(a) food as defined in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002; (b) feed as defined in Article 3(4) of Regulation (EC) No 178/2002; (c) medicinal products as defined in Article 1(2) of Directive 2001/83/EC; (d) veterinary medicinal products as defined in Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/6; (e) living plants, animals and micro-organisms; (f) products of human origin; (g) products of plants and animals relating directly to their future reproduction; (h) vehicles as referred to in Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) No 167/2013, in Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 and in Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/858, in respect of those product aspects for which requirements are set under sector-specific Union legislative acts applicable to those vehicles.
Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for sustainable products, amending Directive (EU) 2020/1828 and Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 and repealing Directive 2009/125/EC (Text with EEA relevance)
(1) "product" means any physical goods that are placed on the market or put into service; (2) "component" means a product intended to be incorporated into another product; (3) "intermediate product" means a product that requires further manufacturing or transformation such as mixing, coating or assembling to make it suitable for end-users; (4) "energy-related product" means any product that has an impact on energy consumption during use; (5) "product group" means a set of products that serve similar purposes and are similar in terms of use, or have similar functional properties, and are similar in terms of consumer perception; (6) "ecodesign" means the integration of environmental sustainability considerations into the characteristics of a product and the processes taking place throughout the product’s value chain; (7) "ecodesign requirement" means a performance requirement or an information requirement aimed at making a product, including processes taking place throughout the product’s value chain, more environmentally sustainable; (8) "performance requirement" means a quantitative or non-quantitative requirement for or in relation to a product to achieve a certain performance level in relation to a product parameter referred to in Annex I; (9) "information requirement" means an obligation for a product to be accompanied by information as specified in Article 7(2); (10) "supply chain" means all upstream activities and processes of the product’s value chain, up to the point where the product reaches the customer; (11) "value chain" means all activities and processes that are part of the life cycle of a product, as well as its possible remanufacturing; (12) "life cycle" means the consecutive and interlinked stages of a product’s life, consisting of raw material acquisition or generation from natural resources, pre-processing, manufacturing, storage, distribution, installation, use, maintenance, repair, upgrading, refurbishment and reuse, and end-of-life; (13) "end-of-life" means the life cycle stage that begins when a product is discarded and ends when the waste material of the product is returned to nature or enters another product’s life cycle; (14) "environmental impact" means any change to the environment, whether adverse or beneficial, wholly or partially resulting from a product during its life cycle; (15) "class of performance" means a range of performance levels in relation to one or more product parameters referred to in Annex I, which is established based on a common methodology for the product or product group, ordered in such a way as to allow for product differentiation; (16) "remanufacturing" means actions through which a new product is produced from objects that are waste, products or components and through which at least one change is made that substantially affects the safety, performance, purpose or type of the product; (17) "upgrading" means actions carried out to enhance the functionality, performance, capacity, safety or aesthetics of a product; (18) "refurbishment" means actions carried out to prepare, clean, test, service and, where necessary, repair a product or a discarded product in order to restore its performance or functionality within the intended use and range of performance originally conceived at the design stage at the time of the placing of the product on the market; (19) "maintenance" means one or more actions carried out to keep a product in a condition where it is able to fulfil its intended purpose; (20) "repair" means one or more actions carried out to return a defective product or waste to a condition where it fulfils its intended purpose; (21) "premature obsolescence" means a product design feature or subsequent action or omission resulting in the product becoming non-functional or performing less well without such changes of functionality or performance being the result of normal wear and tear; (22) "durability" means the ability of a product to maintain over time its function and performance under specified conditions of use, maintenance and repair; (23) "reliability" means the probability that a product functions as required under given conditions for a given duration without an occurrence which results in a primary or secondary function of the product no longer being performed; (24) "environmental footprint" means a quantification of the environmental impacts resulting from a product throughout its life cycle, whether in relation to a single environmental impact category or an aggregated set of impact categories based on the Product Environmental Footprint method established by Recommendation (EU) 2021/2279 or other scientific methods developed by international organisations, widely tested in collaboration with different industry sectors and adopted or implemented by the Commission in other Union law; (25) "carbon footprint" means the sum of greenhouse gas emissions and greenhouse gas removals in a product system, expressed as CO 2 equivalents and based on a life cycle assessment using the single impact category of climate change;(26) "material footprint" refers to the total amount of raw materials extracted to meet final consumption demands; (27) "substance of concern" means a substance that: (a) meets the criteria laid down in Article 57 of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 and is identified in accordance with Article 59(1) of that Regulation; (b) is classified in Part 3 of Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 in one of the following hazard classes or hazard categories: (i) carcinogenicity categories 1 and 2; (ii) germ cell mutagenicity categories 1 and 2; (iii) reproductive toxicity categories 1 and 2; (iv) endocrine disruption for human health categories 1 and 2; (v) endocrine disruption for the environment categories 1 and 2; (vi) persistent, mobile and toxic or very persistent, very mobile properties; (vii) persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic or very persistent, very bioaccumulative properties; (viii) respiratory sensitisation category 1; (ix) skin sensitisation category 1; (x) hazardous to the aquatic environment — categories chronic 1 to 4; (xi) hazardous to the ozone layer; (xii) specific target organ toxicity — repeated exposure categories 1 and 2; (xiii) specific target organ toxicity — single exposure categories 1 and 2;
(c) is regulated under Regulation (EU) 2019/1021; or (d) negatively affects the reuse and recycling of materials in the product in which it is present;
(28) "digital product passport" means a set of data specific to a product that includes the information specified in the applicable delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 4 and that is accessible via electronic means through a data carrier in accordance with Chapter III; (29) "data carrier" means a linear barcode symbol, a two-dimensional symbol or other automatic identification data capture medium that can be read by a device; (30) "unique product identifier" means a unique string of characters for the identification of a product that also enables a web link to the digital product passport; (31) "unique operator identifier" means a unique string of characters for the identification of an actor involved in a product’s value chain; (32) "digital product passport service provider" means a natural or legal person that is an independent third-party authorised by the economic operator which places the product on the market or puts it into service and that processes the digital product passport data for that product for the purpose of making such data available to economic operators and other relevant actors with a right to access those data under this Regulation or other Union law; (33) "unique facility identifier" means a unique string of characters for the identification of locations or buildings involved in a product’s value chain or used by actors involved in a product’s value chain; (34) "destruction" means the intentional damaging or discarding of a product as waste with the exception of discarding for the sole purpose of delivering the discarded product for preparing for reuse, including refurbishment or remanufacturing operations; (35) "customer" means a natural or legal person that purchases, hires or receives a product for their own use whether or not acting for purposes which are outside their trade, business, craft or profession; (36) "consumer product" means any product, excluding components and intermediate products, primarily intended for consumers; (37) "unsold consumer product" means any consumer product that has not been sold including surplus stock, excess inventory and deadstock and products returned by a consumer on the basis of their right of withdrawal in accordance with Article 9 of Directive 2011/83/EU or, where applicable, during any longer withdrawal period