Matrikel is a digital product passport software solution for manufacturers and importers. Model it once, register every serial and publish a digital product passport that shows the right data to the right person, automatically. Batteries, textiles, electronics or whatever's next in the EU regulation.
Product Unit A200
SN-88213
Product Unit A200
SN-88213
Scan the label. The page that loads depends on who's looking.
The regulation doesn't ask for a PDF. It asks for structured, per-unit data that stays retrievable for the life of the product, that different audiences see different slices of, and that gets reported to a central EU registry the moment it's created. Most manufacturers and importers are trying to solve that with spreadsheets and a supplier email thread. That breaks down past the first product line.
Spreadsheet & email
Per-serial identifiers
Manually generated, easy to duplicate
EU registry filing
A separate, manual submission step
Access by audience
One document, one audience
Supplier data collection
Email threads, inconsistent formats
Retention if you stop trading
No mechanism
Matrikel
Per-serial identifiers
Issued and validated automatically per unit
EU registry filing
Filed the moment a serial is registered
Access by audience
Public / professional / regulator, enforced per field
Supplier data collection
Scoped fill-in link per supplier, reviewed before publish
Retention if you stop trading
Backup-custodian hosting for the mandatory retention period
Define composition, materials, origin of critical raw materials, and lifecycle CO₂ once per model, validated against the mandatory fields for your product category.
Upload a production batch by CSV or push it through the API. Every serial number gets its own item-level record and its own identifier.
One URL per unit. Public label view for consumers, an authenticated view for repairers and recyclers, full access for regulators.
Every identifier is filed with the EU registry automatically, and the passport updates over the product's life — charge cycles for a battery, wash cycles for a textile, repairs for anything.
The dashboard
Not one passport at a time — every product model you've created, how much of its required data is actually filled in, which certificates are about to expire, and whether anyone's actually scanning what you've published.
Portfolio-level compliance
See at a glance how many required fields are filled in across every product model, published and draft, instead of checking one at a time.
Certificates with real expiry tracking
Upload declarations of conformity, test reports and certificates once. Matrikel flags anything expiring within 30 days before it becomes a problem at an audit.
Know who's actually scanning
Every public passport view is counted, with no cookies and no personal data, so you can see whether anyone's using the QR code you printed.
Catalog readiness
Product models
14
11 published · 3 draft
Scans, 30 days
1,204
Needs attention
Documents expiring
The Battery Regulation and ESPR both structure requirements the same way, whatever the product: what it's made of, how long it lasts, how it can be repaired, and what happens to it at end of life. That's what model-level and item-level data are built to capture — batteries are simply where the legal detail is most finalized today, since Annex XIII is fixed law.
Don't see your category? Tell us what you need — the data model is designed to extend.
Model-level data is filled in once per product model: composition, origin of materials, carbon footprint per lifecycle stage. Item-level data is per serial number: production date and site, test results, and dynamic data pushed later. The rows below mix categories on purpose — the shape doesn't change.
| Field | Category | Level | Example value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chemistry & cell composition | Batteries | Model | NMC 811 |
| Fibre composition | Textiles | Model | 60% cotton, 40% recycled polyester |
| Component bill of materials | Electronics | Model | 34 components, 6 flagged substances |
| Carbon footprint per lifecycle stage | Any category | Model | 38 kg CO₂e, manufacturing stage |
| Recycled content % | Any category | Model | 16–24%, depending on category |
| Serial number & production batch | Any category | Item | SN-88213, batch 2026-07-B |
| Manufacturing date & site | Any category | Item | 12 Jul 2026, plant reference |
| Test / conformity report reference | Any category | Item | IEC 62619 (batteries) · EN ISO 13934 (textiles) |
| Dynamic lifecycle data | Any category | Item | State of health, repair log, resale event |
Field set shown is illustrative. Production schemas are validated against Annex XIII of Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 for batteries, and against each category's own delegated act as ESPR brings it into scope.
Every passport gets a real URL, built on the GS1 Digital Link standard — so any GS1-compliant scanner can resolve it, not just ours:
Host
AI 01
GTIN — product model
AI 21
Serial number — this unit
The same data is available over the API, for teams who want to pull it into their own systems instead of clicking through ours:
$ curl https://matrikel.eu/api/v1/product_models/04012345678901 \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $MATRIKEL_API_KEY"
200 OK
{
"gtin": "04012345678901",
"category": "batteries",
"status": "published",
"passport_url": "https://matrikel.eu/01/04012345678901/21/SN-88213"
}Illustrative request/response. Requires a bearer token, issued from your dashboard.
The regulation expects a passport to outlive the company that created it. That shapes how we build: data stays in the EU, every read and write is attributable, and access is enforced at the field level so a public viewer can never see what a regulator sees — or the other way around.
Talk to us about security & procurement questionsPassport data is stored and processed in the EU, separate from the central registry.
Public, professional and regulator tiers are enforced server-side, per field.
Every model and item change is timestamped, attributed and versioned.
Backup-custodian hosting keeps passports live for the mandatory retention period.
Tell us what you sell and where. We'll show you what your passport would look like.
A structured, machine-readable record tied to a specific product unit — typically via a QR code or NFC tag — that covers composition, origin, carbon footprint, repair and recycling information. It's a requirement of Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 (the Battery Regulation) and, over time, Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 (ESPR).
Batteries first, because the deadline (18 February 2027 for industrial and EV batteries over 2 kWh) and the Annex XIII data schema are already fixed. Textiles are next. Every category shares the same underlying model-and-serial data structure, so we extend into new categories rather than rebuilding.
With you, or with us as your hosting provider — not with the EU. The central EU registry only stores the unique identifiers, so customs and market surveillance authorities can confirm a passport exists and resolve it. The regulation is explicit that the registry is not where the data lives.
The regulation requires a back-up hosting arrangement so passports remain accessible for the mandatory retention period regardless of what happens to the original manufacturer. That continuity is a built-in part of what we offer, not an add-on.
When you decide to register a serial number in Matrikel, we generate a unique identifier, issue the QR code, and file that unique identifier with the central EU registry automatically. You don't have to file it seperately.
That's the case we hear most often. The supplier fill-in portal lets you send your manufacturer a plain link scoped to just the fields you need from them, in their language, without giving them access to your dashboard.
Tell us what you sell, roughly how many SKUs, and where you're importing from. We'll reply with what your first passport would need.
Request a demoPrefer email? hello@matrikel.eu