Your EU buyer is about to require something new. We already built it.
Europe now requires proof of what's in every garment sold there — where it's made, what it's made of, whether it meets their rules. Buyers like H&M, Zara, and Decathlon have to show this, so they will ask their factories for it. Traceable's passport platform is already live in production — this page shows exactly what the textile version looks like, in plain language.
Operated by the team behind traceable.digital — check the link in the footer any time.
It's not your buyer being difficult. It's a rule they have to follow.
Here's the chain, in three plain steps — no legal background needed.
Europe made a new rule
Products sold in the EU — including clothing and textiles — now need a simple digital record of what they're made of and where.
Your buyer must follow it
The brands you export to (H&M, Zara, Decathlon, and others like them) are legally on the hook for this, not you directly — yet.
They'll ask their factories
To meet the rule, buyers need this data from every factory in their supply chain. Many are already starting to ask.
Some factories will be ready first
When a buyer asks and one supplier already has this, it's an easy comparison against one that doesn't. This isn't only about your buyer — it's about which factory they'd rather keep ordering from.
Want the official paper trail? (for your compliance team, not required reading)
This isn't a guess about the future — the European Commission has already published exactly what this record needs to contain: ESPR entered into force in July 2024, naming textiles as an early priority category. The EU's Joint Research Centre ran a public consultation through March 2026, then published the full technical specification in May 2026. The exact date it becomes mandatory hasn't been announced yet — we won't pretend otherwise — but the requirements themselves are already settled.
See it for yourself — a real product page, built for a real garment.
It's labeled "specimen" because it uses sample data for a demonstration — the page itself, the QR code, and the layout are exactly what a real product gets.
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Nothing hidden behind a loginClick through and it's the same page a customs officer or your buyer would see — no account needed to view it.
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Every category the EU actually requiresNot a simplified summary — the same four categories from the real JRC specification, shown on the right.
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Scannable, not just readableThe live page carries a working QR code — this is what gets printed on a label, not just a webpage for browsing.
This example runs on a pre-production environment (staging.traceable.digital), self-labeled as synthetic demonstration data — no real garment or customer is behind it. Every other link on this page goes directly to traceable.digital's own live pages.
Four steps. You don't need to be ready before we start.
No new software to learn on your end. No need to arrive with a perfect spreadsheet.
Send what you already have
Old certificates, supplier invoices, a WhatsApp message with photos — whatever exists today. Incomplete is fine. Nothing needs to be organized first.
Your suppliers get onboarded directly
If some of your fabric, dyeing, or printing is done by outside units, they're brought onto a supplier portal that collects the required information straight from them — not something you chase down and re-enter yourself. This is usually the hardest part for most factories, and it's built to happen without your team manually collecting it.
We build the page
A simple web page and QR code get created for your product — ready to print onto a swing tag, care label, or packaging, whichever fits how you already work. APIs connect this directly to your existing label printers, and bulk CSV import handles this across many styles at once, not one at a time. This usually happens once your bulk fabric and materials are confirmed, not at the sampling stage.
Your buyer scans it
They point their phone at the code and see everything they need. No account for them to create, no software for you to maintain.
Most factories put a merchandiser or compliance coordinator in charge of step 1 — whoever already handles buyer documentation is usually the right person, not a new hire.
This isn't priced like European software.
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Built and priced in IndiaFor Indian exporter margins — not what a European company would pay for compliance software.
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A simple, ongoing relationshipSend information when you have a new product, we build the page. No subscription to manage, no dashboard to log into.
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Start with one productSee the real cost and the real result on a single item before deciding whether to do more.
Pricing is volume-based — it scales with the number of passports (products or SKUs) you generate, not a flat licence fee. A single style costs less than a full catalogue, and you'll have a real figure within one call.
"We built this for factories, not compliance departments. Send what you already have — that's the starting point, not a requirement to meet first."
The questions people actually ask us
Straight answers, in plain language — including the ones we don't have a perfect answer for yet.
My buyer hasn't asked me for this yet. Why should I do anything now?
