Input on the Strategy for a Simple, Seamless, and Strong Single Market

This document presents input from the DigitalTrade4.EU consortium on the European Commission’s Strategy for a Simple, Seamless, and Strong Single Market, with a focus on energy efficiency and eco-design—particularly for refrigerating appliances. It advocates for a shift from paper-based compliance to a data-driven Single Market by fully leveraging the Digital Product Passport (DPP) as a unified, interoperable tool for product information, sustainability data, and regulatory compliance. The submission emphasizes global digital standards like MLETR and eIDAS 2.0, and calls for integrating ESG data into trade finance to turn sustainability into a competitive advantage, especially for SMEs.