What is changing this year in the designation of supervisory authorities for the tyre passport?
For most tyre importers, wholesalers and fleet managers, little will change concretely this year in terms of who exactly will oversee the tyre passport. The underlying regulation, the ESPR, must first be supplemented via a separate delegated act for tyres. According to the European Commission's work plan for 2025-2030, that act is expected in 2027. Only then will it be established which supervisory authority in the Netherlands, and which supervisory authorities in other EU Member States, are responsible for monitoring the tyre passport, and how they will cooperate with each other.
What is changing this year, however, is the preparation for it. At EU level, work is underway on the structure within which market surveillance will take place, and Member States are preparing for their future role. For a company that is already selling or purchasing tyres today, this means above all that there is not yet a definitive point of contact to refer to, but there is a direction in which it is developing.
How market surveillance currently works, separate from the tyre passport
Market surveillance on tyres already exists, separate from the digital passport. Authorities check, for example, whether the existing tyre label is correct and whether products comply with product safety rules that have been in place for years. That existing structure does not disappear; the ESPR and the tyre passport come on top of it, as an additional layer with its own information requirements. This distinction is still unclear to many companies, and precisely for this reason it is good to knowledge base organised by subject check which rule comes from where.
What the ESPR adds to that structure
The ESPR expects supervisory authorities to not only inspect the physical product, but also the data behind the QR code: is the information correct, is it up to date, and is it available for ten years as the regulation requires. Because tyres are often traded across borders, it makes sense that supervisory authorities in different Member States should be able to cooperate with each other and access data, even if a company is not established in their own country. Exactly how that cooperation will look is not yet settled and will be further defined in the coming years.
For those to whom this is already relevant
This development primarily affects companies that sell in multiple EU countries, as they may face supervision from more than one Member State. For a company that operates exclusively within the Netherlands, the impact this year is more limited, although it remains advisable to follow the development before contracts with suppliers or software interfaces are finalized. A good time to check where your own situation stands is via a short scan that maps out your situation in a few questions.
What is not yet fixed
It is not currently known which authority in the Netherlands will ultimately be designated as the supervisory authority for the tyre passport, nor what powers and sanctions will be associated with it. It is also unclear how strict or how quickly supervision will be conducted once the delegated act is in place. Anyone seeking certainty on this for their own situation would be well advised to follow the official text on EUR-Lex or contact a lawyer or the competent supervisory authority once it is known.
What you can do now
Even without a final designation of a supervisory authority, it is worthwhile to already have insight into where the data for your tyre passport comes from and how it is recorded. On the page on data sources is how tyrepas.eu collects that information from the manufacturer or importer and keeps it available for ten years. Questions that come up frequently from companies preparing for this have been compiled on the page with answers to frequently asked questions.
Would you like to know where your business currently stands in relation to the tyre passport, and what is and is not relevant for you? Take the free quick-scan or read on in the knowledge base; both give you a sense of direction within a few minutes, without needing an account straight away.