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1. 001 Article 1

   Article 1 Subject matter and scope 1. This Regulation establishes a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements that products have to comply with to be placed on the market or put into service, with the aim of improving the environmental sustainability of products in order to make sustainable products the norm and to reduce the overall carbon footprint and environmental footprint of products over their life cycle, and of ensuring the free movement of sustainable products within the internal market. This Regulation also establishes a digital product passport, provides for the setting of mandatory green public procurement requirements and creates a framework to prevent unsold consumer products from being destroyed. 2. This Regulation applies to any physical goods that are placed on the market or put into service, including components and intermediate products. However, it does not apply to: (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.

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2. 002 Article 2

   Article 2 Definitions For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply: (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 CO2 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. The definitions of ‘SMEs’, ‘small enterprises’ and ‘microenterprises’ in Article 2(1), (2) and (3), respectively, of Annex I to Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC apply. The definitions of ‘substance’ and ‘mixture’ in Article 3, points (1) and (2), respectively, of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 apply. The definitions of ‘accreditation’ and ‘national accreditation body’ in Article 2, points (10) and (11), respectively, of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 apply. The definitions of ‘waste’, ‘hazardous waste’, ‘reuse’, ‘recovery’, ‘preparing for reuse’ and ‘recycling’ in Article 3, points (1), (2), (13), (15), (16) and (17), respectively, of Directive 2008/98/EC apply. The definition of ‘harmonised standard’ in Article 2, point (1) (c), of Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 applies. The definitions of ‘contracting authorities’ in Article 2, point (1), of Directive 2014/24/EU and of ‘contracting entities’ in Article 4(1) of Directive 2014/25/EU apply. ‘Public contracts’ means contracts covered by Directives 2014/24/EU and 2014/25/EU. The definition of ‘processing’ in Article 3, point (2), of Regulation (EU) 2018/1807 of the European Parliament and of the Council applies. The definition of ‘consumer’ in Article 2, point (2), of Directive (EU) 2019/771 applies. The definitions of ‘market surveillance’, ‘market surveillance authority’, ‘fulfilment service provider’, ‘online interface’, ‘corrective action’, ‘end user’, ‘recall’, ‘withdrawal’, ‘customs authorities’ and ‘release for free circulation’ in Article 3, points (3), (4), (11), (15), (16), (21), (22), (23), (24) and (25), respectively, of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 apply.

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3. 003 Article 3

   Article 3 Free movement 1. Products shall only be placed on the market or put into service if they comply with the ecodesign requirements applicable to those products, set out in the delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 4. 2. Member States shall not prohibit, restrict or impede the placing on the market or putting into service of products that comply with the performance requirements set out in delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 4 for reasons of non-compliance with national performance requirements relating to product parameters referred to in Annex I covered by performance requirements included in such delegated acts. Member States shall not prohibit, restrict or impede the placing on the market or putting into service of products that comply with the information requirements set out in delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 4 for reasons of non-compliance with national information requirements relating to product parameters referred to in Annex I covered by information requirements included in such delegated acts. 3. Notwithstanding paragraph 2 of this Article, Member States shall not be precluded from setting minimum energy performance requirements in accordance with Article 5 of Directive (EU) 2024/1275 and system requirements in accordance with Article 13 of that Directive. 4. Member States shall not prohibit, restrict or impede the placing on the market or putting into service of products for which a delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 4(2) establishes that no performance requirements, no information requirements or neither performance nor information requirements are to be set for one or more specific product parameters referred to in Annex I, on the grounds of non-compliance with national requirements relating to such parameters. 5. At trade fairs, exhibitions and similar events, Member States shall not prevent the showing of products that do not comply with requirements set in delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 4, provided that a visible sign clearly indicates that such products do not comply with the requirements set in those delegated acts and that they are not for sale until they have been brought into conformity.

