 15
5.0 General . 15
5.1 Global digital sustainable product passport opportunities to achieve a circular economy . 15
5.2 European digital product passport . 16
5.3 United Nations Transparency Protocol - B2B Digital Product Passport . 17
5.4 Other related standards . 17
5.5 Alignment and complementarity . 18
6 Overview of information requirements from pre-existing environmental standards . 18
6.0 General . 18
6.1 Quality properties of data and information . 19
6.2 Product granularity and circularity information requirements. 19
6.2.0 General . 19
6.2.1 Granularity requirement . 19
6.2.2 Precision of information details requirement . 20
6.2.3 Product information requirement . 20
6.2.4 Environmental information requirement . 20
6.3 DPP legislative requirements . 20
7 From requirements to an information model . 21
7.0 General . 21
7.1 Description of environmental information about a product . 21
7.2 Metric . 22
7.3 Evidence . 22
7.4 Environmental information template about a standard . 22
8 Digital information and product alignment to standards . 23
8.1 Mapping of specifications to information and data: template about a standard . 23
8.2 Mapping of products to information and data: description about a product . 24
8.3 What digital sustainable product passport information enables . 26
9 Guidance for implementation . 26
Annex A (informative): Example application exercise of an information template for a
standard . 28
Annex B (informative): Relationship to Recommendation ITU-T L.1102 . 32
Annex C (informative): Related work on vocabularies and ontologies about environmental
sustainability . 34
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Annex D (informative): The legal context and requirements for DPP in the EU . 36
History . 37

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Foreword
This ETSI Standard (ES) has been produced by ETSI Technical Committee Environmental Engineering (EE).
Modal verbs terminology
In the present document "shall", "shall not", "should", "should not", "may", "need not", "will", "will not", "can" and
"cannot" are to be interpreted as described in clause 3.2 of the ETSI Drafting Rules (Verbal forms for the expression of
provisions).
"must" and "must not" are NOT allowed in ETSI deliverables except when used in direct citation.
Executive summary
The present document relates to, builds on, and complements Recommendation ITU-T L.1070 [i.43] and ETSI
TS 103 881 [3] standards, which define opportunities for a global digital sustainable product passport to achieve a
circular economy.
The present document defines an information model to describe environmental sustainability and circularity information
details about ICT goods (products) in a digital form to be part of a digital product passport as environmental
information that can be compared with information requirements in relevant environmental sustainability and circularity
standards, specifically ETSI standards and Recommendations ITU-T. The information details can represent products at
any time of their circular lifespan: design, manufacturing, use, hardware changes, and final recycling as e-waste.
Several product-related standards can be expressed as a list of environmental information templates. The comparison of
product information to standards' information templates allows for alignment verification of products to the
requirements of different standards when relevant.
The aim is to complement and contribute to regional (European digital product passport) and global (UNECE B2B
digital product passport) standards.
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Introduction
The present document complements other standards (ITU-T Recommendations and ETSI standards) that rely on
product information in the context of the digital product passport to express environmental sustainability and circularity
information about ICT products and to facilitate alignment verification of ICT products to other standards. For that, the
present document presents:
• Related regional and global standards and Recommendations about the digital product passport are described
in clause 5.
• An overview of information requirements raised from existing environmental standards in clause 6.
• A mapping of the requirements to an information model that supports expressing environmental information
about a product and environmental information templates about a standard in clause 7.
• A mapping of environmental information to digital data or represented as a table for digitalized conformance
statements and checking the alignment to ICT standards in clause 7.4.
• A feasibility analysis of implementing these information items in a global DPP system in clause 9.
The present document provides a basis for expressing circularity and environmental sustainability information about
products and standards for DPPs.
The present document was developed jointly by ETSI TC EE and ITU-T Study Group 5. It is published respectively by
ITU and ETSI as Recommendation ITU-T L.1071 [i.44] and ETSI ES 204 082 (the present document), which are
technically equivalent.
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1 Scope
The present document provides a structure for collecting information items organized to represent circularity and
environmental sustainability information about ICT products and product-related standards. This will facilitate
alignment verification of ICT products to standards to various actors during the product lifespan up to final recycling.
2 References
2.1 Normative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
Referenced documents which are not found to be publicly available in the expected location might be found in the
ETSI docbox.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication, ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
The following referenced documents are necessary for the application of the present document.