provided by the trader; (38) "self-regulation measure" means a voluntary agreement or a code of conduct, concluded by economic operators on their own initiative, which they are responsible for enforcing; (39) "making available on the market" means any supply of a product for distribution, consumption or use on the Union market in the course of a commercial activity, whether in return for payment or free of charge; (40) "placing on the market" means the first making available of a product on the Union market; (41) "putting into service" means the first use, for its intended purpose, in the Union, of a product; (42) "manufacturer" means any natural or legal person that manufactures a product or that has a product designed or manufactured, and markets that product under their name or trademark; (43) "authorised representative" means any natural or legal person established in the Union that has received a written mandate from the manufacturer to act on the manufacturer’s behalf in relation to specified tasks with regard to the manufacturer’s obligations under this Regulation; (44) "importer" means any natural or legal person established in the Union that places a product from a third country on the Union market; (45) "distributor" means any natural or legal person in the supply chain, other than the manufacturer or the importer, that makes a product available on the market; (46) "economic operator" means the manufacturer, the authorised representative, the importer, the distributor, the dealer and the fulfilment service provider; (47) "independent operator" means a natural or legal person that is independent of the manufacturer and is directly or indirectly involved in the refurbishment, repair, maintenance or repurposing of a product, and includes waste management operators, refurbishers, repairers, manufacturers or distributors of repair equipment, tools or spare parts, as well as publishers of technical information, operators offering inspection and testing services and operators offering training for installers, manufacturers and repairers of equipment; (48) "professional repairer" means a natural or legal person that provides professional repair or maintenance services for a product, irrespective of whether that person acts within the manufacturer’s distribution system or independently; (49) "technical specification" means a document that prescribes technical requirements to be fulfilled by a product, process or service; (50) "CE marking" means a marking by which the manufacturer indicates that the relevant product is in conformity with the applicable requirements set out in Union harmonisation legislation providing for its affixing; (51) "conformity assessment" means the process demonstrating whether the ecodesign requirements set out in the relevant delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 4 have been fulfilled; (52) "conformity assessment body" means a body that performs conformity assessment activities including calibration, testing, certification and inspection; (53) "notified body" means a conformity assessment body notified in accordance with Chapter IX; (54) "provider of an online marketplace" means a provider of an intermediary service using an online interface which allows customers to conclude distance contracts with economic operators for the sale of products covered by delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 4; (55) "dealer" means a distributor or any other natural or legal person that offers products for sale, hire or hire purchase, or that displays products, to end users in the course of a commercial activity, including through distance selling; and includes any natural or legal person that puts a product into service in the course of a commercial activity; (56) "distance selling" means the offer for sale, hire or hire purchase of products, online or through other means of distance sales, whereby the potential customer cannot physically access the product; (57) "product presenting a risk" means a product that, by not complying with an ecodesign requirement set in or pursuant to this Regulation other than those listed in Article 71(1), could adversely affect the environment or other public interests protected by that requirement; (58) "product presenting a serious risk" means a product presenting a risk for which, based on an assessment, the degree of the relevant non-compliance or the associated harm is considered to require rapid intervention by the market surveillance authorities, including cases where the effects of the non-compliance are not immediate.
(a) where necessary for effective market surveillance: (i) that manufacturers, their authorised representatives or importers keep the technical documentation and the EU declaration of conformity for a period other than the 10 years referred to in Article 27(3), Article 28(2), point (a), or Article 29(7), as applicable, after the relevant product has been placed on the market or put into service taking into account the nature of the product or ecodesign requirements concerned; (ii) that economic operators provide, upon request, market surveillance authorities with the information set out in Article 36(2), second subparagraph, for a period other than 10 years referred to therein after the relevant product has been supplied; (iii) that manufacturers, their authorised representatives or importers make parts of the technical documentation related to the relevant product digitally available to the Commission or market surveillance authorities without a request being necessary, in accordance with Article 36(3); (iv) that supply chain actors comply with the obligations listed in Article 38.
(b) that manufacturers, their authorised representatives or importers make available to the Commission information on the quantities of a product covered by the delegated acts referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article placed on the market or put into service, in accordance with Article 37(1); (c) where necessary in order to ensure energy-efficient usage of products or to develop future ecodesign requirements: (i) that products be able to measure the energy they consume or their performance in relation to other relevant product parameters referred to in Annex I while in use, in accordance with Article 37(2); (ii) that manufacturers, their authorised representatives or importers collect non-personal in-use data referred to in point (i) and report to the Commission in accordance with Article 37(4); (iii) that digital tools be used to calculate the performance of a product in relation to a product parameter referred to in Annex I, in accordance with Article 39(2);
(d) in order to ensure transparency about conformity with ecodesign requirements, rules on markings indicating conformity with ecodesign requirements, for products not subject to the requirement to affix the CE marking before being placed on the market or put into service, in accordance with Article 47.
(a) durability; (b) reliability; (c) reusability; (d) upgradability; (e) repairability; (f) the possibility of maintenance and refurbishment; (g) the presence of substances of concern; (h) energy use and energy efficiency; (i) water use and water efficiency; (j) resource use and resource efficiency; (k) recycled content; (l) the possibility of remanufacturing; (m) recyclability; (n) the possibility of the recovery of materials; (o) environmental impacts, including carbon footprint and environmental footprint; (p) expected generation of waste.
(a) performance requirements as set out in Article 6; (b) information requirements as set out in Article 7.
(a) take into account: (i) Union priorities for the climate, the environment, energy efficiency, resource efficiency and security, including a non-toxic circular economy, and other related Union priorities and targets; (ii) relevant Union law, including the extent to which it addresses the relevant product aspects; (iii) relevant international agreements; (iv) self-regulation measures; (v) relevant national environmental law; (vi) relevant European and international standards;
(b) carry out an impact assessment based on best available evidence and analyses, and where appropriate on additional studies and research results produced under Union funding programmes. The setting of ecodesign requirements concerning certain of the product aspects shall not be unduly delayed by uncertainties regarding the possibility of setting ecodesign requirements to improve other product aspects of that product. In the impact assessment, the Commission shall: (i) indicate the methodology used; (ii) ensure that all product aspects are analysed and that the depth of analysis of the product aspects is proportionate to their significance for the product concerned; (iii) ensure that interdependencies between the different product aspects are analysed; (iv) set out the changes expected in terms of environmental impacts, including quantified as a carbon footprint and an environmental footprint whenever possible; (v) analyse the availability of feedstock for the refurbishment sector, where appropriate; (vi) analyse any relevant impacts on human health; (vii) consider the minimum level of performance of a product or a product group needed to achieve in the future the Union’s priorities as listed in point (a)(i);
(c) take into consideration relevant technical information used as a basis for or derived from Union law or instruments, including Regulation (EC) No 66/2010, Directive 2010/75/EU, technical screening criteria adopted pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2020/852 and EU green public procurement criteria; (d) take into consideration the protection of confidential business information; (e) take into account the views expressed by the Ecodesign Forum referred to in Article 19 and the Member States Expert Group referred to in Article 20.