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4. 004 Article 4

   Article 4 Empowerments to adopt delegated acts 1. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 72 to supplement this Regulation by setting ecodesign requirements. Those delegated acts shall include at least the elements listed in Article 8. Such ecodesign requirements shall be set in accordance with Articles 5, 6 and 7 and Chapter III. 2. The empowerment referred to in paragraph 1 shall include the possibility of establishing that no performance requirements, no information requirements or neither performance nor information requirements are to be set for certain product parameters referred to in Annex I where a requirement related to those specific product parameters would have a negative impact on the ecodesign requirements considered for the product group concerned. 3. The empowerment referred to in paragraph 1 shall not include the possibility of adopting a delegated act that establishes that no ecodesign requirements are necessary for a product group. 4. In the delegated acts adopted pursuant to paragraph 1, the Commission shall provide economic operators with sufficient time to comply with the ecodesign requirements laid down in those delegated acts, particularly taking into consideration the needs of SMEs, in particular microenterprises. The date of application of a delegated act shall not be earlier than 18 months from its entry into force, except in duly justified cases for the whole act or for some specific requirements, or except in cases of partial repeal or amendment of delegated acts, where an earlier date of application may be set. 5. In the delegated acts referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, the Commission shall supplement this Regulation by specifying the applicable conformity assessment procedures from either module A set out in Annex IV to this Regulation or one of the modules B to H1 set out in Annex II to Decision No 768/2008/EC, with the adaptations necessary in view of the product or ecodesign requirements concerned, in accordance with Article 43 of this Regulation. Where different conformity assessment modules in Annex II to Decision 768/2008/EC are to be used pursuant to other Union law for the same product, the module provided for in the delegated acts referred to in paragraph 1 shall be used for the ecodesign requirement concerned. When this Regulation, where appropriate, applies to a product group in a manner complementary to a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products (the ‘construction products Regulation’), the delegated act adopted pursuant to paragraph 1 shall specify the conformity assessment procedure, including, where appropriate, any systems provided for pursuant to a measure under the construction products Regulation, taking into account the characteristics of the product group, the relevant ecodesign requirements and the cost for economic operators. 6. The delegated acts adopted pursuant to paragraph 1 may, as appropriate in view of the specificities of the product group, include any of the following additional requirements: (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. 7. The first delegated act to be adopted under this Article shall not enter into force before 19 July 2025.

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5. 005 Article 5

   Article 5 Ecodesign requirements 1. In order to address environmental impacts and based on the product parameters referred to in Annex I, the ecodesign requirements in the delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 4 shall be such as to improve the following product aspects (‘product aspects’) where those product aspects are relevant to the product group concerned: (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. 2. Ecodesign requirements shall, where relevant, ensure based on the product parameters referred to in Annex I that products do not become prematurely obsolete, for reasons that include design choices by manufacturers, the use of components which are significantly less robust than other components, the impeded disassembly of key components, unavailable repair information or spare parts, software that no longer works once an operating system is updated or software updates that are not provided. 3. The Commission shall select or develop tools or methodologies, as necessary, for the setting of ecodesign requirements. 4. Ecodesign requirements shall be set for a specific product group. They may be differentiated for any specific product that belongs to that specific product group. 5. Products whose sole purpose is to serve defence or national security shall be excluded from product groups. 6. The Commission may set ecodesign requirements also for those product groups or product aspects that have not been included in the working plan referred to in Article 18. 7. Where two or more product groups display one or more similarities allowing a product aspect to be effectively improved based on common information requirements or performance requirements, horizontal ecodesign requirements may be set for those product groups (‘horizontal ecodesign requirements’). When considering whether to set horizontal ecodesign requirements, the Commission shall also take into account the positive effects of those requirements towards reaching the objectives of this Regulation, in particular the ability to cover a wide range of product groups in the same delegated act. The Commission may supplement the horizontal ecodesign requirements through the setting of ecodesign requirements for a specific product group. 8. An ecodesign requirement may cover products falling within the scope of a self-regulation measure included in the list contained in the implementing act adopted pursuant to Article 21(3), in the event that the self-regulation measure does not address the product aspects covered by that ecodesign requirement. 9. Ecodesign requirements shall include, as appropriate to improve the specific product aspects, either or both of the following: (a) performance requirements as set out in Article 6; (b) information requirements as set out in Article 7. 10. When preparing ecodesign requirements, the Commission shall ensure consistency with other Union law and shall: (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. 11. Ecodesign requirements shall meet the following criteria: (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. 12. Ecodesign requirements shall be verifiable. The Commission shall identify appropriate means of verification for specific ecodesign requirements, including direct checks of the product or on the basis of the technical documentation. 13. The Commission shall publish relevant studies and analyses, including the impact assessments referred to in paragraph 10, point (b), used in the setting of ecodesign requirements. 14. For each product group concerned by ecodesign requirements, the Commission shall determine, where relevant, which substances fall under the definition in Article 2(27), point (d), taking into account, at least, whether: (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.

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6. 006 Article 6

   Article 6 Performance requirements 1. Products shall comply with performance requirements related to the product aspects, as laid down in the delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 4. 2. The performance requirements shall be based on the relevant product parameters referred to in Annex I and shall, as appropriate, include either or both of the following: (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. 3. Performance requirements based on the product parameter referred to in Annex I, point (f), shall not restrict, for reasons relating primarily to chemical safety, the presence of substances in products. However, the setting of performance requirements shall also, where appropriate, reduce significant risks to human health or the environment. 4. When setting performance requirements, the Commission shall follow the procedure set out in Annex II.