The EU has already published exactly what this record needs to contain. Your buyer has to comply, which means they will start asking their factories — many brands are already starting. Getting ready before you're asked means you're not scrambling under a deadline, and it can be a reason a buyer keeps ordering from you over a factory that isn't ready.
What actually happens if I don't have this ready?
Nothing happens automatically today. But once your buyer needs it and you can't provide it, the realistic risk is losing that order to a factory that can. This isn't a government fine landing on your desk — it's a commercial risk with the brand you already work with.
I don't have my data organized — materials, certificates, none of it. Can I still do this?
Yes. Most factories start exactly this way. Send whatever exists today, even if it's incomplete, old, or scattered across emails and paper files. For anything held by outside mills, dye houses, or subcontractors, they're onboarded directly through a supplier portal that collects it from them — you're not stuck re-entering it yourself. You do not need a perfect spreadsheet to begin.
What does this cost?
Volume-based — it scales with the number of passports (products or SKUs) you generate, not a flat licence fee. Built and priced in India, for Indian exporter margins, not what a European company pays for compliance software. Start with a single product line to see the real cost before deciding on anything bigger.
What is this "Digital Product Passport" thing, in plain terms?
A simple online record for a product — where it was made, what it's made of, proof it meets EU rules. Your buyer scans a QR code on the label and sees it instantly, instead of chasing you for documents over email.
Is the WeaveWear example a real product for sale?
No. It's clearly labeled a specimen with sample data, built to show what a real passport looks like. It is not a product placed on the EU market.
Where is our data kept, and is it safe?
Exclusively in the EU, in Dublin, Ireland, under GDPR — Europe's data protection law. More on how Traceable handles data on the Trust & Security page and in the Privacy Policy.
We already report to Sedex, Higg, or our buyer's own portal. Does this replace that?
No, and it isn't trying to. Sedex and Higg are audit and scoring platforms your buyer's compliance team uses internally. A Digital Product Passport is a public record attached to the product itself — the thing a customs officer or a shopper scans on the label. They're different tools for different audiences. If your buyer's portal already asks for some of the same underlying facts (materials, certificates, origin), tell us — we won't ask you to re-collect what you've already gathered for them.
Will this affect customs clearance if we don't have it?
Not confirmed yet, honestly. Today, the EU has published the requirement and the data format, but not the customs enforcement mechanism for textiles specifically — that's still to come. The immediate risk is commercial (your buyer's decision), not a shipment held at port. That could change as the rule matures, and we'd rather tell you that plainly than invent urgency that isn't confirmed.
We run several factories or contract units, not just one. Does this work at that scale?
Yes. The platform has bulk CSV import and APIs built in for exactly this — a handful of styles from one factory or a full catalogue across several contract units, without manual entry per product. The architecture is built to handle this at scale, not just a single pilot.
How long does this actually take, from sending data to a published passport?
Typically a couple of days once your data is complete enough to meet the passport requirements — up to 7–10 days if there are gaps to fill first. The exact number depends on how ready your data is, not on the platform.
Does this connect to our existing label or line printers?
Yes — APIs are available for this, so the QR code and passport data can feed directly into your existing label or line-printing setup rather than becoming a separate manual step.
Can we fix something after a passport is published?
Not by editing it directly — a published passport stays as-is, so the record stays trustworthy. If a batch, certificate, or material detail changes, a new version gets created and the old one is marked superseded. Nothing is silently altered after it's live.
If we stop using Traceable later, what happens to our data?
Everything you create on Traceable is fully exportable, from the interface or via API. It's your data — leaving doesn't mean losing it.
Is a regional language version available — Hindi, Tamil, or others?
Not yet — English only today. Regional language support is planned as part of the platform roadmap for Q3–Q4 this year.
Want the official regulatory detail instead of the plain version?
ESPR (EU 2024/1781) entered into force in July 2024, naming textiles an early priority category. The EU's Joint Research Centre ran a public consultation through March 2026 and published the full technical specification in May 2026. The exact mandatory date hasn't been announced — track it on the European Commission's Green Forum.
This page is operated by Traceable — the team behind traceable.digital and its Digital Product Passport platform. Everything linked above goes to our primary site or an official EU source, not a lookalike domain.
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