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Outcomes: INTAS final conference on market surveillance for ecodesign
Thank you for attending the INTAS project conference dedicated to effective market surveillance for ecodesign, with a focus on large industrial products. The conference allowed for lively discussions with...
Call for tender – Applying the principle of “ecodesign” to plastic products
ECOS seeks to commission a study exploring ways to drive more environmentally responsible design of plastics and plastic containing products. This means that plastics and...
ECOS Newsletter – February 2019 – Edition 26
Our February Newsletter is available for download here!
We’re hiring! Membership and communication officer
ECOS is looking for a membership and communication officer to join its international team based in Brussels as soon as possible. Reporting to and closely...
ECOS Feedback to Inception Impact Assessment for Common Chargers for mobile phones and other compatible devices
Following the expiration of the MoU of 2014 and the continuation of market fragmentation for mobile phone chargers, ECOS calls for the adoption of binding...
Press release: EU moves to ban microplastics in most products
An invisible problem six times bigger than Great Pacific Garbage Patch FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Brussels 30/01/2019 Brussels, 30 January 2019 – The EU will use its...
EU agrees deal to cut single-use plastics –Standardisation to follow
On 19 December, after several months of inter-institutional negotiations, the EU agreed on the much-anticipated Directive on single-use plastics in Europe. The law targets plastic...
ECOS views on product policies in the context of Circular Economy
ECOS took part in two public consultations launched by the European Commission in relation to the Circular Economy, focusing respectively on Product Environmental Footprinting (PEF)...
Further delays for the iconic prEN 45554 standard on reparability of Ecodesign products
The public enquiry on the draft standard prEN45554 ended on 25 January. Even though the standard received a positive vote of the simple majority (54%)...
ECOS to campaign for energy efficient heating systems with the HARP project
ECOS and partners have just received the go-ahead for a new H2020 project entitled Heating Appliances Retrofit Planning (HARP). Coordinated by the Portuguese Energy Agency...
CALL FOR EXPERTS: Microplastics
ECOS is looking for experts in the field of microplastics to provide us with technical and scientific input and represent ECOS position in the development...
ECOS starts the year with two more country visits with the ENgage project
In January, Programme Managers Ioana Popescu and Mathilde Crêpy visited the national standardisation bodies and environmental NGOs in Romania and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,...
ECOS calls for appeal against annulment of vacuum cleaner energy labelling regulation
ECOS has sent a letter to the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, and the Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy, Miguel Arias Cañete,...
Europe paves way for right to repair
The EU has taken a small step towards cutting waste and greenhouse gases from manufacturing of popular consumer goods. For the first time, manufacturers will...