CIRPASS-2 - Digital Product Passport

What CIRPASS-2 - Digital Product Passport does

CIRPASS (Collaborative Initiative for a Standards-based Digital Product Passport for Stakeholder-Specific Sharing of Product Data for a Circular Economy) is an EU-funded Coordination and Support Action that ran from October 2022 to March 2024, with its successor CIRPASS-2 launching in May 2024. The project was commissioned by the European Commission under the Digital Europe Programme (Grant Agreement 101083432, and subsequently under the DIGITAL-2023-CLOUD-DATA-04 DIGIPASS call) and coordinated by CEA of France with 31 consortium partners spanning research institutions, standardisation bodies, industry associations, consultancies, and digital solution providers. Its purpose is to prepare the regulatory, technical, and stakeholder ground for the gradual deployment of Digital Product Passports (DPPs) expected to come into force by 2027 under the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) and the EU Battery Regulation.

CIRPASS's core outputs are not commercial products but rather frameworks and deliverables for the DPP ecosystem: a cross-sectoral DPP system architecture based on product identifiers with two interoperable models (HTTP URIs and decentralised identifiers / DIDs); three DPP prototypes targeting the electronics, batteries, and textiles value chains; user stories bridging regulatory intent and technical implementation; a cross-sectoral data model and semantic interoperability framework using open European and global vocabulary standards; an open DPP data exchange protocol adapted to circular economy stakeholders; a ten-criterion identification scheme evaluation framework; sector-specific deployment roadmaps; and two reference datasets cataloguing over 150 DPP-related initiatives and DPP-related standards. The technology stack relies on W3C semantic web technologies, knowledge-graph data structures, and decentralised data integration where product data remains at its source, connected via data space connectors such as Eclipse Dataspace Connector.

There is no commercial revenue model. CIRPASS is publicly funded, the DPP is intended to be open source, and ESPR-mandated DPP data access is to be free of charge; any hosting-service fees will be market-determined rather than set by the project. Go-to-market is community- and event-driven: stakeholder engagement through public events, expert working groups, an email newsletter (Mailchimp), Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, the project website, and an upcoming DPP Stakeholder Exchange Forum platform operated under CIRPASS-2. Customer segments are EU policymakers and regulators (primary), European industries in the three target value chains (primary), standardisation organisations including CEN/CENELEC and GS1 (primary), R&D centres and academia (secondary), and SMEs that must implement DPP requirements (secondary).

Name

CIRPASS-2 - Digital Product Passport

Legal name

CIRPASS Consortium

Website

https://cirpassproject.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CIRPASS is an EU-funded coordination consortium, led by CEA with 31 partners, that develops Digital Product Passport frameworks, data models, and prototypes for the European Commission across the electronics, batteries, and textiles value chains.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris / Brussels

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. EU Grant Funding (Digital Europe Programme): CIRPASS is an 18-month Coordination and Support Action (CSA) funded by the European Commission under the DIGITAL-2021-TRUST-01 call (Grant Agreement 101083432). CIRPASS-2 responds to the DIGITAL EUROPE PROGRAMME's DIGITAL-2023-CLOUD-DATA-04 – DIGIPASS call. There is no commercial revenue model as the project is publicly funded.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels11 records

Core offering

CIRPASS is an EU-funded Coordination and Support Action (CSA) that developed cross-sectoral Digital Product Passport (DPP) frameworks, definitions, data models, system architecture proposals, and deployment roadmaps for the batteries, electronics, and textiles value chains. The project produced 14 public reports, datasets of over 150 DPP-related initiatives and standards, stakeholder consultation outputs, and prototypes, feeding directly into ESPR delegated acts and CEN/CENELEC standardisation work. CIRPASS-2 continues this work as a successor project starting May 2024.