(a) there shall be no significant negative impact on the functionality of the product, from the perspective of the user; (b) there shall be no adverse effect on the health and safety of persons; (c) there shall be no significant negative impact on consumers in terms of the affordability of relevant products, also taking into account access to second-hand products, durability and the life cycle cost of products; (d) there shall be no disproportionate negative impact on the competitiveness of economic operators and other actors in the value chain, including SMEs, in particular microenterprises; (e) there shall be no proprietary technology imposed on manufacturers or other actors in the value chain; (f) there shall be no disproportionate administrative burden on manufacturers or other actors in the value chain, including SMEs, in particular microenterprises.
(a) based on standard technologies, the substances make the reuse, or recycling process more complicated, costly, environmentally impactful, or energy- or resource-demanding; (b) the substances impair the technical properties or functionalities, the usefulness or the value of the recycled material coming from the product or products manufactured from that recycled material; (c) the substances negatively impact aesthetic or olfactory properties of the recycled material.
(a) minimum or maximum levels in relation to a specific product parameter or a combination thereof; (b) non-quantitative requirements that aim to improve performance in relation to one or more of such product parameters.
(a) include, as a minimum, requirements related to the digital product passport set out in Chapter III and requirements related to substances of concern set out in paragraph 5; (b) as appropriate, also require products to be accompanied by: (i) information on the performance of the product in relation to one or more of the product parameters referred to in Annex I, including a repairability score, a durability score, a carbon footprint or an environmental footprint; (ii) information for customers and other actors on how to install, use, maintain and repair the product, in order to minimise its impact on the environment and to ensure optimum durability, on how to install third-party operating systems where relevant, as well as on collection for refurbishment or remanufacture, and on how to return or handle the product at end-of-life; (iii) information for treatment facilities on disassembly, reuse, refurbishment, recycling, or disposal at end-of-life; (iv) other information that could influence sustainable product choices for customers and the way the product is handled by parties other than the manufacturer in order to facilitate appropriate use, value-retaining operations and correct treatment at end-of-life;
(c) be clear, easily understandable and tailored to the particular characteristics of the product groups concerned and the intended recipients of the information.
(a) the name or numerical code of the substances of concern present in the product, as follows: (i) name in the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) nomenclature, or another international name when IUPAC name is not available; (ii) other names, including usual name, trade name, abbreviation; (iii) European Community (EC) number, as indicated in the European Inventory of Existing Commercial Chemical Substances (EINECS), the European List of Notified Chemical Substances (ELINCS) or the No Longer Polymer (NLP) list or the number assigned by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), if available and appropriate; (iv) the Chemical Abstract Service (CAS) name and number, if available;
(b) the location of the substances of concern within the product; (c) the concentration, maximum concentration or concentration range of the substances of concern, at the level of the product, its relevant components, or spare parts; (d) relevant instructions for the safe use of the product; (e) information relevant for disassembly, preparation for reuse, reuse, recycling and the environmentally sound management of the product at end-of-life.
(a) lay down dates of application of such information requirements referred to in the first subparagraph of paragraph 5, differentiating between substances of concern where necessary; (b) provide duly justified exemptions for substances of concern or information elements from such information requirements referred to in the first subparagraph of paragraph 5, based on the technical feasibility or relevance of tracking substances of concern, the existence of analytical methods to detect and quantify them, the need to protect confidential business information or in other duly justified cases; substances of concern within the meaning of Article 2(27), point (a), shall not be exempted if they are present in products, their relevant components or spare parts in a concentration above 0,1 % weight by weight; and(c) ensure consistency with existing information requirements under Union law and minimise the administrative burden, including through appropriate technical solutions.
(a) on the product itself; (b) on the product’s packaging; (c) on a label referred to in Article 16; (d) in a user manual or other documentation accompanying the product; (e) on a free access website or application.
(a) the definition of the product group or groups covered, including the list of commodity codes as set out in Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1 ).(b) the ecodesign requirements for the product groups covered; (c) where relevant, the product parameters referred to in Annex I for which the Commission states that no ecodesign requirements are necessary, pursuant to Article 4; (d) the test, measurement or calculation standards or methods to be used pursuant to Article 39(1); (e) where relevant, requirements for the use of digital tools pursuant to Article 39(2); (f) where relevant, the transitional methods, the harmonised standards or parts thereof the references of which have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union , or the common specifications to be used;(g) the format, manner and order in which the information necessary for the verification of compliance is to be made available; (h) the conformity assessment module to be used pursuant to Article 4(5); where the module to be applied is different from the module set out in Annex IV, the factors leading to the choice of that module; (i) the requirements concerning information to be provided by manufacturers, including on the elements of the technical documentation that are necessary to enable the verification of compliance of the product with the ecodesign requirements; (j) where relevant, any additional information requirements under Articles 36 and 37; (k) the duration of the transitional period during which Member States are to permit the placing on the market or putting into service of products which comply with the national measures in force in their territory on the date of entry into force of the delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 4; (l) the date for the review of the delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 4, taking into consideration, among other aspects: (i) the characteristics of the product group and its market; (ii) the need to adapt the requirements to make products more sustainable; (iii) Union policy objectives; (iv) technical progress; and (v) availability of methods.
(a) the data to be included in the digital product passport pursuant to Annex III; (b) one or more data carriers to be used; (c) the layout in which the data carrier is to be presented and its positioning; (d) whether the digital product passport is to be established at model, batch or item level, and the definition of such levels; (e) the manner in which the digital product passport is to be made accessible to customers before they are bound by a contract for sale, hire or hire purchase, including in the event of distance selling; (f) the actors that are to have access to data in the digital product passport and to what data they are to have access; (g) the actors that are to create a digital product passport or update the data in a digital product passport and what data they may introduce or update; (h) the detailed arrangements for introducing or updating data; (i) the period during which the digital product passport is to remain available, which shall correspond to at least the expected lifetime of a specific product.
(a) ensure that actors along the value chain can easily access and understand product information relevant to them; (b) facilitate the verification of product compliance by competent national authorities; and (c) improve the traceability of products along the value chain.
(a) technical specifications of the digital product passport are not available in relation to the essential requirements included in Articles 10 and 11; or (b) other Union law includes a system for the digital provision of information related to a product group which the Commission considers achieves the objectives referred to in paragraph 3, points (a) and (b).