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7. 007 Article 7

   Article 7 Information requirements 1. Products shall comply with information requirements related to the product aspects, as laid down in the delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 4. 2. The information requirements shall: (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. An information requirement may be set for a specific product parameter irrespective of whether a performance requirement is set for that specific product parameter. Where a delegated act contains horizontal ecodesign requirements, point (a) of this paragraph shall not apply. 3. Information requirements based on the product parameter set out in Annex I, point (f), shall not concern the labelling of substances or mixtures for reasons relating primarily to their hazards to health or the environment. 4. When setting the information requirements referred to in paragraph 2, point (b)(i), the Commission shall, where appropriate in view of the specificity of the product group, determine classes of performance. The Commission may base the classes of performance on single parameters or on aggregated scores. Such classes of performance may be expressed in absolute terms or in any other form that enables potential customers to choose the best performing products. Those classes of performance shall correspond to significant improvements in performance levels. Where classes of performance are based on parameters in relation to which performance requirements are set, the lowest class shall correspond to the minimum performance required at the time when the classes of performance start to apply. 5. Unless otherwise provided for under paragraph 6, point (b), the information requirements shall make it possible to track the substances of concern, throughout the life cycle of the products concerned, unless such tracking is already possible pursuant to information requirements laid down in another delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 4 covering the products concerned, and shall include at least the following: (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. The Commission may, where appropriate for the product group concerned, set thresholds for when the information requirement regarding substances of concern is to apply. 6. Where the Commission sets out information requirements in a delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 4, it shall, where relevant: (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 % weight by weight; and (c) ensure consistency with existing information requirements under Union law and minimise the administrative burden, including through appropriate technical solutions. 7. Information requirements shall indicate the manner in which the required information is to be made available. Where a digital product passport is available, the required information shall be provided therein and shall, where necessary, also be provided in one or more of the following forms: (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. Information that makes it possible to track substances of concern pursuant to paragraph 5 shall be given either on the product or be accessible through a data carrier included on the product. 8. The information to be supplied pursuant to information requirements shall be provided in a language which can be easily understood by customers, as determined by the Member State on whose market the product is to be made available or in which it is to be put into service.

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8. 008 Article 8

   Article 8 Content of the delegated acts The delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 4 shall specify at least the following elements: (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 and product descriptions; (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.

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9. 009 Article 9

   Article 9 Digital product passport 1. The information requirements shall provide that products can only be placed on the market or put into service if a digital product passport is available in accordance with the applicable delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 4 and with Articles 10 and 11. The data in the digital product passport shall be accurate, complete and up to date. 2. The requirements related to the digital product passport laid down in the delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 4 shall, as appropriate for the product groups covered, specify the following: (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. 3. The requirements referred to in paragraph 2 shall: (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. 4. When setting the requirements related to the digital product passport, the Commission may exempt product groups from the requirement to have a digital product passport where: (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).

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10. 010 Article 10

    Article 10 Requirements for the digital product passport 1. A digital product passport shall comply with the following essential requirements: (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 vendor 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. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 72 to amend Annex III, first paragraph, point (c), and second paragraph in light of technical and scientific progress by replacing the standards or adding other European or international standards with which the data carriers, the unique operator identifiers and the unique facility identifiers are to comply for the purposes of meeting the conditions set out in this Article. 2. Where other Union law requires or allows the inclusion of specific data in the digital product passport, those data may be included in the digital product passport pursuant to the applicable delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 4. 3. The economic operator placing the product on the market shall: (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. 4. The economic operator, when placing the product on the market, shall make available a back-up copy of the digital product passport through a digital product passport service provider.

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11. 011 Article 11

    Article 11 Technical design and operation of the digital product passport The technical design and operation of the digital product passport shall comply with the following essential requirements: (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. If the digital product passport is stored pursuant to point (c) of the first subparagraph or otherwise processed by digital product passport service providers, those digital product passport service providers shall not sell, reuse or process such data, in whole or in part, beyond what is necessary for the provision of the relevant storing or processing services, unless specifically agreed with the economic operator placing the product on the market or putting it into service. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 72 to supplement this Article by setting out the requirements that digital product passport service providers are to comply with in order to become such providers, and, where appropriate, a certification scheme to verify compliance with such requirements, and by setting out the requirements that those service providers are to comply with when providing digital product passport services. The Commission may adopt implementing acts setting out procedures to issue and verify the digital credentials of economic operators and other relevant actors that have access rights to data included in the digital product passport. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 73(3).

