Tag: European standards

• EU Standardisation Regulation – ECOS response to public consultation

  The EU Standardisation Regulation legally recognises the importance of input from civil society organisations - but they still face barriers to meaningful participation. Reinforcing the obligation for inclusiveness will ensure that harmonised standards are developed with the effective participation of civil society, so that they can truly meet the needs of policy, markets, and society across the EU and beyond.

• EU Standardisation Regulation – ECOS complementary response

  In this document, we provide additional context and information to support our response to the public consultation on the EU Standardisation Regulation.

• Workshop | Packaging minimisation, refill, and reuse standards

  Standards will play an essential role in implementing the EU's new packaging rules. Join us on 2 October to learn more about the standardisation process and hear from experts about best practices and recent developments, as we discuss solutions for packaging minimisation, refill, and reuse.

• How standards can support a sustainable circular economy

  The EU needs to overhaul e-waste rules so that they effectively recover valuable resources from electronic equipment, as well as prevent, mitigate, and reverse the environmental harm caused by resource consumption and electronic waste. European standards, once revised and made legally binding, can offer detailed guidance for meeting minimum requirements for sustainable, circular e-waste recovery

• European standards: Inclusive, fit for purpose, and environmentally ambitious

  In our response to the call for evidence on the revision of the EU's Standardisation Regulation, ECOS provides valuable insight on the main challenges within the European Standardisation System, both directly experienced as a stakeholder and those identified in the EC’s evaluation report. We also propose improvements to address these challenges.

• How to align the European reuse standard with new packaging rules

  The EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) established essential requirements for packaging to be placed on the market. In this paper we fine-tune our recommendations for revising the existing harmonised packaging reuse standard, in line with the final text of the PPWR.