(a) it shall be connected through a data carrier to a persistent unique product identifier; (b) the data carrier shall be physically present on the product, its packaging or on documentation accompanying the product, as specified in the applicable delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 4; (c) the data carrier and the unique product identifier shall comply with one or more of the standards referred to in Annex III, second paragraph, or equivalent European or international standards until the references of harmonised standards are published in the Official Journal of the European Union ;(d) all data included in the digital product passport shall be based on open standards, developed with an interoperable format, and shall be, as appropriate, machine-readable, structured, searchable, and transferable through an open interoperable data exchange network without vender lock-in, in accordance with the essential requirements set out in this Article and Article 11; (e) personal data relating to customers shall not be stored in the digital product passport without their explicit consent in compliance with Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679; (f) the data included in the digital product passport shall refer to the product model, batch or item as specified in the delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 4; (g) the access to data included in the digital product passport shall be regulated in accordance with the essential requirements set out in this Article and Article 11 and with the specific access rights at product group level as specified in the applicable delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 4.
(a) provide dealers and providers of online marketplaces with a digital copy of the data carrier or the unique product identifier, as relevant, to allow them to make the data carrier or the unique product identifier accessible to potential customers where they cannot physically access the product; (b) provide the digital copy referred to in point (a) or a webpage link free of charge promptly and in any event within five working days of receiving a request to do so.
(a) the digital product passport shall be fully interoperable with other digital product passports required by delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 4 in relation to the technical, semantic and organisational aspects of end-to-end communication and data transfer; (b) customers, manufacturers, importers, distributors, dealers, professional repairers, independent operators, refurbishers, remanufacturers, recyclers, market surveillance authorities and customs authorities, civil society organisations, trade unions and other relevant actors shall have free of charge and easy access to the digital product passport based on their respective access rights set out in the applicable delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 4; (c) the digital product passport shall be stored by the economic operator responsible for its creation or by digital product passport service providers; (d) where a new digital product passport is created for a product that already has a digital product passport, the new digital product passport shall be linked to the original digital product passport or passports; (e) the digital product passport shall remain available for the period specified in delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 4, including after an insolvency, a liquidation or a cessation of activity in the Union of the economic operator responsible for the creation of the digital product passport; (f) the rights to introduce, modify or update data in the digital product passport shall be restricted based on the access rights specified in delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 4; (g) data authentication, reliability and integrity shall be ensured; (h) digital product passports shall be designed and operated so that a high level of security and privacy is ensured and fraud is avoided.
(a) establish rules for organisations wishing to become an issuing agency for unique identifiers and data carriers; and (b) establish rules for economic operators wishing to create their own unique identifiers and data carriers without relying on an issuing agency for unique identifiers and data carriers.
(a) the criteria to become an issuing agency for unique identifiers and data carriers; (b) the role of an issuing agency for unique identifiers and data carriers; (c) the rules to ensure that unique identifiers and data carriers are reliable, verifiable and unique globally; (d) the rules on creating, maintaining, updating, and withdrawing unique identifiers and data carriers; (e) the rules related to data management.
(a) seek to ensure interoperability between different approaches; (b) take into account relevant existing technical solutions and standards; (c) ensure that the rules and procedures established remain, to the largest extent possible, technologically neutral.
(a) the need to allow for the verification of the authenticity of the digital product passport; (b) the relevance of information for improving the efficiency and effectiveness of market surveillance checks and customs controls; (c) the need to avoid a disproportionate administrative burden for economic operators and customs authorities.
(a) the content of the label; (b) the layout of the label, ensuring visibility and legibility; (c) the manner in which the label is to be displayed to customers including in the event of distance selling, taking into account the requirements set out in Article 32 and the implications for the relevant economic operators; (d) where appropriate, electronic means for generating labels.
(a) the potential for improving the product aspects without entailing disproportionate costs, taking into account in particular: (i) the absence or insufficiency of Union law, or failure of market forces or of self-regulation measures to address the objective properly; and (ii) the disparity in the performance of products available on the market that have equivalent functionality in relation to the product aspects;
(b) the volume of sales and trade of those products within the Union; (c) the distribution across the value chain of the climate and environmental impacts, energy use, resource use and waste generation concerning those products; (d) the need to regularly review and adapt delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 4 in light of technological and market developments.
(a) iron and steel; (b) aluminium; (c) textiles, in particular garments and footwear; (d) furniture, including mattresses; (e) tyres; (f) detergents; (g) paints; (h) lubricants; (i) chemicals; (j) energy related products for which ecodesign requirements are to be set for the first time or for which existing measures adopted pursuant to Directive 2009/125/EC are to be reviewed under this Regulation; and (k) information and communication technology products and other electronics.
(a) preparing ecodesign requirements; (b) preparing working plans; (c) examining the effectiveness of the established market surveillance mechanisms; (d) assessing self-regulation measures; and (e) assessing the prohibition of the destruction of unsold consumer products additional to those listed in Annex VII.
(a) preparing ecodesign requirements; (b) assessing self-regulation measures; (c) exchanging information and best practices on measures to enhance compliance with this Regulation; (d) setting priorities under Article 26.
(a) a list of the economic operators that are signatories to the self-regulation measure; (b) the ecodesign requirements applicable to products covered by the self-regulation measure; (c) a detailed, transparent and objective monitoring plan, with clearly identified responsibilities for industry and independent inspectors, including the criteria set out in Annex VI, point 6; (d) rules on information to be reported by signatories and on testing and inspections; (e) rules on the consequences of the non-compliance of a signatory that include provisions whereby, if the signatory has not undertaken sufficient corrective action within three months, it is removed from the signatories of that self-regulation measure; and (f) a note explaining how the self-regulation measure submitted pursuant to paragraph 1 improves the environmental sustainability of products in line with the objectives of this Regulation more quickly or at lesser expense than a delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 4; that note shall be supported by evidence, consisting of a structured technical, environmental and economic analysis, justifying the ecodesign requirements and objectives of the self-regulation measure, and assessing the impacts of those ecodesign requirements.
(a) the self-regulation measure is submitted by at least two economic operators; (b) the market share in terms of volume of the signatories to the self-regulation measure in relation to the products covered by that measure is at least 80 % of units placed on the market or put into service; (c) the self-regulation measure contributes to improving the environmental sustainability of products in line with the objectives of this Regulation and to ensuring the free movement in the internal market more quickly or at a lesser expense than a delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 4 and consists of ecodesign requirements that are necessary to achieve the objectives of this Regulation; (d) the self-regulation measure complies with the criteria set out in Annex VI; (e) the self-regulation measure is in line with Union law and international trade commitments of the Union.
(a) financial support, including by providing fiscal advantages and investing in physical and digital infrastructure; (b) access to finance; (c) specialised management and staff training; (d) organisational and technical assistance.