[1] Recommendation ITU-T L.361: "ID tag requirements for infrastructure and network elements
management".
NOTE: Former Recommendation ITU-T L.64 renumbered as Recommendation ITU-T L.361 on 2016-02-15
without further modification and without being republished.
[2] Recommendation ITU-T L.1022: "Circular economy: Definitions and concepts for material
efficiency for information and communication technology".
[3] ETSI TS 103 881: "Environmental Engineering (EE); Global digital sustainable product passport
opportunities to achieve a circular economy".
[4] Recommendation ITU-T L.1100: "Procedure for recycling rare metals in information and
communication technology goods".
[5] Recommendation ITU-T L.1102: "Use of printed labels for communicating information on rare
metals in information and communication technology goods".
2.2 Informative references
References are either specific (identified by date of publication and/or edition number or version number) or
non-specific. For specific references, only the cited version applies. For non-specific references, the latest version of the
referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
NOTE: While any hyperlinks included in this clause were valid at the time of publication, ETSI cannot guarantee
their long term validity.
The following referenced documents are not necessary for the application of the present document but they assist the
user with regard to a particular subject area.
[i.1] ETSI ES 203 199: "Environmental Engineering (EE); Methodology for environmental Life Cycle
Assessment (LCA) of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) goods, networks and
services".
[i.2] ETSI EN 303 808: "Environmental Engineering (EE); Applicability of EN 45552 to EN 45559
methods for assessment of material efficiency aspects of ICT network infrastructure goods in the
context of circular economy".
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[i.3] Recommendation ITU-T L.1010: "Green battery solutions for mobile phones and other hand-held
information and communication technology devices".
[i.4] Recommendation ITU-T L.1021: "Extended producer responsibility - Guidelines for sustainable
e-waste management".
[i.5] Recommendation ITU-T L.1023: "Assessment method for circular scoring".
[i.6] Recommendation ITU-T L.1031: "Guideline on implementing the e-waste reduction target of the
Connect 2020 Agenda".
[i.7] Recommendation ITU-T L.1061: "Circular public procurement of information and communication
technologies".
[i.8] Recommendation ITU-T L.1410: "Methodology for environmental life cycle assessments of
information and communication technology goods, networks and services".
[i.9] Recommendation ITU-T L.1604 (2022): "Development framework for bioeconomy in cities and
communities".
[i.10] Recommendation ITU-T L.1020 (2018): "Circular economy: Guide for operators and suppliers on
approaches to migrate towards circular ICT goods and networks".
[i.11] Ellen McArthur Foundation: "What is the circular economy?".
[i.12] Recommendation ITU-T X.1400 (2020): "Terms and definitions for distributed ledger
technology".
[i.13] Recommendation ITU-T Q.5050 (2019): "Framework for solutions to combat counterfeit ICT
devices".
[i.14] European Commission (2022): "Proposal for Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation".
[i.15] OECD (2019): "Going Digital: Shaping Policies, Improving Lives". Paris: OECD Publishing.
168 pp.
[i.16] COM/2020/798 (2020): "Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council
concerning batteries and waste batteries, repealing Directive 2006/66/EC and amending
Regulation (EU) No 2019/1020".
[i.17] ETSI TS 103 199 (2011): "Environmental Engineering (EE); Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of
ICT equipment, networks and services; General methodology and common requirements".
[i.18] European Commission (2024): "Commission implementing decision on a standardisation request
to the European Committee for Standardisation, the European Committee for Electrotechnical
Standardisation, and the European Telecommunications Standards Institute as regards digital
product passports in support of Union policy on ecodesign requirements for sustainable products
and on batteries and waste batteries".
[i.19] UN: Secretary-General; World Commission on Environment and Development (1987): "Report of
the World Commission on Environment and Development: Our common future", New York, NY:
United Nations. 374 pp.
[i.20] Recommendation ITU-T Y.4108/Y.2213 (2008): "NGN service requirements and capabilities for
network aspects of applications and services using tag-based identification".
NOTE: Former Recommendation ITU-T Y.2213 renumbered as Recommendation ITU-T Y.4108 on 2016-02-05
without further modification and without being republished.
