On the 22nd of October in Brussels, CEN-CENELEC will be providing a training, helping environmental experts explore both CEN & CENELEC and international standardisation processes. The training will identify how they can most effectively engage to secure environmental improvements through supporting the development of standards.    If you would like to take part of the training, […]

Lobbies are divided on product policy, ENDS has reported, referring to the highly anticipated release of a revised legislative package on Circular Economy. Many trade associations support industry-led initiatives, which although admittedly express the need for a circular economy, are wary of adding stricter requirements on products, waste, and production processes. In addition to this, […]

We warmly invite you to the CEN-CENELEC Sector Forum Energy Management (SFEM) Seminar, which this year looks at “Funding Energy Efficiency projects. What tools do we need to motivate and to reassure investors?” Taking place in Brussels on the 17th of September, speakers from the European Commission, standardisation groups, finance institutions, industry, and local government […]

The ComplianTV project has been designed to organise large scale TV testing for the Energy Label and Ecodesign Directives compliance and retailer monitoring of the energy label display for televisions. As one of the ten partners around the EU, including three testing laboratories, we have come together to verify the compliance of TVs for the energy efficiency requirements, […]

The ECOS Summer Newsletter is out! Read about our events from the past months, find out why bigger washing machines don’t just mean more clean clothes, and more!  You can read it here, and don’t forget to subscribe!

We are looking for a highly motivated and qualified candidate to coordinate ECOS’ activities; promoting and defending environmental protection aspects in European and international standards for products and services. The Senior Policy Officer will lead a team of 3 to 5 staff members, and work in close collaboration with the team in charge of Ecodesign […]

The current EU political context promotes the principle of “Better Regulation” and views standards as an important tool that can support EU legislation and policies, including in areas of public interest. Moreover, the use of standards is also seen as a means to reduce legislation and red tape. In this paper, ECOS provides recommendations for […]

In the European Commission’s Summer Package released yesterday, ECOS particularly welcomes the Communication on delivering a new deal for energy consumers, the regulatory proposal revising the EU Energy Label and the launch of a public consultation on a new energy market design. Moving in the right direction, the package provides conditions to reap the proven […]

In particular, we are looking for experts to represent ECOS in the following groups: CLC/TC 111X WG 6 ‘WEEE Recycling Standards’, responsible for European Commission Mandate M/518 1to the European standardisation organisations for standardisation in the field of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Directive 2012/19/EU (WEEE) and in particular the treatment of all products within […]