In view of the finalisation of the first Ecodesign Working Plan, industry associations ranging from branded goods to furnitures recommend that the European Commission takes a vertical approach by focusing on rules set on a product group basis.
This is in line with the previous Ecodesign Directive’s framework. As sustainability impacts vary across product categories, ecodesign requirements should be tailored to the unique characteristics of each product group and value-chain.
This is in line with the Commission’s impact assessment and Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné’s plan to base industrial policy on a sector-by sector approach.
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The European Commission must implement the ESPR through product group-specific measures that can be better tailored to the specificities of each product group and allow for precise rules that provide legal certainties to economic operators, while avoiding regulatory overlaps. This is coherent with the Commission’s impact assessment and the new EU Commission’s priorities on Competitiveness and the Clean Industrial Deal.