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for Energy Efficiency - Framework Directive with Implementation Measures |
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Updated: December 2009 Go to: A Process Covering 30+ Energy Using Products in the EU EU is in a process of covering most energy using products on the markets of the EU countries with Ecodesign regulation, a regulation that sets minimum energy efficiency requirements and other environmental requirements, based on a life-cycle approach. Regulation and other measures will cover at least 32 product groups as well 2 horizontal aspects (standby consumption and electric motors). For each product group or horizontal measures is adopted an implementation measure, typically an internal market regulation. Also voluntary agreements are possible measures. Often the process also involves mandatory energy efficiency labelling with the labelling (SAVE) directive. For many products these measures can reduce consumption 25% or more. In November 2009 was adopted a revision of the Ecodesign directive, enlarging the scope to energy related products. This could for instance be windows that are important for heat consumption of a house, but does not directly consume fuel or other delivered energy. The process for each
product group is: The first regulations, covering for instance certain light bulbs, are already in force, and many others are coming soon. Read below. INFORSE-Europe has a permanent seat in the Consultation Forum together with WWF, Climate Action Network Europe, EEB, ECOS and other NGOs. We cooperate on our inputs to the process as well as more generally in the Coolproducts Campaign and collect our positions etc. on our common website. We develop common position to better argue for high energy efficiency requirements and good consumer information via labels etc. |