Starting on 22 October 2024, digital identity verification will become mandatory for all suppliers registering their product models in the European Product Registry for Energy Labelling (EPREL) under implementing rules adopted earlier this year.

The verification requirement will help guarantee the quality, reliability and usefulness of the information provided to consumers and public authorities via the EPREL database, where all energy-labelled products must be registered by suppliers when placed on the EU market. Unverified suppliers will no longer be able to register products, and any products placed on the market by unverified suppliers after this date will not appear in general searches in the EPREL database