DATA4CIRC has ecei ed unding om he Eu opean Union's Ho izon Eu ope esea ch
and inno a ion p og amme unde g an ag eemen No. 101178152
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DATA4CIRC p ojec sha es Insigh s in o Digi al P oduc Passpo s
and EU Resea ch in mul i-p ojec webina .
The EU- unded DATA4CIRC esea ch p ojec co-hos ed a mul i-p ojec webina on 21s Oc obe
2025 d awing oge he i e EU- unded p ojec s o sha e hei expe ise on Digi al P oduc
Passpo s (DPPs). They we e joined by he RecAL p ojec (as co-hos s), CIRPASS-2 p ojec , COMPASS
p ojec . Addi ionally, keyno e speake s we e p o ided by he R-e ol e p ojec and he Eu opean
Heal h and Digi al Execu i e Agency (HaDEA). The webina was a ended by almos 300
pa icipan s om 38 coun ies ac oss 5 con inen s, demons a ing he global in e es in and
impac o he EU’s plans o he in oduc ion o DPPs.
As Eu ope accele a es i s ansi ion o a ci cula economy, DPPs (digi al eco ds ha ca y essen ial
in o ma ion abou a p oduc ’s o igin, composi ion, en i onmen al impac , epai abili y, and
ecycling po en ial—accessible h oughou he p oduc ’s en i e li ecycle) a e eme ging as a
co ne s one echnology. T anspa ency is c ucial o enabling sus ainable p oduc ion, in o med
consump ion, and e icien ecycling, all o which a e key o he EU’s clima e and esou ce goals.
Howe e , as DPPs may con ain sensi i e/p op ie a y in o ma ion, hey mus also be secu e.
Addi ionally, wi hou he co ec in as uc u e, DPPs could become bu densome and in o ma ion
emain siloed. Fo hese easons, e ec i e DPP implemen a ion is complex.
EU- unded esea ch p ojec s a e a he o e on o de eloping, pilo ing, and s anda dising DPP
solu ions ac oss a b oad ange o sec o s, such as elec onics, he au omo i e/ae onau ics sec o s,
ex iles, and he cons uc ion indus y.
“The Digi al P oduc Passpo is a c i ical enable o he ci cula economy. I s success elies on da a
in e ope abili y, s anda dised amewo ks, and he in eg a ion o exis ing echnologies and
in as uc u es, achie able only h ough he ac i e collabo a ion o all ac o s ac oss ci cula alue
ne wo ks.” - Wan Li, DATA4CIRC P ojec , Senio Resea che - Chai o In o ma ion and
Au oma ion Sys ems, RWTH Aachen Uni e si y
The Backg ound o he DATA4CIRC P ojec
The Eu opean Union’s Ci cula Economy Ac ion Plan, which is due o be adop ed in 2026, se s a
a ge o doubling he a e a which ma e ials a e ecycled o eused by 2030. This isn’ jus abou
DATA4CIRC has ecei ed unding om he Eu opean Union's Ho izon Eu ope esea ch
and inno a ion p og amme unde g an ag eemen No. 101178152
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en i onmen al goals: i is impo an in e ms o u u e jobs, p ospe i y, and esilience in Eu ope.
The EU manu ac u ing sec o employs app oxima ely 30 million people. Recen global e en s ha e
unde lined he agili y o global supply chains. Manu ac u ing i ms in he EU ypically spend 40%
o hei budge s on ma e ials, so exploi ing mo e ci cula p oduc ion p ocesses and imp o ing
access o ma e ials can help boos hei p o i abili y and p o ec hem om he p ice luc ua ions
caused by con lic s, ade wa s, o o he ex e nal e en s. To help achie e his a ge , he Eu opean
Union is in es ing in esea ch p ojec s o de elop inno a i e echnologies/solu ions o suppo
ci cula i y o manu ac u ing.
The DATA4CIRC P ojec
The €5.6 million p ojec , which launched in No embe 2024 and is led by Idene .ai, om Se ille,
Spain, consis s o a conso ium o 13 pa ne s om 7 EU coun ies, plus Japan, is wo king o
es ablish a da a-d i en, AI-assis ed digi al pla o m, buil a ound he Asse Adminis a ion Shell
(AAS), ha will acili a e he secu e sha ing o da a. Jus as shipping con aine s e olu ionised global
ade by p o iding a s anda d size and o ma , he AAS s anda dises how digi al p oduc
in o ma ion is packaged and sha ed ac oss di e en companies and sys ems. This will allow he
DATA4CIRC o es ablish a ede a ed da a space ha can connec o di e en o ganisa ions’ DPP
pla o ms and ac as a secu e b oke be ween da a owne s and da a use s.
The DATA4CIRC pla o m will be es ed in 3 eal-li e use cases: he i s will seek o es ablish a
b and-new alue chain in ag icul u al plas ics. The second will ex end an exis ing alue chain in
Was e Elec onics, aiming o boos eco e y and euse o spa e pa s. The hi d will exploi an
exis ing alue chain in he au omo i e sec o , speci ically ca aly ic con e e s, using digi alisa ion
and DPPs o demons a e compliance wi h egula o y s anda ds and open new business
oppo uni ies.
The ull p og amme o he webina is a ailable he e.
A eco ding o he webina is a ailable he e.
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P ess Con ac :
Jona han Cla k
DATA4CIRC P ojec Communica ion Manage , EIT Manu ac u ing Eas GmbH, Vienna, Aus ia
jona han.cla k@ei manu ac u ing.eu
