EPREL, the Energy Label and the DPP

EPREL, the European Product Registry for Energy Labelling, is the product registry the European Commission operates under the Energy Labelling Regulation (EU) 2017/1369. A supplier placing an energy-labelled product on the EU market registers it in EPREL before placing it on the market; the QR code on the label leads to the product's public EPREL page.

Since 19 July 2026 the Commission runs a second registry: the EU DPP Registry established by ESPR Article 13. Makers of appliances, tyres, lighting and smartphones will deal with both in the coming years. This article explains where the two systems differ and how they will work together.

What EPREL holds

EPREL has three parts. The public part shows the product information sheet, the label and the model identifier; this is where a consumer lands after scanning the QR. The compliance part holds the technical documentation and is open only to market surveillance authorities. The supplier portal is the corporate area where registrations are managed.

The scope is every product group that carries an energy label: household appliances, displays, light sources, tyres and, since June 2025, smartphones and tablets. DPP for home appliances explains the label-versus-passport split for appliances, the EU tyre label covers the tyre label's EPREL registration, and smartphone and tablet ecodesign covers the 2025 phone rules.

Comparison

The decisive difference is in the third row. EPREL hosts the data itself; the DPP Registry only records which identifier points to a passport hosted where. The reasons for that architecture are in what is the EU DPP Registry, the process in registering in the DPP Registry, and how customs will check the registry ID in DPP checks at customs.

How the two systems will work together

ESPR does not take energy-labelled products out of the labelling regime; they keep their EPREL registration and gain a passport when the relevant delegated act applies. The regulation aims for the two systems to interoperate and for the same information not to be requested twice.

The practical question is whether the product will carry two QR codes. The QR on the energy label is generated by EPREL and must lead to the EPREL page. The passport QR on the product body, on the other hand, can carry several link types through GS1 Digital Link: one to the passport, one to the EPREL page, one to the user manual. That reaches both systems from one carrier without touching the label rule. See GS1 Digital Link and QR codes for the structure and what a resolver service is for the redirection.

Making EPREL the master model record

Your EPREL registration already contains the model identifier, the supplier identity, every parameter of the product information sheet, the energy class and the dimensions. That is a ready-made core for the passport's model layer.

The recommended approach:

1. Map the EPREL model identifier one-to-one onto the passport's model identity.
2. Import the product information sheet parameters into the passport's performance fields; do not re-key them.
3. Add the passport's material, substance and circularity fields on top of that core.
4. Where batch or item level is required, bind the serial number to the model record.
5. When the EPREL record is updated, open a new passport version; the two systems must not drift apart.

For the model, batch and item decision see choosing granularity; for the whole registration process, the EU DPP Registry guide.

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