Negotiations for energy and resource efficient products including TVs and fridges will go ahead despite delays, the European Commission confirmed today. Consumers could soon benefit from mammoth savings, but only if EU governments will give them the green light by the end of the year. This week the European Commission seemed ready to scrap long-planned […]

ECOS has joined forces with CEN-CENELEC, ANEC and ETUC in developing a free interactive online tool that provides clear and useful information about standards and the standardisation process in Europe, as well as on the national and international levels. From the products we buy and the places we live, to the services we receive: standards play a key […]

The Annual Union Work Programme (AUWP) for standardisation 2019, issued by the European Commission every July, has yet to be published. It is meant to include proposals for key standardisation measures that will benefit the environment, including on plastics and the recycling of critical raw materials and batteries. Publication has been delayed by President Juncker […]

ECOS Programme Manager Nerea Ruiz will discuss market surveillance issues during the 5th International Workshop on Power Transformer Performances, which will be held in Brussels on 14 November. The event will address the changing market environment for power transformers, their regulatory requirements and environmental considerations.Ruiz will also use this opportunity to present the first outcomes […]

Work under the ENgage project is progressing fast. In the past couple of months, ECOS visited several countries and met project partners and NGOs. In Latvia, Lithuania and Bulgaria, we discussed the respective roles and expectations in the ENgage project and organised the future cooperation and inputs. ECOS also gave the environmental NGOs involved in […]

We are happy to announce that our Member RREUSE are organising their 2nd international conference on 22-23 November in Nijmegen, Netherlands. Encouraging citizens, companies and governments to think second-hand first is not easy. We all want to move towards a circular economy but is it possible without changing our behaviour? Can awareness about the social […]

ECOS’ Member WECF France celebrate their 10th anniversary! On this occasion they will hold an international symposium in Paris, on 22 November 2018. The event is hosted by the French Ministry for Ecological and Inclusive Transition, and focuses on “Health: a fragile but essential dimension of sustainable development”. To find out more, click here. All the […]

Will the European Commission’ hierarchy delay years of work on product measures by reducing the Ecodesign & Energy Labelling Package to a bare minimum? The recent uncertainty as to the final shape of the “Ecodesign & Energy Labelling Package” brought ECOS to send a letter, co-signed by 54 organisations, to President Juncker, Secretary General Selmayr […]