[i.21] ISO 9000:2015: "Quality management systems - Fundamentals and vocabulary".
[i.22] V. Rizos, P. Urban (2024): "Implementing the EU digital battery passport: Opportunities and
challenges for battery circularity".
[i.23] Carolynn Bernier, Fatme Danash (2024): "D5.1: DPP Prototypes".
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[i.24] E. Wagner et al. (2023): "D2.1: Mapping of legal and voluntary requirements and screening of
emerging DPP-related pilots".
[i.25] CEN (2024) Technical Bodies, CEN/CLC/JTC 24: "Digital Product Passport - Framework and
System".
[i.26] Dykstra, C. A. (1939): "The quest for responsibility", Am. Political Sci. Rev. 33(1), pp. 1-25.
doi:10.2307/1949761.
[i.27] Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024
establishing a framework for setting eco-design requirements for sustainable products and
repealing Directive 2009/125/EC (COM(2022)0142 - C9-0132/2022 - 2022/0095(COD)).
[i.28] ETSI GR CIM 017 (V1.1.1) (12-2022): "Context Information Management (CIM); Feasibility of
NGSI-LD for Digital Twins".
[i.29] ETSI (2020): "A Guide to Writing World Class Standards".
[i.30] International Electrotechnical Commission (2023), IEC 62683 - IEC/TC 121: "Tests - Common
Data Dictionary (CDD - V2.0018.0001)".
[i.31] ISO/IEC 8859-1:2003: "Information technology - 8-bit single-byte coded graphic character
sets - Part 1: Latin alphabet No. 1".
[i.32] Telecommunication standardization sector of ITU (09/2020): "ITU-T Editing Guidelines".
[i.33] Luxembourg government (2021): "The Product circularity Data Sheet decoded".
[i.34] A. Kurteva (2023): "The RePlanIT ontology for Digital Product Passports of ICT".
[i.35] Schedler, A. (1999): "Conceptualizing accountability", In: Schedler, A., Diamond, L., Plattner,
M.F., editors. The self-restraining state: Power and accountability in new democracies, pp. 13-28.
Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers.
[i.36] M. Sporny, L. Rosenthol (2021): "Cryptographic Hyperlinks".
[i.37] United Nations (2022): "'Zero tolerance for greenwashing', Guterres says at report launch".
[i.38] UNECE Recommendation No. 49 (2024): "Transparency at Scale (final draft)".
[i.39] UNECE (2024): "Digital Product Passport", version: 0.4.0.
[i.40] UNECE (2024): "DigitalProductPassport", version: working, Data Model of
unece/DigitalProductPassport.
[i.41] Recommendation ITU-T L.1015: "Criteria for evaluation of the environmental impact of mobile
phones".
[i.42] Recommendation ITU-T L.1470: "Greenhouse gas emissions trajectories for the ICT sector
compatible with the UNFCCC Paris Agreement".
[i.43] Recommendation ITU-T L.1070: "Global digital sustainable product passport opportunities to
achieve a circular economy".
[i.44] Recommendation ITU-T L.1071: "An information model for digital product information on
sustainability and circularity".
[i.45] ISO/FDIS 59040: "Circular economy - Product circularity data sheet". .
[i.46] ISO 59010:2024: "Circular economy - Guidelines for the Transition of Business Models and Value
Networks".
[i.47] ISO 59004:2024: "Circular economy - Vocabulary, principles and guidance for implementation".
[i.48] ISO 59020:2024: "Circular economy - Measuring and assessing circularity performance".
[i.49] IEC/FDIS 82474-1: "Material declarationPart 1: General requirements".
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[i.50] Recommendation ITU-T L.1101: "Measurement methods to characterize rare metals in
information and communication technology goods".
[i.51] Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December
2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals
(REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and
repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as
well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC,
93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC (consolidated version 6/6/2024).
[i.52] Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December
2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and
repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006.
[i.53] Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2017 setting a
framework for energy labelling and repealing Directive 2010/30/EU.
[i.54] Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011 on the
restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (recast
1/8/2024).
[i.55] Directive 2012/19/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on waste
electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) (recast 8/4/2024).
[i.56] Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2023
concerning batteries and waste batteries, amending Directive 2008/98/EC and Regulation (EU)
2019/1020 and repealing Directive 2006/66/EC.