(a) the number and weight of unsold consumer products discarded per year, differentiated per type or category of products; (b) the reasons for discarding products, and where applicable, the relevant derogation under Article 25(5); (c) the proportion of discarded products delivered, whether directly or through a third party, to undergo each of the following activities: preparing for reuse, including refurbishment and remanufacturing, recycling, other recovery including energy recovery, and disposal operations in accordance with the waste hierarchy as defined by Article 4 of Directive 2008/98/EC; (d) measures taken and measures planned for the purpose of preventing the destruction of unsold consumer products.
(a) to add new products, in order to take account of the environmental impacts of their destruction; (b) to update the entries within product groups, in order to align them to modifications of their respective commodity codes or descriptions that are made in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, where necessary.
(a) assess the prevalence and environmental impacts of the destruction of certain unsold consumer products; (b) take into account the information disclosed by economic operators pursuant to Article 24(1); (c) carry out an impact assessment based on best available evidence and analyses, and on additional studies as necessary.
(a) health, hygiene and safety reasons; (b) damage caused to products as a result of their handling, or detected after products have been returned, which cannot be repaired in a cost-effective manner; (c) unfitness of products for the purpose for which they are intended, taking into account, where applicable, Union and national law and technical standards; (d) non-acceptance of products offered for donation; (e) unsuitability of products for preparing for reuse or for remanufacturing; (f) unsaleability of products due to infringement of intellectual property rights, including counterfeit products; (g) destruction is the option with the least negative environmental impacts.
(a) the prevalence of the destruction of specific groups of unsold consumer products per year, on the basis of the information disclosed by economic operators pursuant to Article 24(1); (b) the comparative environmental impacts resulting from destruction of unsold consumer products per product group.
(a) those products have been designed and manufactured in accordance with the performance requirements set out in the delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 4; (b) those products are accompanied by the information required under Article 7 and the delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 4; and (c) a digital product passport is available in accordance with Article 9 and the delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 4, including a back-up copy of the most up-to-date version of the digital product passport stored by a digital product passport service provider in accordance with Article 10(4).
(a) on the public part of the digital product passport, where applicable; and (b) on the product or, where that is not possible, on its packaging, or in a document accompanying the product.
(a) keep the EU declaration of conformity and technical documentation at the disposal of the national market surveillance authorities for 10 years after a product covered by a delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 4 has been placed on the market or put into service unless a different period has been specified in that delegated act; (b) cooperate with the competent national authorities, at their request, on any measures taken with regard to cases of non-compliance of the product covered by the authorised representative’s mandate; (c) further to a reasoned request from a competent national authority, provide that authority with all the information and documentation necessary to demonstrate the conformity of a product, in a language that can be easily understood by that authority as soon as possible and in any event within 15 days of receipt of such a request; and (d) terminate the mandate if the manufacturer acts contrary to its obligations under this Regulation.
(a) the appropriate conformity assessment procedure has been carried out by the manufacturer and that the manufacturer has drawn up the technical documentation; (b) the product is accompanied by the information required under Article 7 and the delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 4; and (c) a digital product passport is available in accordance with Article 9 and the delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 4, including a back-up copy of the most up-to-date version of the digital product passport stored by a digital product passport service provider in accordance with Article 10(4).
(a) on the public part of the digital product passport, where applicable; and (b) on the product or, where that is not possible, on the packaging, or in a document accompanying the product.
(a) the product bears the CE marking in accordance with Articles 45 and 46 or the conformity marking adopted in accordance with Article 4(6), point (d), and, where relevant, is labelled or is linked to a digital product passport in accordance with that delegated act; (b) the product is accompanied by the required documents and by digital instructions in a language that can be easily understood by customers, as determined by the Member State concerned, and that such instructions are clear, understandable and legible and include at least the information set out in Article 7(2), point (b) (ii), as specified in the delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 4; the obligations laid down in Article 27(7), fourth and fifth subparagraphs, shall apply mutatis mutandis ; and(c) the manufacturer and the importer have complied with the requirements set out in Article 27(5) and (6) and Article 29(3).
(a) display to customers and potential customers, in a visible manner, the labels provided in accordance with Article 32(1), point (b) or (c); (b) make reference to the information included on the labels provided in accordance with Article 32(1), point (b) or (c), in visual advertisements or in technical promotional material for a specific model, in accordance with the applicable delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 4; and (c) not provide or display other labels, marks, symbols or inscriptions that are likely to mislead or confuse customers and potential customers with regard to the information included on the label regarding ecodesign requirements.
(a) ensure that products are accompanied, for each individual unit and free of charge, by printed labels in accordance with that delegated act; (b) provide printed labels or digital copies of the label to the dealer free of charge, promptly and in any event within 5 working days of the dealer’s request; and (c) ensure that their labels are accurate, and provide technical documentation sufficient to enable the accuracy of their labels to be assessed.
(a) make reference to the information included on the label in visual advertisements or in technical promotional material for a specific model, in accordance with the applicable delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 4; (b) not provide or display other labels, marks, symbols or inscriptions that are likely to mislead or confuse customers or potential customers with regard to the information included on the label regarding ecodesign requirements.
(a) place a product covered by a delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 4 on the market under their name or trademark; or (b) modify such a product already placed on the market in a way that affects compliance with the requirements set out in the applicable delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 4.
(a) the name, registered trade name or registered trade mark of the manufacturer, as well as the postal and electronic address where the manufacturer can be contacted; (b) in the event that the manufacturer is not established in the Union, the name, postal and electronic address and telephone number of the economic operator established in the Union within the meaning of Article 4(2) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020; and (c) information allowing the identification of the product, including a picture of it, its type and any other product identifier.
(a) the name of any economic operator that has supplied them with a product falling within the scope of a delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 4; (b) the name of any economic operator to whom or to which they have supplied such products, as well as the quantities and exact models of such products.
(a) the need to facilitate the verification by market surveillance authorities of compliance of manufacturers, their authorised representatives and importers with the applicable requirements; and (b) the need to avoid a disproportionate administrative burden for economic operators, in particular for SMEs.
(a) the availability of evidence concerning the market penetration of the relevant product and which is necessary to facilitate the review of delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 4 applicable to that product; (b) the need to avoid a disproportionate administrative burden for economic operators, in particular for SMEs; and (c) the usefulness of the information required and the proportionality of that requirement.
(a) the usefulness of in-use data for end users to understand and manage the energy use or performance of the product; (b) the technical feasibility of recording in-use data; (c) the need to avoid a disproportionate administrative burden for economic operators, in particular for SMEs; and (d) the need to ensure that no data allowing the identification of individuals or allowing the inference of individuals’ behaviour are collected.
(a) the usefulness of non-personal in-use data for the Commission when reviewing ecodesign requirements or assisting market surveillance authorities with statistical information for their risk-based analysis; and (b) the need to avoid a disproportionate administrative burden for economic operators, in particular for SMEs.