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12. 012 Article 12

    Article 12 Unique identifiers 1. The unique operator identifiers referred to in Annex III, first paragraph, points (g) and (h), and the unique facility identifiers referred to in Annex III, first paragraph, point (i), shall comply with the standards referred to in Annex III, first paragraph, point (c), and second paragraph, or equivalent European or international standards, until the references of harmonised standards are published in the Official Journal of the European Union. 2. Where a unique operator identifier referred to in Annex III, first paragraph, point (h), is not yet available, the economic operator that creates or updates the digital product passport shall request a unique operator identifier on behalf of the relevant actor and shall provide that actor with full details of the unique operator identifier once issued. Before issuing a request as referred to in the first subparagraph, the economic operator that creates or updates the digital product passport shall seek confirmation from that relevant actor that no unique operator identifier exists. 3. Where a unique facility identifier referred to in Annex III, first paragraph, point (i), is not yet available, the economic operator that creates or updates the digital product passport shall request a unique facility identifier on behalf of the actor responsible for the relevant location or building and shall provide that actor with full details of the unique facility identifier once issued. Before issuing a request as referred to in the first subparagraph, the economic operator that creates or updates the digital product passport shall seek confirmation from the relevant actor that no unique facility identifier exists. 4. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 72 to supplement this Regulation by establishing rules and procedures related to the life cycle management of unique identifiers and of data carriers. In particular, those delegated acts shall: (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. 5. The delegated acts adopted pursuant to paragraph 4 shall set out: (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. 6. When establishing the rules and procedures as referred to in paragraph 4, the Commission shall: (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.

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13. 013 Article 13

    Article 13 Digital product passport registry 1. By 19 July 2026, the Commission shall set up a digital registry (the ‘registry’) which stores in a secure manner at least the unique identifiers. In the case of products intended to be placed under the customs procedure ‘release for free circulation’, the registry shall store the commodity code. The registry shall store the unique identifiers for batteries as referred to in Article 77(3) of Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 of the European Parliament and of the Council. The Commission shall manage the registry and shall ensure that the data stored in the registry are processed securely and in compliance with Union law, including applicable rules on the protection of personal data. 2. The Commission shall, in the delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 4, specify any other data which, in addition to being included in the digital product passport, are to be stored in the registry, taking into account at least the following criteria: (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. 3. In relation to its responsibility to set up and manage the registry and the processing of any personal data that might result from that activity, the Commission shall be regarded as controller as defined in Article 3, point (8), of Regulation (EU) 2018/1725. 4. The economic operator placing the product on the market or putting it into service shall upload, in the registry, the data referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2. 5. Upon the uploading by the economic operator of the data referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 in the registry, the registry shall automatically communicate to that economic operator a unique registration identifier associated with the unique identifiers uploaded in the registry for a specific product in accordance with paragraph 4. That communication by the registry shall not be deemed to be proof of compliance with this Regulation or other Union law. The Commission shall adopt an implementing act specifying the implementation arrangements for the registry, including for the communication of the unique registration identifier referred to in the first subparagraph. That implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 73(3). 6. The Commission, competent national authorities and customs authorities shall have access to the registry for the purposes of carrying out their duties pursuant to Union law.

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14. 014 Article 14

    Article 14 Web portal for data in the digital product passport The Commission shall set up and manage a publicly accessible web portal allowing stakeholders to search for and compare data included in digital product passports. The web portal shall be designed to guarantee that stakeholders can search for and compare the data in a manner that is consistent with their respective access rights specified in the delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 4.

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15. 015 Article 15

    Article 15 Customs controls relating to the digital product passport 1. Any person intending to place a product covered by a delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 4 under the customs procedure ‘release for free circulation’ shall provide or make available to customs authorities the unique registration identifier of that product referred to in Article 13(5). The first subparagraph of this paragraph shall apply from the moment the registry is operational. 2. Customs authorities may release a product for free circulation only after having verified as a minimum that the unique registration identifier referred to in Article 13(5) and the commodity code provided or made available to them correspond to the data stored in the registry. The verification referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph shall take place electronically and automatically via the interconnection referred to in paragraph 3. It shall apply from the moment that interconnection is operational. The release for free circulation shall not be deemed to be proof of compliance with this Regulation or other Union law. 3. The Commission shall interconnect the registry with the EU Customs Single Window Certificates Exchange System (EU CSW-CERTEX), thus enabling the automated exchange of information with the national customs systems through the EU Single Window Environment for Customs established by Regulation (EU) 2022/2399. That interconnection shall be operational within four years of the date of entry into force of the implementing act referred to in Article 13(5). 4. The Commission and the customs authorities may retrieve and use the data included in the digital product passport and the registry for carrying out their duties pursuant to Union law, including risk management, customs controls and release for free circulation in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 952/2013. 5. This Article is without prejudice to Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 and Chapter VII of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and any other Union law.

