EU SCP/SIP Action Plan EU SCP/SIP Action Plan

Regulatory update and insightRegulatory update and insight

European Economic and Social Committee Hearing, 10 December 2008,

Bettina Lorz

DG Environment, European Commission

Broad ChallengesBroad Challenges

Towards an energy and resource efficient economy

Reduce environmental stress in a growing economy

Changing patterns of consumption

Transfer environmental challenges into

economic opportunities

Design

Collection

Reuse, Recycling, Recovery

Manufacturing/Product

Distribution

Use

Natural Resources

Waste & Recycling Legislation

SCP: Consumption

SCP: Leaner Production

SCP: Better Products

ETAP: Eco-innovation

Natural resources

Action Plan on Sustainable Consumption and Production / Sustainable Industrial Policy

• A package adopted by the Commission 16 July 2008

• Council conclusions adopted 4 December 2008

- Better Products

- Smarter Consumption

- Leaner Production

- Action at global level

Better Products and Smarter Consumption

“Building on environmental life-cycle thinking”

Advocating life-cycle thinking for products

Continuous improvement of products

Working with the market: economic incentives, standards, labelling, public procurement, voluntary agreements …

Stakeholder involvement

Building on Integrated Product Building on Integrated Product Policy Policy

SCP/SIP – Action Plan: Integrating instrumentsSCP/SIP – Action Plan: Integrating instruments

Better products: Exclude “bad” performance Promote “good” Performance Continuous Improvement

Key Legislation: Ecodesign Energy Labelling Ecolabel

From energy-using to energy-related products (in

future: all products?)

Implementing measures:

- Minimum requirements

- Benchmarks of environmental performance

- Periodic update of requirements and benchmarks

‘Better products’:Proposal for a recast of the Ecodesign Directive – in Co-decision

Effective LabellingEffective Labelling

Proposal for a revised Energy Labelling Directive: in co-decision

mandatory

energy-related products

Proposal for a revised Ecolabel Regulation: in co-decision

voluntary

‘Front runner’ label (top 10%)

Broad scope

Performance levels identified under revised Energy

Labelling Directive will also set basis:

for Member State’s incentives

for mandatory Public Procurement

IncentivesIncentives

16% of EU GDP

• Provide Guidance

• Set Common Criteria

• Indicative Targets

Green Public Procurement:Green Public Procurement:Communication and Council conclusionsCommunication and Council conclusions

(voluntary actions) (voluntary actions)

Consistent and reliable data required: Life-cycle

data and methodologies, Product data centre ...

Sharing of data under different instruments

Harmonised standards ?

Data and methods on productsData and methods on products

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Ecodesign:

Voluntary benchmarks

Compulsory minimum requirements

Eco-label

Voluntary

« Label of excellence » EU GPP

Stimulate market for better products ensuring adequate competition

Ecodesign

Exclusion from markets

Labelling Directive

A+++

A++

A+

A

B

C

D

G

EU GPP

Not procure below benchmark

Incentives

Product Category

Retail Forum Promote sustainable products Reduce environmental footprint of retail sector Green supply chains Share best practice

not an exclusive club: Wider participation encouraged

Working with RetailersWorking with Retailers

Leaner Production

Leaner ProductionLeaner Production

Promote Resource Efficiency and Promote Resource Efficiency and Eco-innovationEco-innovation

Tools to monitor and benchmark; towards targetsTools to monitor and benchmark; towards targets Environmental Technology Verification Scheme: Environmental Technology Verification Scheme: proposal proposal

end 2008/start 2009end 2008/start 2009

Enhance the environmental potential of Enhance the environmental potential of industryindustry

Revised EMAS Regulation: Revised EMAS Regulation: proposal in co-decisionproposal in co-decision Industrial policy for environmental industries: Industrial policy for environmental industries: study study

obstaclesobstacles Support SMEs:Support SMEs: implementation implementation

Global dimension

Towards Global Markets for Sustainable Products

Promote good practice - SCP Action Plan as input to UN Marrakech10YPFP of actions

Promote international trade in environmentally friendly goods and services

Promote sectoral approaches in international climate negotiations

OverviewOverviewCouncil conclusions SCP Action Plan GPP Communication

In co-decision: Recast of Ecodesign Directive Recast of Energy Labelling Directive Proposal for a revised Ecolabel Regulation Proposal for a revised EMAS RegulationLater in 2009: Environmental Technology Verification Scheme Retailer Forum

Review of Actions: 2012 Extended Ecodesign & Labelling directives ?

Thank you

European CommissionDG EnvironmentSustainable Consumption and Production Unit

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