(a) collecting non-personal in-use data if they can be accessed remotely via the internet, following explicit consent being given by the end user to make those data available; and (b) reporting those data to the Commission at least once a year.
(a) provide, upon request and free of charge, manufacturers, notified bodies and competent national authorities with available relevant information related to the products they supply or the services they provide; (b) allow, in the absence of information referred to in point (a), manufacturers to assess the products they supply or the services they provide and give access to relevant documents or facilities to those manufacturers; and (c) enable notified bodies and competent national authorities to verify the accuracy of relevant information related to their activities.
(a) the need to ensure the harmonised application of calculation methods; and (b) the need to minimise the administrative burden imposed on economic operators.
(a) the Commission has requested, pursuant to Article 10(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012, one or more European standardisation organisations to draft a harmonised standard for an ecodesign requirement, for an essential requirement for digital product passports referred to in Articles 10 and 11 of this Regulation or for a test, measurement or calculation method referred to in Article 39 of this Regulation; and: (i) the request has not been accepted; (ii) the harmonised standard addressing that request is not delivered within the deadline set in accordance with Article 10(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012; or (iii) the harmonised standard does not comply with the request; and
(b) no reference to harmonised standards for an ecodesign requirement, for an essential requirement for digital product passports referred to in Articles 10 and 11 of this Regulation or for a test, measurement or calculation method referred to in Article 39 of this Regulation is published in the Official Journal of the European Union in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 and no such reference is expected to be published within a reasonable period.
(a) whether the module concerned is appropriate to the type of product and to the relevant ecodesign requirements, and proportionate to the public interest pursued; (b) the nature of the risks entailed by the product and the extent to which conformity assessment corresponds to the nature and degree of those risks; and (c) where third party involvement is mandatory, the need for the manufacturer to have a choice between quality assurance and product certification modules set out in Annex II to Decision No 768/2008/EC.
(a) the need to minimise the administrative burden for economic operators; (b) the need to ensure there is coherence in relation to other markings applicable to a specific product; and (c) the need to prevent confusion about the meaning of markings under other Union law.
(a) the necessary personnel with technical knowledge, and sufficient and appropriate experience to perform the conformity assessment tasks; (b) the necessary descriptions of the procedures in accordance with which conformity assessment is carried out, ensuring the transparency and the ability of reproduction of those procedures including a description of how relevant personnel, their status and tasks correspond to the conformity assessment tasks in relation to which the body intends to be notified; (c) appropriate policies and procedures to distinguish between the tasks it carries out as a notified body and its other activities; (d) procedures for the performance of activities which take due account of the size of an undertaking, the sector in which it operates, its structure, the degree of complexity of the product technology in question and the mass or serial nature of the production process.
(a) sound technical and vocational training covering all the conformity assessment activities in relation to which the conformity assessment body has been notified; (b) satisfactory knowledge of the requirements of the assessments they carry out and adequate authority to carry out those assessments, including appropriate knowledge and understanding of the relevant legislation, test, measurement and calculation requirements, of the applicable harmonised standards or common specifications, and of the relevant provisions of this Regulation and of the delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 4; (c) the ability to draw up certificates, records and reports demonstrating that assessments have been carried out.
(a) be employed by the conformity assessment body under the national law of the notifying Member State; (b) not have any potential conflict of interest; (c) be competent to verify the assessments made by other staff, external experts or subcontractors; (d) be sufficient in number to ensure business continuity and a consistent approach to conformity assessments.
(a) any refusal, restriction, suspension or withdrawal of a certificate; (b) any circumstances affecting the scope of and conditions for notification; (c) any request for information which they have received from market surveillance authorities regarding conformity assessment activities; (d) on request, conformity assessment activities performed within the scope of their notification and any other activity performed, including cross-border activities and subcontracting.
(a) that another notified body does not comply with the requirements laid down in Article 52 or its obligations; (b) that a product placed on the market does not comply with ecodesign requirements set out in the applicable delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 4; or (c) that a product placed on the market, due to its physical condition, is likely to cause a serious risk.
(a) the products or requirements identified as priorities for market surveillance, taking into account the common priorities identified by the administrative cooperation group ("ADCO"), set up pursuant to Article 30(2) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020, in accordance with Article 68(1), point (a), and the reports pursuant to Article 67(2); (b) the market surveillance activities planned in order to reduce or bring non-compliance to an end for those products or requirements identified as priorities, including the nature of the checks to be performed during the period covered by the national market surveillance strategy.
(a) the levels of non-compliance observed in the market falling within the competence of the market surveillance authority; (b) the environmental impacts of non-compliance; (c) where available, the number of complaints received from end users or consumer organisations, or other information received from economic operators or the media; (d) the number of relevant products made available on the market falling within the competence of the market surveillance authority; and (e) the number of relevant economic operators active on the market falling within the competence of the market surveillance authority.
(a) information on the nature and number of checks performed by market surveillance authorities during the four preceding calendar years pursuant to Article 34(4) and (5) of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020; (b) information on the levels of non-compliance identified and on the nature and severity of penalties imposed for the four preceding calendar years in relation to products covered by delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 4 of this Regulation; (c) a comparison of the information referred to in points (a) and (b) of this paragraph with the activities planned in the context of the section on the market surveillance activities drawn up pursuant to Article 66(1); (d) indicative benchmarks for market surveillance authorities in relation to the frequency of checks and the nature and severity of penalties imposed; (e) a list of priorities for market surveillance authorities in terms of products and requirements.
(a) common priorities for market surveillance as referred to in Article 66(1), point (a), based on objective criteria as referred to in Article 66(2); (b) priorities for Union support pursuant to paragraph 2; (c) requirements set out in delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 4 that are applied or interpreted differently and that should be priorities for the organisation of common training programmes or adoption of guidelines pursuant to paragraph 2 of this Article.
(a) organise joint market surveillance and testing projects in areas of common interest; (b) organise joint investment in market surveillance capacities, including equipment and IT tools; (c) organise common training programmes for the staff of market surveillance authorities, customs authorities, notifying authorities and notified bodies, including programmes on the correct interpretation and application of requirements set out in delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 4 and on methods and techniques relevant for applying or verifying compliance with such requirements; (d) draw up guidelines for the application and enforcement of requirements set out in delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 4, including common practices and methodologies for effective market surveillance; (e) where appropriate, consult with stakeholders and experts.
(a) the failure of the product to meet requirements set out in the relevant delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 4 of this Regulation; or (b) shortcomings in the harmonised standards or common specifications referred to in Articles 41 and 42 of this Regulation conferring a presumption of conformity.