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16. 016 Article 16

    Article 16 Labels 1. Where the information requirements indicate that information is to be included in a label pursuant to Article 7(7), point (c), the delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 4 shall specify: (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. 2. Where an information requirement entails the inclusion in a label of the class of performance, the layout of the label referred to in paragraph 1, point (b), shall be clear and easily understandable, and shall enable customers to easily compare product performance in relation to the relevant product parameter and to choose better performing products. 3. For energy-related products that are subject to energy labels established pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2017/1369, where information on a relevant product parameter, including on classes of performance referred to in Article 7(4) of this Regulation, cannot be incorporated in the energy label, and provided such information is considered to be more relevant and comprehensive than the information covered by the energy label, the Commission, after assessing the risk of confusion for customers, the administrative burden for economic operators and the best way to communicate that particular information, may, if appropriate, require the establishment of a label in accordance with this Regulation instead of the energy label established pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2017/1369. 4. When setting the information requirements referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission shall, where appropriate, require that the label include data carriers or other means to allow customers to access additional information on the product, including means allowing access to the digital product passport. 5. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts establishing common requirements for the layout of the labels required pursuant to Article 7(7), point (c). Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 73(3).

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17. 017 Article 17

    Article 17 Mimicking labels Products that bear or are accompanied by labels that are likely to mislead or confuse customers or potential customers by mimicking the labels provided for in Article 16 or products that are accompanied by any other information which is likely to mislead or confuse customers or potential customers with regard to the labels provided for in that Article shall not be placed on the market or put into service.

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18. 018 Article 18

    Article 18 Prioritisation and planning 1. When prioritising products to be covered by ecodesign requirements, the Commission shall analyse the potential contribution of those products to achieving Union climate, environmental and energy efficiency objectives, taking into account the following criteria: (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. The Commission shall also strive to assess the potential contribution of those products to the functioning of the internal market and to the Union's economic resilience. 2. When prioritising aspects to be covered by horizontal ecodesign requirements, the Commission shall take into consideration the benefits of covering a wide range of products and product groups in the same delegated act in relation to reaching the objectives of this Regulation. 3. The Commission shall adopt a working plan and make it publicly available, together with the relevant preparatory documents (‘working plan’). The working plan shall set out a list of product groups which are to be prioritised for the setting of ecodesign requirements and the estimated timelines for their setting. That list shall include product aspects and product groups which are to be considered priorities for the setting of horizontal ecodesign requirements, as well as the unsold consumer products, if any, in relation to which the introduction of a prohibition of destruction by economic operators is to be considered, based on the consolidated information provided pursuant to Article 26 and any other available evidence. The Commission shall in particular consider the inclusion of electrical and electronic equipment when it first identifies the products, if any, in relation to which it will consider introducing a prohibition of destruction by economic operators. The working plan shall cover a period of at least three years and shall be regularly updated. When adopting or updating the working plan, the Commission shall take into account the criteria set out in paragraphs 1 and 2. 4. The Commission shall present to the European Parliament a draft of the working plan before the adoption of the working plan. 5. In the first working plan, which shall be adopted by 19 April 2025, the Commission shall prioritise the following product groups: (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. If any of the product groups referred to in the first subparagraph is not included in the first working plan or if any other product group is included, the Commission shall provide a justification for its decision in that working plan. 6. Where there is an absence of adequate performance requirements and information requirements concerning the environmental footprint and carbon footprint of cement under the construction products Regulation, the Commission shall set ecodesign requirements for cement in a delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 4 not earlier than 31 December 2028 and not later than 1 January 2030. 7. The Commission shall inform the European Parliament and the Council annually of the progress made in the implementation of the working plan.

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19. 019 Article 19

    Article 19 Ecodesign Forum The Commission shall establish an Ecodesign Forum as an expert group with a balanced and effective participation of experts designated by Member States and of all parties having an interest in the product or product group in question. The Ecodesign Forum shall contribute in particular to: (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.

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20. 020 Article 20

    Article 20 Member States Expert Group The Commission shall establish a Member States Expert Group as a subgroup of the Ecodesign Forum, composed of experts designated by the Member States. Those experts shall contribute in particular to: (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 with regard to unsold consumer products in relation to which the introduction of a prohibition of destruction by economic operators is to be considered under Article 18(3), in particular electrical and electronic equipment when first identifying those unsold consumer products.