Product overview

CIRPASS (Collaborative Initiative for a Standards-based Digital Product Passport for Stakeholder-Specific Sharing of Product Data for a Circular Economy) was an 18-month EU-funded coordination and support action project (October 2022 – March 2024) that prepared the ground for Digital Product Passports. The project developed DPP prototypes for three value chains: electronics, batteries, and textiles. Its deliverables include the DPP System Architecture proposal, cross-sector and sector-specific roadmaps, DPP user stories, stakeholder consultation reports, standardization gap analyses, and datasets of DPP-related standards and initiatives. CIRPASS-2, the follow-on project starting in May 2024, will continue this work with a focus on building a DPP Stakeholder Exchange Forum platform. The project was coordinated by CEA of France with 31 consortium partners.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• DPP System Architecture Technical architecture proposal for the Digital Product Passport information system, centred around a product identifier, describing interoperable architectures based on HTTP URIs and decentralized identifiers (DIDs). Intended for European policymakers, standardisation bodies, and digital solution providers building DPP systems.
• DPP Prototypes High-level Digital Product Passport conceptual models situating the passport in technological and international context, with emphasis on semantic interoperability and illustrative videos demonstrating DPP functionality across electronics, batteries, and textiles value chains.
• Cross-sector and Sector-specific DPP Roadmaps Strategic roadmaps for Digital Product Passport deployment including a cross-sector system roadmap plus sector-specific plans for batteries, electronics, and textiles value chains, supporting pilot and deployment activities ahead of the 2027 DPP enforcement timeline.
• Stakeholder Consultation on Key Data Stakeholder consultation report gathering opinions on relevant product information for textiles, electronics, and battery sectors, with recommendations for key data enabling circularity across the three target value chains.
• DPP User Stories Documentation describing future stakeholder interactions with the DPP system based on ESPR and Battery Regulation requirements, framing process flows for issuing, delivering, and consuming DPP data, and bridging the gap between European regulators' intentions and technical implementation requirements for CEN/CENELEC standardisation.
• Standardisation Gaps and Roadmap Gap analysis of requirements and standardisation landscape for the DPP system, providing overview of system components requiring standardisation work based on CIRPASS system proposals for CEN/CENELEC JTC24 and other standardisation bodies.
• DPP Costs and Benefits Study for SMEs Study identifying potential costs, benefits, and implementation impacts on Small and Medium-sized Enterprises facing regulatory requirements for issuing Digital Product Passports, with a focus on making DPP implementation practical and affordable for SMEs.
• DPP-related Initiatives Dataset Public registry documenting over 150 DPP-related initiatives and business pilot projects for interoperability reference, available as a downloadable dataset with submissions received through March 2024.
• DPP-related Standards Dataset Comprehensive dataset of DPP-related standards in Excel format with explanatory documentation, made available for research and standardisation purposes across the EU DPP ecosystem.
• CIRPASS-2 Stakeholder Exchange Forum Platform Successor project to CIRPASS, funded under the DIGITAL EUROPE PROGRAMME's DIGITAL-2023-CLOUD-DATA-04 DIGIPASS call starting May 2024. Builds on CIRPASS deliverables and includes an online DPP Stakeholder Exchange Forum platform for the broader DPP ecosystem.

Quantifiable outcome

• CIRPASS identified and analysed over 150 DPP-related initiatives and business pilot projects across sectors.
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Named customers4 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

