Current standards and labelling schemes for appliances and office equipment are insufficient in the light of the EU's climate change agenda and need to be expanded to a range of non energy-consuming products, according to draft Commission plans seen by EurActiv.
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Brussels wants to expand the scope of the EU's Eco-Design Requirements for Energy-Using Products (EuP) Directive to include non energy-using products as a central part of a new action plan on SCP and SIP.
A "framework for the setting of eco-design should be available for all products which have a significant impact on the environment", according to a draft directive to revise the scope of the 2005 EuP Directive. The draft is dated 18 March, and has since been submitted for consultation to the different services (DGs) of the Commission.
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