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Euro 7 applies to new vehicle types from 29 Nov 2026Euro 7 from 29 Nov 2026Euro 7 has applied to new vehicle types since 29 Nov 2026Euro 7 since 29 Nov 2026 · What it means
Compliance

Three EU passports are coming. The first one starts on 29 November 2026.Three EU passports. The first one started on 29 November 2026.

From that date, every new type of car and van approved under Euro 7 needs an Environmental Vehicle Passport. A battery passport and a circularity passport follow. VINPassport is built to carry the first and connect to the others.

Timeline

What applies, and when

29 NOV 2026

Environmental Vehicle Passport

Euro 7, Regulation (EU) 2024/1257, Article 21.

Applies to
New types of cars (M1) and vans (N1)
Carries
Environmental data at registration, such as emission limits, CO2 and fuel or energy use
Access
By QR code; data reachable for at least 20 years after the vehicle is built (Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1707, Article 17(4))
VINPassport carries this
18 FEB 2027

Battery passport

Battery Regulation (EU) 2023/1542, Article 77.

Applies to
EV and light-transport batteries, and industrial batteries over 2 kWh
Carries
Materials, carbon footprint and state of health
VINPassport links to it
1 SEP 2032

Digital Circularity Vehicle Passport

End-of-Life Vehicles Regulation (EU) 2026/1738, Article 13(1).

Applies to
Vehicles placed on the EU market within the regulation's scope; not motorcycles or quads (Article 2(4)(f)); for those, see lifestyle vehicles
Carries
Circularity data, including parts and materials removed or replaced
Designed to grow into it
The mandate and the extra

What the law requires, and what buyers actually ask.

The Euro 7 passport is about environmental performance. The questions a used-car buyer asks are different, so VINPassport keeps the two clearly apart.

Required by Euro 7

Environmental Vehicle Passport

  • Environmental performance at registration
  • Readable by QR code
  • Reachable for at least 20 years
Added by VINPassport · voluntary

The history layer

  • Ever written off?
  • Any reported accidents?
  • One keeper from new?
  • Mileage under a stated bound, and never rolled back
Standards

Built to the standards your procurement team will ask about.

QR codeISO/IEC 18004:2024, as Recital (14) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/1707 asks
ESPR alignmentThe vehicle passport must be aligned and interoperable with the EU's general product passports (Regulation (EU) 2026/1738, Article 13(1)). ESPR itself does not cover vehicles (Regulation (EU) 2024/1781, Article 1(2)(h)), so its registry is not the vehicle passport's.
Battery passportLinked by reference, never copied
RetentionAt least 20 years after the vehicle is built (Article 17(4)). The content is yours; delivering it and keeping it reachable for those twenty years is ours.
Sources

Read the law yourself

Dates and scope above are read from the Official Journal. Read the provisions before relying on a date.

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