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Feature5 records

Partnerships

19 partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• CEA (Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives)coreOthers · 5 October 2022CEA is the coordinating organisation of the CIRPASS consortium. Carolynn Bernier from CEA serves as the CIRPASS Project Coordinator. CEA is a French research institute with a mission of innovation for industry. The coordination role includes leading all 31 consortium partners, managing project deliverables, and representing CIRPASS at EU level.
• F6S Network Ireland LimitedcoreOthersF6S Network Ireland Limited is assigned as the website manager for the CIRPASS project under Grant Agreement 101083432. It serves as the Data Controller of the cirpassproject.eu website, managing newsletter subscriptions (via Mailchimp) and contact forms. Registered at 77 Lower Camden Street, Dublin 2, Ireland.
• Fraunhofer IZMcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFraunhofer IZM (Institute for Reliability and Microintegration) is a key technical partner contributing to DPP system architecture, standardisation activities, and regulatory maze analysis. Eduard Wagner and Marvin Böll represent the institute in key project deliverables and panels.
• Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and EnergycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Wuppertal Institute is a key consortium partner contributing to DPP roadmaps, stakeholder engagement, and circular economy expertise. Hosted the CIRPASS consortium meeting in Wuppertal, Germany in January 2024.
• Global Battery Alliance (GBA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGBA is involved in both CIRPASS and the BatteryPass project, maintaining open lines of communication between the two initiatives. Contributes to battery DPP content requirements and global battery alliance standards.
• BatteryPasscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBatteryPass is a German project (co-funded by BMWK) that collaborates with CIRPASS on interoperability of DPP for batteries. The two projects held a joint workshop in Munich (January 2023) and participated together in the CIRPASS Final Event (March 2024). BatteryPass provides battery-specific DPP content guidance that complements CIRPASS's cross-sectoral framework.
• Product Information 4.0 (PI4.0)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPI4.0 is a sister project collaborating with CIRPASS on regulatory understanding and front-end demonstrators for DPP data visualisation. Contributed to the CIRPASS Final Event (March 2024) on regulatory challenges and front-end demonstrator presentations.
• EIT InnoEnergycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEIT InnoEnergy is involved in both CIRPASS and BatteryPass projects. Ilka von Dalwigk (EBA Policy Manager) represented the energy storage ecosystem perspective at CIRPASS public events. InnoEnergy also participates in standardisation discussions.
• GS1 EuropecoreTechnology or IntegrationGS1 is a key standardisation partner contributing to product identification schemes, barcoding standards, and global data synchronisation. GS1 representatives participated in Q&A sessions with the European Commission and CIRPASS consortium on electronics DPP.
• DIGITALEUROPEcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDIGITALEUROPE represents European digital technology industries and contributes to stakeholder engagement activities. Diem Tran (Project Communications Manager) managed stakeholder engagement for CIRPASS. DIGITALEUROPE hosted a roundtable on DPP at the European Parliament in Strasbourg (June 2023).
• Circular Fashion / circular.fashioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCircular Fashion provides expertise on textiles DPP front-end demonstrators and data visualisation. Mario Osterwalder and Diana Baumgärtel contributed PI4.0/front-end demonstrator presentations and semantic interoperability work to CIRPASS deliverables.
• Politecnico di MilanocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPolitecnico di Milano contributes academic expertise on remanufacturing and circular economy. Marcello Colledani (Associate Professor) presented CIRPASS at the APRA Symposium on 'The Digital Product Passport and Implications for the Remanufacturing Industry'.
• VDE / DKEcoreTechnology or IntegrationVDE/DKE is the German electrotechnical association leading DPP standardisation activities. Jens Gayko (VDE/DKE) presented standardisation request updates and CEN/CENELEC JTC24 activities at CIRPASS Final Event. Marvin Böll (VDE/DKE) contributed DPP user stories and technical requirements.
• ERCIM/W3CcoreTechnology or IntegrationRigo Wenning from ERCIM/W3C presented the DPP system architecture at the CIRPASS Final Event, providing legal counsel and technical expertise on semantic web technologies and open standards for the DPP.
• Global Textile Scheme (GTS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAndreas Schneider (CEO, Global Textile Scheme) represents the textile sector perspective in CIRPASS, presenting DPP roadmap suggestions for textiles at COP28 (Dubai, December 2023) and the CIRPASS Final Event. GTS contributes textile industry expertise to DPP sector-specific roadmaps.
• WorldlinecoreTechnology or IntegrationWorldline contributed to the DPP-as-a-Service ecosystem presentation at the CIRPASS Final Event. Minh Le (Business Development Trusted Services, Worldline) presented the DPP-as-a-Service ecosystem, status, and outlook report.
• European Commission (DG Connect, DG Grow, DG ENV)coreOthersThree departments of the European Commission steer the CIRPASS project. Key EC representatives include: Ilias Iakovidis (DG CNECT), Michele Galatola (DG GROW), William Neale (DG ENV), and Joao Rodrigues Frade (DG DIGIT). EC provides the mandate, funding, and regulatory framework for CIRPASS's work.
• UNECE (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSteve Capell (UN/CEFACT vice-chair) presented UNECE recommendation 49 and UNTP Specifications at the CIRPASS Final Event, positioning the DPP within the context of international efforts in supply-chain transparency.
• CIRPASS-2coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCIRPASS-2 is the successor project to CIRPASS, building on its predecessor's deliverables. Funded under DIGITAL-2023-CLOUD-DATA-04 – DIGIPASS call. CIRPASS-2 will develop the DPP Stakeholder Exchange Forum platform and continue cross-sectoral DPP deployment preparation. Starting May 2024.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• International Data Spaces Association (IDSA): IDSA is the European reference association for industrial data spaces, with a broader scope than CIRPASS. Both initiatives share the IDS-RAM reference architecture and Dataspace Connector approach, positioning IDSA as a broader incumbent whose standards underpin CIRPASS's proposed DPP data exchange protocol.
• Gaia-X: Gaia-X is the European initiative for sovereign data infrastructure. Its federated data infrastructure and trust framework overlap with CIRPASS's DPP data exchange protocol proposals, making it a broader incumbent in the European data ecosystem space.
• GS1: GS1 is the global standards body for product identification (barcodes, GTINs). GS1 is a core CIRPASS partner contributing product identification schemes, making it both a contributor and a broader incumbent whose existing standards CIRPASS builds upon for DPP product identification.