[i.57] Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009
establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-related products
(recast).
[i.58] EN 45550:2020: "Definitions related to material efficiency", (produced by CEN).
[i.59] EN 45552:2020: "General method for the assessment of the durability of energy-related products",
(produced by CEN).
[i.60] EN 45553:2020: "General method for the assessment of the ability to remanufacture
energy-related products", (produced by CEN).
[i.61] EN 45554:2020: "General methods for the assessment of the ability to repair, reuse and upgrade
energy-related products", (produced by CEN).
[i.62] EN 45555:2019: "General methods for assessing the recyclability and recoverability of
energy-related products", (produced by CEN).
[i.63] EN 45556:2019: "General method for assessing the proportion of reused components in
energy-related products", (produced by CEN).
[i.64] EN 45557:2020: "General method for assessing the proportion of recycled material content in
energy-related products", (produced by CEN).
[i.65] EN 45558:2019: "General method to declare the use of critical raw materials in energy-related
products", (produced by CEN).
[i.66] EN 45559:2019: "Methods for providing information relating to material efficiency aspects of
energy-related products", (produced by CEN).
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3 Definition of terms, symbols and abbreviations
3.1 Terms
For the purposes of the present document, the following terms apply:
accountability: equivalent to answerability, liability, and the expectation of account-giving, with the obligation to
inform about (past or future) actions and decisions to justify them
NOTE: Term adapted from [i.26] and [i.35] and ETSI TS 103 881 [3].
authenticity: ability of proving an assertion, such as the identity of a computer system user
NOTE: Term adapted from ETSI TS 103 881 [3].
centralization: data, function, process, system where a single entity, or a small group, has exclusive control or
responsibility
NOTE: Term adapted from ETSI TS 103 881 [3].
circular economy: economy closing the loop between different life cycles through design and corporate
actions/practices that enable activities like reuse, refurbishment, remanufacture and recycling in order to use raw
materials, goods and waste in a sustainable and efficient way
NOTE 1: The circular economy concept distinguishes between technical and biological cycles, the circular
economy is a continuous, positive development cycle. It preserves and enhances natural capital, optimizes
resource yields, and minimizes system risks by managing finite stocks and renewable flows, while
reducing waste streams.
NOTE 2: Term adapted from Recommendations ITU-T L.1022 [2], ITU-T L.1020 [i.10] and L.1604 [i.9].
circularity: designing out waste and pollution, keeping products and materials in use, and regenerating natural systems
NOTE: The term is based on EMF2021[i.11].
collective product: product batch or product model with common characteristics for multiple product items
NOTE: Term adapted from ETSI TS 103 881 [3].
compliance: adherence to specified requirements
NOTE: Term adapted from Recommendation ITU-T X.1400 [i.12].
component: hardware constituent of a product that cannot be taken apart without destruction or impairment of its
intended use
NOTE 1: A populated printed circuit board may be considered a component and/or a part from the perspective of
the present document.
NOTE 2: Term adapted from ETSI EN 303 808 [i.2].
conformity assessment: demonstration that specified requirements relating to a product, process, system, person or
body are fulfilled
NOTE: Term adapted from Recommendation ITU-T Q.5050 [i.13].
decentralization: data, function, process, system that is not centralized, controlled by a single or few entities
NOTE: Term adapted from ETSI TS 103 881 [3].
digital product passport: structured collection of product-specific data conveyed through a unique identifier
NOTE 1: Term based on European Commission document [i.14].
NOTE 2: Term adapted from ETSI TS 103 881 [3].
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digitalization: use of digital technologies and data as well as interconnection that results in new or changes to existing
activities
NOTE: Term adapted from [i.15].
e-waste: electrical or electronic equipment that is waste, including all components, sub-assemblies and consumables
that are part of the equipment at the time the equipment becomes waste
NOTE 1: The terms e-waste and Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) are used interchangeably.
NOTE 2: Term adapted from Recommendation ITU-T L.1031 [i.6].
economic operator: manufacturer, authorized representative, importer, distributor, fulfilment service provider, or any
legal person with legal responsibility concerning manufacture
NOTE: Adapted and modified from [i.16] and ETSI TS 103 881 [3].
environmental information: information related to environmental aspects, eco-design and circularity of ICT goods
NOTE 1: Environmental information, in general, is a much wider concept than what is defined here; however, for
the present document, the term "environmental information" is defined in the context of information to be
presented in the Digital Product Passport.
