Glossary term

information requirement

An ESPR obligation for a product to be accompanied by specified information.

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What does information requirement mean?

Information requirements look easier than performance requirements because they involve disclosure. The implementation risk is storing information internally without proving that the right audience can access the right item through the required channel at the required time.

Source context

ESPR Article 2, point 9 links information requirements to Article 7(2). Some required information may be delivered through a digital product passport, data carrier, label, documentation, website, or other mandated surface, but the requirement is broader than internal data storage.

Official definitions by source

ESPR

Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for sustainable products

an obligation for a product to be accompanied by information as specified in Article 7(2);

Reference: Article 2, point 9

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Practical application

Map information item, audience, delivery channel, passport field, label or document location, access-right rule, language/version, publication timing, responsible actor, and fallback route. The record should show the difference between information collected internally and information delivered with or for the product.

Minespider commentary

Information requirement is an information-delivery control: data is only useful when the correct audience can receive the correct subset in the required form. That control links passport fields, labels, documents, and access permissions to the underlying obligation.

Common confusions

  • Treating internal data collection as enough to satisfy an information requirement.
  • Assuming all information requirements must appear only inside a digital product passport.
  • Confusing information requirements with performance requirements that change what the product must achieve.

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