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21. 021 Article 21

    Article 21 Self-regulation measures 1. Economic operators may submit to the Commission a self-regulation measure setting ecodesign requirements for products not falling within the scope of a delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 4 or not included in the working plan. Those operators shall provide evidence that the criteria referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article are fulfilled. 2. The self-regulation measure submitted pursuant to paragraph 1 shall contain the following information: (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. The signatories of the self-regulation measure shall keep the information referred to in this paragraph up-to-date and available on a publicly and freely accessible website. The signatories of the self-regulation measure shall, without delay, notify the Commission of any changes to the self-regulation measure, in particular any changes concerning them. 3. The Commission shall assess the submitted self-regulation measure, and, where necessary, shall seek scientific advice from Union decentralised agencies. In the assessment, the Commission shall verify whether the following criteria are fulfilled: (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. The Commission shall adopt an implementing act containing a list of self-regulation measures which fulfil the criteria of this Article. That implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 73(2). 4. The Commission may at any point in time request the signatories to a self-regulation measure listed in an implementing act adopted pursuant to paragraph 3, second subparagraph, to submit, within an appropriate period of time, a revised and updated version of that measure in view of relevant market or technological developments relating to the product group concerned. Where the Commission has reason to believe that the criteria set out in this Article are no longer fulfilled, the signatories shall submit a revised and updated version of that measure within three months of the request made by the Commission. 5. Once a self-regulation measure has been listed in an implementing act adopted pursuant to paragraph 3, second subparagraph, the signatories of that measure shall report to the Commission, at regular intervals set out in that implementing act, on the progress made towards achieving the objectives of the self-regulation measure and to demonstrate that the criteria set in paragraph 3 remain fulfilled. The independent inspector referred to in Annex VI, point 6, shall notify the Commission of the lack of compliance of a signatory. Progress reports, including compliance reports made by the independent inspector, and notifications about lack of compliance and corresponding corrective action shall be made available by the signatories on a publicly accessible website. 6. Where the Commission considers that a self-regulation measure listed in an implementing act adopted pursuant to paragraph 3, second subparagraph, no longer fulfils the criteria set out in this Article or where the signatories of the self-regulation measure concerned did not meet the deadline referred to in paragraph 4, it shall delete that measure from the list referred to in paragraph 3 by means of implementing acts. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 73(2). Where a self-regulation measure has been deleted from the list referred to in paragraph 3, the Commission may set ecodesign requirements applicable to the product covered by that self-regulation measure in a delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 4.

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22. 022 Article 22

    Article 22 Small and medium-sized enterprises 1. In the context of programmes from which SMEs, in particular micro-enterprises, can benefit, the Commission shall ensure there are initiatives which help those enterprises to integrate environmental sustainability, including energy efficiency, into their value chain. 2. When adopting delegated acts pursuant to Article 4, the Commission shall, where appropriate, accompany those delegated acts with digital tools and guidelines covering specificities of SMEs, in particular micro-enterprises, active in the product sector or product group sector concerned, in order to facilitate the compliance with this Regulation by those enterprises. When drafting those guidelines, the Commission shall consult organisations that represent SMEs. 3. Member States shall take appropriate measures to help SMEs, in particular microenterprises, comply with the ecodesign requirements set out in delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 4. Member States shall consult organisations that represent SMEs on the kind of measures SMEs consider useful. Those measures shall at least include ensuring the availability of one-stop shops or similar mechanisms to raise awareness of ecodesign requirements and create networking opportunities for SMEs, in particular microenterprises, to adapt to ecodesign requirements. In addition, without prejudice to applicable State aid rules, such measures may include: (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.

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23. 023 Article 23

    Article 23 General principle of prevention of destruction Economic operators shall take necessary measures which can reasonably be expected to prevent the need to destroy unsold consumer products.

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24. 024 Article 24

    Article 24 Disclosure of information on unsold consumer products 1. Economic operators that discard unsold consumer products directly or have unsold consumer products discarded on their behalf shall disclose: (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. Economic operators shall disclose the information referred to in the first subparagraph in a clear and visible manner at least on an easily accessible page of their website. Economic operators that are subject to the obligation to publish the sustainability reporting in their management report pursuant to Article 19a or 29a of Directive 2013/34/EU may also include that information in that sustainability reporting. Economic operators shall disclose the information referred to in the first subparagraph on an annual basis and shall include as part of that information the unsold consumer products discarded during the preceding financial year. They shall make the information for each year publicly available. That first disclosure shall cover unsold consumer products discarded during the first full financial year during which this Regulation is in force. This paragraph shall not apply to micro and small enterprises. This paragraph shall apply to medium-sized enterprises from 19 July 2030. 2. With the exception of when the information is available to the competent national authority on the basis of another legal act, the economic operators shall, at the request of the Commission or a competent national authority, provide all the information and documentation necessary to demonstrate the delivery and reception of the discarded products as disclosed pursuant to paragraph 1, point (c), of this Article, and, where relevant, the information necessary to demonstrate the applicability of a derogation under Article 25(5). Such information and documentation shall be provided in paper or electronic form within 30 days of receipt of the request. 3. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts setting out the details and format for the disclosure of the information referred to in paragraph 1, including the delimitation of product types or categories and how such information is to be verified. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 73(3). The first such implementing act shall be adopted by 19 July 2025.