Direct peers

• Catena-X: Catena-X is the automotive industry's data ecosystem built on Eclipse Dataspace Connector technology — the same connector technology CIRPASS integrates into its DPP architecture. Both pursue cross-company data sharing with sovereign control, making Catena-X a directly comparable data space initiative.
• BatteryPass: BatteryPass is a German BMWK-funded project that develops content guidance for battery sector Digital Product Passports. It is the most direct sister initiative to CIRPASS, with documented joint workshops, shared events, and explicit interoperability alignment on DPP frameworks for batteries.
• Product Information 4.0 (PI4.0): PI4.0 is a German-funded project developing front-end demonstrators and visualisations for DPP data. It is a core collaborator with CIRPASS on the Final Event and contributes to semantic interoperability and regulatory understanding, making it a directly comparable peer in the DPP ecosystem.

Emerging players

• Madaster: Madaster operates a materials passport registry for the built environment, allowing asset owners to register material composition. It is an emerging commercial player in the broader 'product/material passport' concept that CIRPASS's DPP framework seeks to standardise across sectors.
• Textile Genesis: Textile Genesis (now part of Lectra) provides blockchain-based traceability for textile supply chains. It directly overlaps with CIRPASS's textiles value chain DPP work, making it an emerging commercial player addressing the same problem with a proprietary rather than open-source approach.
• Circulor: Circulor is a supply chain traceability platform using blockchain for battery and raw materials provenance. It focuses on circular economy use cases that overlap with CIRPASS's battery and electronics DPP value chains, making it an emerging commercial player in the same problem space.

Others

• CEN-CENELEC JTC 24: CEN-CENELEC Joint Technical Committee 24 is the European standards body responsible for developing DPP standards. CIRPASS deliverables are explicitly designed to feed into JTC24's standardisation work, making JTC24 an adjacent ecosystem participant in the same regulatory-standardisation pipeline.

Market position

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Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

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Customer concentration

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