(a) the CE marking has been affixed in violation of Article 30 of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 or of Article 46 of this Regulation; (b) the CE marking has not been affixed; (c) the identification number of the notified body has been affixed in violation of Article 46 or has not been affixed where required; (d) the EU declaration of conformity has not been drawn up; (e) the EU declaration of conformity has not been drawn up correctly; (f) the technical documentation is not available, not complete or contains errors; (g) the information referred to in Article 27(6) or Article 29(3) is absent, false or incomplete; (h) any other administrative requirement provided for in Article 27 or Article 29 or in the applicable delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 4 is not fulfilled.
(a) the nature, gravity and duration of the infringement; (b) where appropriate, the intentional or negligent character of the infringement; (c) the financial situation of the natural or legal person held responsible; (d) the economic benefits derived from the infringement by the natural or legal person held responsible, insofar as they can be determined; (e) the environmental damage caused by the infringement; (f) any action taken by the natural or legal person held responsible to mitigate or remedy the damage caused; (g) the repetitive or singular character of the infringement; (h) any other aggravating or mitigating factor applicable to the circumstances of the case.
(a) fines; (b) time-limited exclusion from public procurement procedures.
(a) the manufacturer; or, (b) in the event that the manufacturer is not established in the Union, and without prejudice to its own liability, the importer or the authorised representative of the manufacturer; or, (c) in the event that the importer is not established in the Union or there is no authorised representative of the manufacturer, the fulfilment service provider.
"(27) Regulation (EU) 2024/1726 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for sustainable products, amending Directive (EU) 2020/1828 and Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 and repealing Directive 2009/125/EC (OJ L, 2024/1726, 28.6.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1726/oj )".
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(a) Articles 1 and 2, Article 8(2), Articles 11, 14, 15, 18 and 19 of, and Annexes I, II, IV, V and VII to, Directive 2009/125/EC in the version applicable on 17 July 2024 , which, instead of Articles 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 19 and 20 of, and Annexes I, II, III and IV to, this Regulation, shall continue to apply:(i) until 31 December 2026 , as regards photovoltaic panels, space and combination heaters, water heaters, solid fuel local space heaters, air conditioners including air-to-air heat pumps and comfort fans, solid fuel boilers, air heating and cooling products, ventilation units, vacuum cleaners, cooking appliances, water pumps, industrial fans, circulators, external power supplies, computers, servers and data storage products, power transformers, professional refrigeration equipment and imaging equipment;(ii) until 31 December 2030 , as regards products regulated by implementing measures that are adopted pursuant to Article 15 of Directive 2009/125/EC, however only insofar as amendments are necessary to address technical issues with regard to those implementing measures;
(b) Article 1(3), Article 2, Article 3(1), Articles 4, 5 and 8, Article 9(3), Articles 10, 14 and 20 of, and Annexes IV, V and VI to, Directive 2009/125/EC in the version applicable on 17 July 2024 , which, instead of Articles 1, 2, 27 and 29, Article 41(4), Article 43(2), Articles 44, 45 and 46 and Article 74 of, and Annexes IV and V to, this Regulation, shall continue to apply as regards products regulated by implementing measures that are adopted pursuant to Article 15 of that Directive until such measures are repealed or declared obsolete.
(a) durability and reliability of the product or its components as expressed through the product’s guaranteed lifetime, technical lifetime, mean time between failures, indication of real use information on the product, resistance to stresses or ageing mechanisms; (b) ease of repair and maintenance, as expressed through characteristics, availability, delivery time and affordability of spare parts, modularity, compatibility with commonly available tools and spare parts, availability of repair and maintenance instructions, number of materials and components used, use of standard components, use of component and material coding standards for the identification of components and materials, number and complexity of processes and whether specialised tools are needed, ease of non-destructive disassembly and re-assembly, conditions for access to product data, conditions for access to or use of hardware and software needed; (c) ease of upgrading, reuse, remanufacturing and refurbishment as expressed through number of materials and components used, use of standard components, use of component and material coding standards for the identification of components and materials, number and complexity of processes and tools needed, ease of non-destructive disassembly and re-assembly, conditions for access to product data, conditions for access to or use of hardware and software needed, conditions of access to test protocols or not commonly available testing equipment, availability of guarantees specific to remanufactured or refurbished products, conditions for access to or use of technologies protected by intellectual property rights, modularity; (d) design for recycling, ease and quality of recycling as expressed through use of easily recyclable materials, safe, easy and non-destructive access to recyclable components and materials or components and materials containing hazardous substances and material composition and homogeneity, possibility for high-purity sorting, number of materials and components used, use of standard components, use of component and material coding standards for the identification of components and materials, number and complexity of processes and tools needed, ease of non-destructive disassembly and re-assembly, conditions for access to product data, conditions for access to or use of hardware and software needed; (e) avoidance of technical solutions detrimental to reuse, upgrading, repair, maintenance, refurbishment, remanufacturing and recycling of products and components; (f) use of substances, and in particular the use of substances of concern, on their own, as constituents of substances or in mixtures, during the production process of products, or leading to their presence in products, including once those products become waste, and their impacts on human health and the environment; (g) use or consumption of energy, water and other resources in one or more life cycle stages of the product, including the effect of physical factors or software and firmware updates on product efficiency and including the impact on deforestation; (h) use or content of recycled materials and recovery of materials, including critical raw materials; (i) use or content of sustainable renewable materials; (j) weight and volume of the product and its packaging, and the product-to-packaging ratio; (k) incorporation of used components; (l) quantity, characteristics and availability of consumables needed for proper use and maintenance as expressed, inter alia, through yield, technical lifetime, ability to reuse, repair, and remanufacture, mass-resource efficiency, and interoperability; (m) the environmental footprint of the product, expressed as a quantification, in accordance with the applicable delegated act, of a product’s life cycle environmental impacts, whether in relation to one or more environmental impact categories or an aggregated set of impact categories; (n) the carbon footprint of the product; (o) the material footprint of the product; (p) microplastic and nanoplastic release as expressed through the release during relevant product life cycle stages, including manufacturing, transport, use and end-of-life stages; (q) emissions to air, water or soil released in one or more lifecycle stages of the product as expressed through quantities and nature of emissions, including noise; (r) amounts of waste generated, including plastic waste and packaging waste and their ease of reuse, and amounts of hazardous waste generated; (s) functional performance and conditions for use, including as expressed through the ability to perform its intended use, precautions for use, skills required and compatibility with other products or systems; (t) lightweight design as expressed through reduction of material consumption, load- and stress-optimisation of structures, integration of functions within the material or into a single product component, use of lower density or high-strength materials and hybrid materials, with regard to material savings, recycling and other circularity aspects, and waste reduction.
