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Topics — the product passport for tyres

What is your situation?

Choose the situation that matches your business. Each topic answers one question, with the location in the regulation included.

Getting started

• Does the digital product passport apply to my tyres?
• What is a digital product passport for tyres?
• When does the product passport become mandatory for tyres?
• What is a delegated act and why does it determine what I must do?
• Which tyre sector products fall under the ESPR?
• What does the ESPR change for the tyre sector?
• Does the digital product passport also apply to small businesses?
• Does the digital product passport also apply to retreaded tyres and tread renewal?
• Who creates the digital product passport for tyres fitted to a new vehicle?
• do I also need to create a product passport for test tyres or samples that I do not sell
• is a product passport required if I sell second-hand tyres

What's in the digital product passport

• What data goes into the digital product passport for tyres?
• Who is allowed to view which data from the digital product passport?
• Must I disclose business-sensitive data about my tyres?
• How often must I update the data in the digital product passport?
• According to which method must I measure the values for the digital product passport?
• How does the tyre label relate to the digital product passport?
• How do I determine the rolling resistance class of a tyre?
• How is grip on wet road surface established?
• How do I record the rolling noise of a tyre?
• What data on rubber composition must I record?
• How do I demonstrate the share of recycled rubber?
• must I enter different data in the passport for winter tyres than for summer tyres
• can I adjust data after the product passport has already been published
• in which language must the product passport data be for sales in other countries
• may I simply enter the technical data from the manufacturer's catalogue into the passport
• which environmental data must be in the passport that are not on the tyre label
• must I keep track of repairs or maintenance of a tyre in the product passport

Getting started practically

• How do I approach the digital product passport for tyres step by step?
• What does a digital product passport for tyres cost?
• What can I already do while the rules are not yet final?
• What does a supervisory authority ask for during a tyre inspection?
• May I still destroy unsold tyre stock?
• What do I do with tyre stock already in place when the rules come into effect?
• What benefit does the tyre digital product passport have for me as a fleet manager?
• what should I pay attention to when choosing a platform for the product passport
• can multiple locations of my company manage the same product passport
• does the product passport help with a recall of tyres and how does it work
• must I keep a copy myself of the data contained in the product passport
• can my customers check the product passport data before they buy

Data from the supply chain

• My supplier does not provide the data — what can I do?
• What data must I request from my tyre supplier?
• How do I document the provision of digital product passport data in my purchasing contract?
• How do I check whether my supplier's data is correct?
• What does the digital product passport mean if I import tyres from outside the EU?
• I have tyres manufactured in multiple factories how do I combine that in one product passport

Who must do what

• Who is responsible for the digital product passport for tyres?
• Am I an importer or manufacturer according to the ESPR?
• What obligations does a distributor or dealer of tyres have?
• I sell tyres under my own brand — what obligations do I incur?
• My manufacturer is located outside the EU — who arranges the product passport then?
• What does the product passport mean if I sell tyres through an online marketplace?
• What happens if I don't have a product passport for my tyres?
• who is liable if there is an error in the product passport data
• must I show the product passport at customs when I import tyres
• are there different rules for the product passport in other EU countries
• what happens to existing product passports if my company is taken over

From data to product

• How does the QR code for the product passport get onto my tyres?
• What is GS1 Digital Link and do I need it for the product passport?
• How do I assign a unique identification code to each product?
• What is the registry of digital product passports and what do I need to enter in it?
• Can I link the product passport to my ERP or inventory system?
• How long must a product passport remain available?
• What happens to the product passport if my company closes?
• My product requires multiple product passports — how does that work together?
• How does the tyre size relate to the unique identification code?
• what should I do if the QR code on the tyre is illegible or damaged
• can I use the same data for multiple tyre sizes of the same model