NOTE 2: This can be part of a sustainability claim in the context of UNECE B2B DPP [i.39] and Recommendation
No. 49 [i.38].
extended producer responsibility: policy principle to promote total life cycle environmental improvements of product
systems by extending the responsibility of the manufacturers of the product to various parts of the entire life cycle of the
product, and especially to the take-back, recycling and final disposal of the product
NOTE: Term adapted from Recommendation ITU-T L.1021 [i.4].
global digital sustainable product passport: subset of a digital product passport, global in regional scope, focused on
environmental sustainability aspects
NOTE: Term adapted from ETSI TS 103 881 [3].
ICT goods: tangible goods deriving from or making use of technologies devoted to or concerned with:
• the acquisition, storage, manipulation (including transformation), management, movement, control, display,
switching, interchange, transmission or reception of a diversity of data;
• the development and use of the hardware, software, and procedures associated with this delivery; and
• the representation, transfer, interpretation, and processing of data among persons, places, and machines, noting
that the meaning assigned to the data is preserved during these operations
NOTE 1: ETSI TS 103 199 [i.17] uses the word "equipment" instead.
NOTE 2: Term adapted from Recommendation ITU-T L.1410 [i.8] or the technically aligned ETSI
ES 203 199 [i.1].
ID tag: physical object which stores one or more identifiers and optionally application data such as name, title, price,
address, etc.
NOTE: Term adapted from Recommendation ITU-T Y.4108/Y.2213 [i.20].
identity: ability of indicating a person or thing's identity, authentication is the process of verifying that identity
NOTE: Term adapted from ETSI TS 103 881 [3].
individual product: product item
NOTE: Term adapted from ETSI TS 103 881 [3].
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information accessibility: ability to access and benefit from information to the widest range of actors and situations
NOTE: Term adapted from ETSI TS 103 881 [3].
information composability: ability to combine and assemble self-contained and stateless information components, as
with structured linked data
NOTE: Term adapted from ETSI TS 103 881 [3].
information confidentiality: set of rules or a promise to limits access or places restrictions on certain types of
information
NOTE: Term adapted from ETSI TS 103 881 [3].
information privacy: relationship between the collection and dissemination of data
NOTE: Term adapted from ETSI TS 103 881 [3].
information transparency: clarity about relevant details, needed for a decision or an assessment
NOTE: Term adapted from ETSI TS 103 881 [3].
information verifiability: ability to review, inspect, audit, test to establish, document, confirm the veracity of an
assertion
NOTE: Term adapted from ETSI TS 103 881 [3].
integrity: maintenance of, and the assurance of, data accuracy and consistency
NOTE: Term adapted from ETSI TS 103 881 [3].
intermediate product: product that requires further manufacturing or transformation such as mixing, coating or
assembling to make it suitable for end-users
NOTE: Term adapted from [i.14].
modular product: product that, in a container, includes module(s) (component product(s)) that can easily be replaced
or added
NOTE: Term adapted from ETSI TS 103 881 [3].
product: any physical good that is placed on the market or put into service
NOTE 1: ICT goods are ICT products.
NOTE 2: Term adapted from EC2022 [i.14].
product batch: subset of a specific model composed of all products produced in a specific manufacturing plant at a
specific moment in time
NOTE: Term adapted from [i.18].
product item: single unit of a model
NOTE: Term adapted from [i.18].
product model: version of a product of which all units share the same technical characteristics and the same model
identifier
NOTE: Term adapted from [i.18].
product operator: any actor that can transform and supply modified products and therefore can supply the information
a digital product passport conveys about them, as a result of manufacture or other operations
NOTE 1: These other operations could be: packaging, configuration, maintenance, repair, upgrade, refurbishment,
remanufacturing or recycling.
NOTE 2: Term adapted from ETSI TS 103 881 [3].
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refurbishment: industrial process which produces a product from used products without any changes influencing
safety, original performance, purpose or type of the product
NOTE 1: New and/or used parts can be used during refurbishment.