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25. 025 Article 25

    Article 25 Destruction of unsold consumer products 1. From 19 July 2026, the destruction of unsold consumer products as listed in Annex VII shall be prohibited. This paragraph shall not apply to micro and small enterprises. This paragraph shall apply to medium-sized enterprises from 19 July 2030. 2. Economic operators that are not subject to the prohibition referred to in paragraph 1 shall not destroy unsold consumer products supplied to them with the purpose of circumventing that prohibition. 3. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 72 in order to amend Annex VII: (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. 4. When preparing a delegated act to be adopted pursuant to paragraph 3, point (a), the Commission shall: (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. That delegated act shall specify its date of application and, where appropriate, any tiered measures or transitional measures or periods. 5. The Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 72 to supplement this Regulation by setting out derogations from the prohibition of destruction of unsold consumer products listed in Annex VII where it is appropriate for any of the following reasons: (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. Those delegated acts may also, where relevant, provide that the prohibition to destroy unsold consumer products referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article or the disclosure obligation set out in Article 24 apply to micro and small enterprises where there is sufficient evidence that such enterprises could be used to circumvent that prohibition or that obligation. The first delegated act referred to in the first subparagraph shall be adopted by 19 July 2025.

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26. 026 Article 26

    Article 26 Consolidated information on the destruction of unsold consumer products By 19 July 2027 and every 36 months thereafter, the Commission shall publish on its website consolidated information on the destruction of unsold consumer products, including the following elements: (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.

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27. 027 Article 27

    Article 27 Obligations of manufacturers 1. When placing products covered by a delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 4 on the market or putting them into service, manufacturers shall ensure that: (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). 2. Before placing a product covered by a delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 4 on the market or putting it into service, manufacturers shall carry out the conformity assessment procedure specified in that delegated act, or have it carried out on their behalf, and draw up the required technical documentation. Where compliance of a product covered by a delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 4 with the applicable requirements has been demonstrated by that procedure, manufacturers shall draw up an EU declaration of conformity in accordance with Article 44 and affix the CE marking in accordance with Article 46. However, where the Commission has specified alternative rules pursuant to Article 4(6), point (d), the manufacturer shall affix conformity marking in accordance with those rules. 3. Manufacturers shall keep the technical documentation and the EU declaration of conformity 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. 4. Manufacturers shall ensure that procedures are in place to ensure that products covered by a delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 4 which are part of a series production remain in conformity with the applicable requirements. Changes in the production process, product design or in characteristics, as well as changes in harmonised standards, common specifications or other technical specifications by reference to which product conformity is declared or through the application of which its conformity is verified, shall be adequately taken into account by manufacturers and, in the event they find that the product’s conformity is affected by such changes, manufacturers shall carry out a reassessment in accordance with the applicable conformity assessment procedure as referred to in paragraph 2, or have that reassessment carried out on their behalf. 5. Manufacturers shall ensure that their products covered by a delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 4 bear a type, batch or serial number or other element allowing their identification, or, where the size or nature of the product does not so allow, that the required information is provided on the packaging or in a document accompanying the product. 6. For products covered by a delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 4, manufacturers shall indicate their name, registered trade name or registered trade mark, postal address at which, and electronic means of communication through which, they can be contacted: (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. The address shall indicate a single point where the manufacturer can be contacted. The contact details shall be clear, understandable and legible. 7. Manufacturers shall ensure that a product covered by a delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 4 is accompanied by instructions in digital format concerning the product (‘digital instructions’) in a language that can be easily understood, as determined by the Member State concerned. Digital instructions shall be clear, understandable and legible and include at least the information set out in Article 7(2), point (b)(ii), as specified in that delegated act. However, manufacturers shall provide in paper, in a concise format, safety information and the instructions relevant for the health and safety of customers and other relevant actors. When providing the digital instructions, the manufacturer shall include them in the digital product passport and make them accessible through the corresponding data carrier, or, where the digital product passport is not applicable, indicate on the product, or, where that is not possible, on its packaging or in an accompanying document, how to access the digital instructions. The manufacturer shall present the digital instructions in a format that makes it possible to download and save them on an electronic device so that the user can access them at all times and shall make them accessible online during the expected lifetime of the product, but in any event for at least 10 years after the placing on the market or putting into service of the product. Where the customer so requests at the time of the purchase, or up to six months after that purchase, the manufacturer shall provide the digital instructions in a paper format, free of charge, within one month of receiving the request. The delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 4 may specify that certain information forming part of the digital instructions is also to be provided in paper format. 8. Manufacturers that consider or have reason to believe that a product covered by a delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 4 that they have placed on the market or put into service is not in conformity with the requirements set out in that delegated act shall without undue delay take the necessary corrective action to bring that product into conformity, or to immediately withdraw or recall it, if appropriate. Manufacturers shall immediately inform the market surveillance authorities of the Member States in which they made the product available or put it into service of the suspected non-compliance and of any corrective action taken. 9. Manufacturers shall make publicly available communication channels such as a telephone number, electronic address or dedicated section of their website, taking into account the accessibility needs of persons with disabilities, in order to allow customers to submit complaints or concerns regarding the potential non-conformity of products. Manufacturers shall keep a register of complaints and concerns as long as it is necessary for the purposes of this Regulation, but no longer than five years after they have been submitted and make the register available at the request of a market surveillance authority. 10. Manufacturers shall, for products covered by a delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 4, further to a reasoned request from a competent national authority, provide all the information and documentation necessary to demonstrate the conformity of those products, including the technical documentation, in a language that can be easily understood by that authority. That information and documentation shall be provided in paper or electronic form, as soon as possible and in any event within 15 days of receipt of a request by that authority. Manufacturers shall cooperate with the competent national authority regarding any corrective action taken to remedy any case of non-compliance with the requirements set out in the applicable delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 4.

