diff --git a/jouleclaw/jouleclaw-rs/crates/jouleclaw-compliance/src/eu_compliance.rs b/jouleclaw/jouleclaw-rs/crates/jouleclaw-compliance/src/eu_compliance.rs
index dcc1a108b..a2d51617f 100644
--- a/jouleclaw/jouleclaw-rs/crates/jouleclaw-compliance/src/eu_compliance.rs
+++ b/jouleclaw/jouleclaw-rs/crates/jouleclaw-compliance/src/eu_compliance.rs
@@ -170,10 +170,12 @@ impl AiActReport {
 
 // ── ESPR ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
-/// ESPR Digital Product Passport report.
+/// ESPR Digital Product Passport report, for a physical product: ESPR
+/// applies to physical goods (Regulation (EU) 2024/1781, Art. 1(2)), such as
+/// the hardware a service runs on, not to the service or its model.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct EsprReport {
-    /// Product / model identifier.
+    /// Product identifier.
     pub product_name: String,
     /// EU energy label (`"A"`..`"G"`).
     pub energy_label: String,
diff --git a/jouleclaw/jouleclaw-rs/crates/jouleclaw-compliance/src/lib.rs b/jouleclaw/jouleclaw-rs/crates/jouleclaw-compliance/src/lib.rs
index 9ea617b23..cebc1b8b3 100644
--- a/jouleclaw/jouleclaw-rs/crates/jouleclaw-compliance/src/lib.rs
+++ b/jouleclaw/jouleclaw-rs/crates/jouleclaw-compliance/src/lib.rs
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ pub use eu_compliance::{
 };
 pub use passport::{
     AiActCompliance, AiServicePassport, CarbonProfile, ComplianceRecord, CsrdCompliance,
-    EedCompliance, EnergyLabel, EnergyProfile, EsprCompliance, HardwareProfile, LocationInfo,
+    EedCompliance, EnergyLabel, EnergyProfile, HardwareProfile, LocationInfo,
     MeasurementMethod, ModelProfile, PassportBuilder, PassportCatalog, PassportError,
     PassportLabel, PricingInfo,
 };
diff --git a/jouleclaw/jouleclaw-rs/crates/jouleclaw-compliance/src/passport.rs b/jouleclaw/jouleclaw-rs/crates/jouleclaw-compliance/src/passport.rs
index 67f59db84..b32c46a4a 100644
--- a/jouleclaw/jouleclaw-rs/crates/jouleclaw-compliance/src/passport.rs
+++ b/jouleclaw/jouleclaw-rs/crates/jouleclaw-compliance/src/passport.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 //!    method) — measurement method is mapped from
 //!    [`jouleclaw_energy::Provenance`]
 //! 4. **Carbon profile** (SCI score, grid intensity, renewable share)
-//! 5. **Compliance record** (EU AI Act, CSRD Scope 3, EED, ESPR DPP)
+//! 5. **Compliance record** (EU AI Act, CSRD Scope 3, EED)
 //! 6. **Pricing** — optional, lightweight
 //!
 //! ## Sealing
@@ -327,16 +327,18 @@ pub struct EedCompliance {
     pub renewable_energy_factor: f64,
 }
 
-/// ESPR Digital Product Passport.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
-pub struct EsprCompliance {
-    /// URL of the hosted DPP.
-    pub passport_url: String,
-    /// Submitted to the EU registry.
-    pub registry_submitted: bool,
-}
-
 /// Aggregate compliance record.
+///
+/// It carries no ESPR record. ESPR's digital product passport applies to
+/// physical goods placed on the market or put into service (Regulation (EU)
+/// 2024/1781, Art. 1(2)), and this passport describes a service. The
+/// hardware a service runs on is a physical good: where a delegated act
+/// requires it to have a product passport, that passport is the hardware's,
+/// not this record's. A passport written before the record was removed still
+/// reads, and its ESPR member is dropped. A seal taken over it was taken over
+/// that member too, so [`AiServicePassport::sealed_hash`] of what is read
+/// does not reproduce it: check such a seal against the bytes it was taken
+/// over.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct ComplianceRecord {
     /// EU AI Act compliance.
@@ -345,8 +347,6 @@ pub struct ComplianceRecord {
     pub csrd_scope_3: CsrdCompliance,
     /// EED compliance.
     pub eed: EedCompliance,
-    /// ESPR DPP compliance.
-    pub espr_dpp: EsprCompliance,
 }
 
 /// Pricing + settlement information.
@@ -723,10 +723,6 @@ mod tests {
                 waste_heat_recovery_pct: 45.0,
                 renewable_energy_factor: 0.92,
             },
-            espr_dpp: EsprCompliance {
-                passport_url: "https://example.com/dpp/llama".to_string(),
-                registry_submitted: true,
-            },
         }
     }
 
@@ -963,6 +959,23 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(board[2].service_id, "svc-worst");
     }
 
+    /// A passport written while it still carried an ESPR record reads; the
+    /// record is dropped, not carried forward as a claim, and leaves nothing
+    /// in what is sealed.
+    #[test]
+    fn an_older_passport_with_an_espr_record_still_reads() {
+        let p = build_sample("svc-old", 0.30, EnergyLabel::A);
+        let mut v = serde_json::to_value(&p).unwrap();
+        v["compliance"]["espr_dpp"] = serde_json::json!({
+            "passport_url": "https://example.com/dpp/llama",
+            "registry_submitted": true,
+        });
+        let read: AiServicePassport = serde_json::from_value(v).expect("an older passport reads");
+        let again = serde_json::to_value(&read).unwrap();
+        assert!(again["compliance"].get("espr_dpp").is_none());
+        assert_eq!(read.sealed_hash().unwrap(), p.sealed_hash().unwrap());
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn pricing_default_uses_base_chain() {
         let p = PricingInfo::default();