NOTE 2: The term is based on ETSI EN 303 808 [i.2] and Recommendation ITU-T L.1023 [i.5].
remanufacturing: industrial process which produces a product from used products or used parts where at least one
change is made which influences the safety, original performance, purpose or type of the product
NOTE 1: The product created by the remanufacturing process may be considered a new product when placing on
the market.
NOTE 2: The term is based on ETSI EN 303 808 [i.2] and Recommendation ITU-T L.1023 [i.5].
repair: process of returning a faulty product to a condition where it can fulfil its intended use
NOTE: Term adapted from Recommendation ITU-T L.1022 [2].
risk: combination of the probability of occurrence of harm and the severity of that harm limited to human health or
safety of persons, to property or to the environment
NOTE: Term adapted from [i.16].
supply chain due diligence: obligations of the economic operator which places a product on the market, in relation to
its management system, risk management, third party verifications by notified bodies and disclosure of information with
a view to identifying and addressing actual and potential risks linked to the sourcing, processing and trading of the raw
materials required for product manufacturing
NOTE: Term adapted from Recommendation ITU-T L.1061 [i.7].
sustainability claim: specific statement or assertion about a product, made with a structured data format, regarding its
sustainability, providing details about the metrics, thresholds, and evidence supporting the claim
NOTE: Term adapted from [i.40].
sustainable development: development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their needs
NOTE: Term adapted from [i.19].
tag-based identification: process of specifically identifying a physical or logical object from other physical or logical
objects by using identifiers stored on an ID tag
NOTE: Term adapted from [i.20].
traceability: ability to trace the history, application or location of that which is under consideration
NOTE: Term adapted from [i.21].
3.2 Symbols
Void.
3.3 Abbreviations
For the purposes of the present document, the following abbreviations apply:
B2B Business to Business
B2C Business to Consumer
CFP Carbon Footprint of Products
CLP Classification, Labelling and Packaging
DPP Digital Product Passport
ESG Environmental, Social and Governance
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ESPR Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation
ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute
EU European Union
e-waste Electrical and electronic waste
FAIR Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable
GDSPP Global Digital Sustainable Product Passport
ICT Information and Communication Technology
ID Identifier
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
ISO International Organization for Standardization
ITU International Telecommunication Union
JSON-LD JavaScript Object Notation for Linked Data
PBB PolyBrominated Biphenyls
PBDE PolyBrominatedDiphenyl Ethers
PCB Print Circuit Board
PCDS Product Circularity Data Sheet
REACH Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals
SoC Substances of Concern
UN United Nations
UNECE United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
UNTP United Nations Transparency Protocol
URI Uniform Resource Identifier ®
World-wide-web Consortium
W3C
WEEE Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment
4 Conventions
Generally, ETSI standards use the term "ICT goods" instead of "ICT products". However, considering the present
document is about the Digital Product Passport, both terms are used interchangeably. Hence, the term "products" should
be considered synonymous to the term "goods" in the present document.
References to the term sustainability or (verifiable) claim in the present document should be understood in terms of
environmental and circularity sustainability.
The appearance of requirement phrases or keywords in an annex or in material explicitly marked as informative is
interpreted as having no normative intent.
5 Related regional and global DPP standards and
regulation
5.0 General
The present document provides a basis or complement to other product-centric DPP-related standards and regulations.
The most relevant are introduced next.
5.1 Global digital sustainable product passport opportunities to
achieve a circular economy
ETSI TS 103 881 [3] provides an overview of global and common opportunities to represent environmental
sustainability details about digital technology products, ICT goods, as GDSPP. It defines and specifies the following
regarding DPPs:
• A DPP as a structured collection of product-related information, represented in digital format as digital data.
• A global scope.
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• Its applicability to convey and provide information in the raw material acquisition, production, use, and
end-of-life treatment lifecycle stages to product operators, buyers, and users, assess the sustainability impact,
and support market surveillance of ICT products.
• A criterion and a non-exhaustive list of product types to consider.
• The benefits of collecting and maintaining product information.
• The required principles and required generic properties of digital product information in DPPs.
• Criteria about the level of product's detail in terms of breadth, precision or granularity of identification.
• What constitutes a product and classes of products (verticals).
• Options to customize and change product information by the product operators involved as products evolve.
• The feasibility of implementing these opportunities and the DPP system
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