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28. 028 Article 28

    Article 28 Authorised representatives 1. A manufacturer may, by a written mandate, appoint an authorised representative. The obligations laid down in Article 27(1) and the drawing up of technical documentation shall not form part of the authorised representative’s mandate. 2. An authorised representative shall perform the tasks specified in the mandate received from the manufacturer. The mandate shall allow the authorised representative to do at least the following: (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.

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29. 029 Article 29

    Article 29 Obligations of importers 1. Importers shall, with regard to products covered by a delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 4, only place on the market products that comply with the requirements set out in the applicable delegated acts. 2. Before placing a product covered by a delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 4 on the market, importers shall ensure that: (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). The importer shall further ensure that a product covered by a delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 4 bears the required CE marking referred to in Article 45, where applicable, in accordance with the rules and conditions referred to in Article 46, or the alternative conformity marking as laid down in a delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 4(6), point (d), and is accompanied by the required documents, and that the manufacturer has complied with the requirements set out in Article 27(5) and (6). Where importers consider or have reason to believe that a product is not in conformity with the requirements set out in the applicable delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 4, they shall not place the product on the market or put it into service until it has been brought into conformity. 3. For products covered by a delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 4, importers shall indicate their name, registered trade name or registered trade mark, postal address at which and electronic means of communication through which they can be contacted: (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. The contact details shall be clear, understandable and legible. 4. Importers shall ensure that a product covered by a delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 4 is accompanied by digital instructions in a language that can be easily understood, as determined by the Member State concerned. Such instructions shall be clear, understandable and legible and include at least the information set out in Article 7(2), point (b)(ii), as specified in the delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 4. The obligations laid down in Article 27(7) fourth and fifth subparagraphs, shall apply mutatis mutandis. 5. Importers shall ensure that, while a product is under their responsibility, storage or transport conditions do not jeopardise its compliance with the requirements set out in the applicable delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 4. 6. Importers that consider or have reason to believe that a product covered by a delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 4 that they have placed on the market is not in conformity with the requirements set out in that delegated act shall without undue delay take the necessary corrective action to bring that product into conformity, or to immediately withdraw or recall it, if appropriate. Importers shall immediately inform the market surveillance authorities of the Member States in which they made the product available of the suspected non-compliance and of any corrective action taken. 7. Importers shall keep a copy of the EU declaration of conformity at the disposal of the market surveillance authorities and ensure that the technical documentation can be made available to those authorities, upon request, 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. 8. Importers shall, for products covered by a delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 4, further to a reasoned request from a competent national authority, provide all the information and documentation necessary to demonstrate the conformity of those products, including the technical documentation, in a language that can be easily understood by that authority. That information and documentation shall be provided in paper or electronic form, as soon as possible and in any event within 15 days of receipt of a request by that authority. Importers shall cooperate with the competent national authority regarding any corrective action taken to remedy any case of non-compliance with the requirements set out in the applicable delegated act adopted pursuant to Article 4.

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