EuP Directive

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• EuP Directive
•  A framework for setting eco-design requirements
  for energyusing products 
• Rein Nieland
• DG Trade.E2
• Steel, coal, shipbuilding, automotive, chemical
  and other industries

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Outline

• EuP Directive
• Background
• Legal Basis
• Related Legislation
• Interaction with IPP
• Interaction WEEE/RoHS
• Interaction Ecolabel
• Scope
• Requirements
• Structure Features
• Structure EuP
• Other issues
• More Information

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1. EuP Directive Background

• Amsterdam Treaty Article 6
• Environmental protection requirements must be
  integrated into the definition and implementation
  of Community policies and activities referred to
  in Article 3, in particular with a view to
  promoting sustainable development
• Integrated Product Policy (IPP)
• Consider the entire environmental impact of
  products throughout their life cycle

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1. EuP Directive Background

• Security of supply
• Improvement of energy efficiency contributes to
  the reduction of energy demand
• Better Regulations
• Efficient decision-making, consultation, self
  regulation

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1. EuP Directive Legal Basis

• Article 95 of the Amsterdam Treaty
• Ensures the free movement throughout the EU for
  the products conforming to the applicable
  eco-design requirements

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1. EuP Directive Related Legislation

• Directive on management of waste from EEE based
  on article 175 (WEEE)
• Directive on the restriction of certain hazardous
  substances in EEE based on Article 95 (RoHS)
• Existing legislation on minimum energy efficiency
  requirements based on Article 95
• Eco-label, EMAS

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1. EuP Directive Interaction with IPP

• EuP is in line with IPP principles (sustainable
  development, consideration of lifecycle,
  integrated approach, room for voluntary approach)
• EuP implements on of the elements of the IPP
  toolbox (legal requirements on product design)
  for a given category of products
• Cross-fertilization of studies and other
  activities (e.g. accompanying measures for SMEs)

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1. EuP Directive Interaction WEEE/RoHS

• EuP has wider scope (not only EEE)
• EuP is about product design, WEEE is about
  management of waste EuP
• EuP will contribute to avoiding market
  fragmentation when implementing WEEE
• RoHS regulates the presence of certain hazardous
  substances in EEE
• EuP considers hazardous substances in general
  with a view to improving the overall
  environmental performance

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1. EuP Directive Interaction with Ecolable

• EU Ecolabel aims at highlighting the
  environmentally best performing products its a
  voluntary scheme
• EuP implementation measures will be set binding
  eco-design requirements for all products
• EMAS is focussed on environmental performance of
  installations, EuP deals with product design
• Ecolabel may be used for presumption of
  conformity, EMAS for conformity assessment

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1. EuP Directive Scope

• Products covered
• In principle all energy sources are covered, in
  practice at first products using electricity or
  fuels will be considered
• No binding list of products to be tackled but
  clear slection criteria and priority to European
  Climate Change Programme (ECCP) products and
  standby during first phase
• Means of transport not included

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1. EuP Directive Scope

• EuP addresses products (not installations) and
  foresees affixing of CE marking
• Parts can be subject of implementing measures if
  they are market separately and can be
  environmentally assessed independently
• Components may be subject to information
  requirements (article 11)

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1. EuP Directive Scope

• Aspects covered
• EuP does not deal with environmental impacts
  (e.g. climate change) but with environmental
  aspects of the product which can be correlated to
  those impacts (e.g. energy consumption) and can
  be influenced in a substantial manner through
  product design
• EuP addresses all environmental aspects (listed
  in Annex I) i.e. not only waste, energy, water
  consumption, etc. throughout the lifecycle, i.e.
  from material selection to end of life management
  but

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1. EuP Directive Scope

• this does not mean that each implementation
  measure will contain eco-design requirements for
  all environmental aspects mentioned in Annex I or
  that each implementing measure will demenad an
  ecological profile
• The eco-design requirements will address the
  significant environmental aspects of the examined
  product, following stakeholder consultation and
  impact assessment they can be

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1. EuP Directive Requirements

• Generic, aiming at the improvement of the overall
  environmental performance, focusing on
  environmental aspects identified in the
  implementing measure
• Specific, in the form of limit values or
  thresholds for selected aspects with significant
  adverse impact on the environment

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1. EuP Directive Requirements

• Generic would be relevant when several important
  environmental aspects of the product have been
  identified, hence flexibility for trade-offs is
  necessary
• Their implementation will be assisted by
  standards (ISO, IEC, ESO) and related technical
  documents, industry protocols etc.
• The implementation measure containing generic
  eco-design requirements will identify not only
  the environmental aspects of the product to which
  they refer but also, as appropriate bench mark
  and guidelines
• Specific eco-design requirements (such as
  existing energy requirements for certain energy
  using products such as refrigerators, boilers,
  light ballasts) will be used whenever technical
  and/or market evidence justifies cutting off the
  worst performing products

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1. EuP Directive Structure features

• EuP framework does not create immediate
  obligations for manufactures but allows the
  Commission to do so through implementing measures
• Implementing measures are adopted by the
  Commission assisted by a regulatory Committee
• They define eco-design requirements, conformity
  assessment procedures and implementation dates

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1. EuP Directive Structure EuP

• Impact assessment precedes the submission of
  Commission draft measures
• Stakeholder participate throughout the whole
  process (studies, impact ass. Consultations,
  preparatory discussions)
• Before adoption by the Commission, drafting
  implementation measures are notified to WTO

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1. EuP Directive Other issues

• Implementing issues (Article 15)
• Working Plan (Article 16)
• Principle for setting eco-design requirements
• Conformity assessment (Article 8)
• Presumption of conformity (Article 9)
• Harmonized standards in support of EuP (Article
  10)

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1. EuP Directive Other issues

• Environmental assessment by the manufactures
• Operational aspects
• International Trade
• State of Play
• Benefits

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4. More information

• http//europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/eco_design/in
  dex/htm
• Rein Nieland reinirus.nieland_at_ec.europa.eu

• http//europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/eco_design/in
  dex/htm
• Rein Nieland reinirus.nieland_at_ec.europa.eu