(a) information required under Article 7(2), point (b), and Article 7(5) or by other Union law applicable to the relevant product group; (b) the unique product identifier at the level indicated in the applicable delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 4; (c) the Global Trade Identification Number as provided for in International Organization for Standardisation/International Electrotechnical Commission standard ISO/IEC 15459-6 or equivalent of products or their parts; (d) relevant commodity codes, such as a TARIC code as defined in Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87; (e) compliance documentation and information required under this Regulation or other Union law applicable to the product, such as the declaration of conformity, technical documentation or conformity certificates; (f) user manuals, instructions, warnings or safety information, as required by other Union law applicable to the product; (g) information related to the manufacturer, such as its unique operator identifier and the information referred to in Article 27(7); (h) unique operator identifiers other than that of the manufacturer; (i) unique facility identifiers; (j) information related to the importer, including the information referred to in Article 29(3) and its Economic Operators Registration and Identification (EORI) number; (k) the name, contact details and unique operator identifier of the economic operator established in the Union responsible for carrying out the tasks set out in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 or Article 15 of Regulation (EU) 2023/988, or similar tasks pursuant to other Union law applicable to the product; (l) the reference of the digital product passport service provider hosting the back-up copy of the digital product passport.
a general description of the product and of its intended use, conceptual design and manufacturing drawings and schemes of components, sub-assemblies, circuits, etc. descriptions and explanations necessary for the understanding of those drawings and schemes and the operation of the product, a list of the harmonised standards, common specifications or other relevant technical specifications the references of which have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union , applied in full or in part, and descriptions of the solutions adopted to meet the requirements where those harmonised standards have not been applied. In the event of partly applied harmonised standards, the technical documentation shall specify the parts which have been applied,results of design calculations made, examinations carried out, etc, the results of measurements carried out in relation to ecodesign requirements, including details of the conformity of these measurements as compared with the ecodesign requirements set out in the delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 4, test reports, and a copy of the information provided in accordance with the information requirements pursuant to Article 7.
1. Openness of participation Self-regulation measures must be open to the participation of any operators placing on the market a product covered by the self-regulation measure, including SMEs and third country operators, both in the preparatory and in the implementation phases. Economic operators intending to establish a self-regulation measure should make a public announcement of their intention to do so before the process of developing the measure is started. 2. Sustainability and added value Self-regulation measures must respond to the policy objectives of this Regulation and must be consistent with the economic and social dimensions of sustainable development. Self-regulation measures must have an integrated approach to the protection of the environment, interests of consumers, health, quality of life and economic interests. 3. Representativeness Industry and its related associations taking part in a self-regulation measure must represent a large majority of the relevant economic sector, in accordance with Article 21(3), first subparagraph, point (b). Care must be taken to ensure respect for Union competition law, in particular Article 101 TFEU regarding anti-competitive agreements. 4. Quantified and staged objectives The objectives defined by the signatories in their self-regulation measures must be set in clear, quantifiable and unambiguous terms, starting from a well-defined baseline. If the self-regulation measure covers a long time-span, interim targets must be included. It must be possible to monitor compliance with objectives and interim targets in an affordable and credible way using clear and reliable indicators. 5. Involvement of civil society With a view to ensuring transparency, self-regulation measures must be publicised, including online on a publicly and freely accessible website and via other electronic means of disseminating information. Stakeholders, including Member States, industry, environmental NGOs and consumers’ associations, shall be invited to comment on a self-regulation measure. 6. Monitoring and reporting An independent inspector must be selected and nominated in order to monitor compliance of signatories with the self-regulation measure. The self-regulation measure must empower the independent inspector to verify compliance with its requirements. The self-regulation measure must also lay down the procedure to select the independent inspector and the rules to ensure that the inspector has no conflict of interest and has the necessary skills for verifying compliance with its requirements. Every year, each signatory must report all the information and data necessary for the independent inspector to reliably verify the signatory's compliance with the self-regulation measure. The independent inspector must draw up a compliance report at the end of each one-year reporting period. Where a signatory does not comply with the requirements of the self-regulation measure, it must take corrective action. The independent inspector shall notify the other signatories participating in the self-regulation measure of a lack of compliance by a signatory and of the corrective action the signatory intends to take. The results of any market surveillance activity conducted by a market surveillance authority during which non-compliance with the self-regulation measures requirements has been identified shall be taken into account by the independent inspector, in particular in the compliance report, and corrective action shall be taken. 7. Cost-effectiveness of administering a self-regulation measure The cost of administering the self-regulation measure, in particular as regards monitoring, must not lead to a disproportionate administrative burden, as compared to its objectives and to other available policy instruments.
| Commodity code | Description |
|---|---|
| 4203 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, of leather or composition leather |
| 61 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted |
| 62 | Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted |
| 6504 | Hats and other headgear, plaited or made by assembling strips of any material, whether or not lined or trimmed |
| 6505 | Hats and other headgear, knitted or crocheted, or made up from lace, felt or other textile fabric, in the piece (but not in strips), whether or not lined or trimmed; hairnets of any material, whether or not lined or trimmed |
| 6401 | Waterproof footwear with outer soles and uppers of rubber or of plastics, the uppers of which are neither fixed to the sole nor assembled by stitching, riveting, nailing, screwing, plugging or similar processes |
| 6402 | Other footwear with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics |
| 6403 | Footwear with outer soles of rubber, plastics, leather or composition leather and uppers of leather |
| 6404 | Footwear with outer soles of rubber, plastics, leather or composition leather and uppers of textile materials |
| 6405 | Other footwear |
| Directive 2009/125/EC | This Regulation |
|---|---|
| Article 1 | Article 1 |
| Article 2 | Article 2 |
| Article 3 | — |
| Article 4 | Article 29 |
| Article 5 | Articles 44, 45 and 46 |
| Article 6 | Article 3 |
| Article 7 | Articles 69, 70 and 71 |
| Article 8 | Articles 27 and 43 |
| Article 9 | Article 41 |
| Article 10 | — |
| Article 11 | Article 38 |
| Article 12 | Article 68 |
| Article 13 | Article 22 |
| Article 14 | Article 7 |
| Article 15 | Articles 4 and 5 |
| Article 16 | Article 18 |
| Article 17 | Article 21 |
| Article 18 | Article 19 |
| — | Article 24 |
| — | Article 28 |
| — | Articles 30 to 40 |
| — | Article 42 |
| — | Articles 47 to 67 |
| — | Article 72 |
| Article 19 | Article 73 |
| Article 20 | Article 74 |
| Article 21 | Article 75 |
| Article 22 | — |
| Article 23 | — |
| Article 24 | Article 79 |
| Article 25 | Article 80 |
| Article 26 | — |
| Annex I | Articles 5, 7, Annex I |
| Annex II | Annex II |
| — | Annex III |
| Annex III | — |
| Annex IV | Annex IV |
| Annex V | — |
| Annex VI | Annex V |
| Annex VII | Article 8 - |
| Annex VIII | Annex VI |
| Annex IX | — |
| Annex X | Annex VIII |