Position paper: Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation – How to ensure it makes sustainable products the norm

The Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation proposal, issued in late March 2022, introduces a toolbox to be used by EU decision-makers to address sustainability issues of products traded on or put into service in the European market. ECOS welcomes the proposed regulation as a step forward in addressing the EU’s material footprint as well as impacts on land, water and climate fuelled by Europe’s unsustainable production and consumption patterns. As a framework regulation, the ESPR itself creates the frame, rationale, and method for establishing sustainability-related requirements for products through delegated acts.

In a position paper, we outline how co-legislators can further strengthen the ESPR and materialise their ambition to make sustainable products the norm.

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