What should a small business prepare first?
Start with the applicable product rules, ownership of the DPP, stable identifiers and structured source data. The EU Registry is an index and registration layer; the detailed product information remains decentralised under the responsibility of economic operators or their service providers.
Why this is useful before a deadline
Most DPP work begins long before registration: supplier data, identifiers, evidence sources, access rights and change control need to be organised first.