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EU SCP/SIP Action Plan EU SCP/SIP Action Plan
Regulatory update and insightRegulatory update and insight
European Economic and Social Committee Hearing, 10 December 2008,
Bettina Lorz
DG Environment, European Commission
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Broad ChallengesBroad Challenges
Towards an energy and resource efficient economy
Reduce environmental stress in a growing economy
Changing patterns of consumption
Transfer environmental challenges into
economic opportunities
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Design
Collection
Reuse, Recycling, Recovery
Manufacturing/Product
Distribution
Use
Natural Resources
Waste & Recycling Legislation
SCP: Consumption
SCP: Leaner Production
SCP: Better Products
ETAP: Eco-innovation
Natural resources
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Action Plan on Sustainable Consumption and Production / Sustainable Industrial Policy
• A package adopted by the Commission 16 July 2008
• Council conclusions adopted 4 December 2008
- Better Products
- Smarter Consumption
- Leaner Production
- Action at global level
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Better Products and Smarter Consumption
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“Building on environmental life-cycle thinking”
Advocating life-cycle thinking for products
Continuous improvement of products
Working with the market: economic incentives, standards, labelling, public procurement, voluntary agreements …
Stakeholder involvement
Building on Integrated Product Building on Integrated Product Policy Policy
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SCP/SIP – Action Plan: Integrating instrumentsSCP/SIP – Action Plan: Integrating instruments
Better products: Exclude “bad” performance Promote “good” Performance Continuous Improvement
Key Legislation: Ecodesign Energy Labelling Ecolabel
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From energy-using to energy-related products (in
future: all products?)
Implementing measures:
- Minimum requirements
- Benchmarks of environmental performance
- Periodic update of requirements and benchmarks
‘Better products’:Proposal for a recast of the Ecodesign Directive – in Co-decision
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Effective LabellingEffective Labelling
Proposal for a revised Energy Labelling Directive: in co-decision
mandatory
energy-related products
Proposal for a revised Ecolabel Regulation: in co-decision
voluntary
‘Front runner’ label (top 10%)
Broad scope
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Performance levels identified under revised Energy
Labelling Directive will also set basis:
for Member State’s incentives
for mandatory Public Procurement
IncentivesIncentives
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16% of EU GDP
• Provide Guidance
• Set Common Criteria
• Indicative Targets
Green Public Procurement:Green Public Procurement:Communication and Council conclusionsCommunication and Council conclusions
(voluntary actions) (voluntary actions)
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Consistent and reliable data required: Life-cycle
data and methodologies, Product data centre ...
Sharing of data under different instruments
Harmonised standards ?
Data and methods on productsData and methods on products
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Ecodesign:
Voluntary benchmarks
Compulsory minimum requirements
Eco-label
Voluntary
« Label of excellence » EU GPP
Stimulate market for better products ensuring adequate competition
Ecodesign
Exclusion from markets
Labelling Directive
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A++
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C
D
G
EU GPP
Not procure below benchmark
Incentives
Product Category
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Retail Forum Promote sustainable products Reduce environmental footprint of retail sector Green supply chains Share best practice
not an exclusive club: Wider participation encouraged
Working with RetailersWorking with Retailers
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Leaner Production
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Leaner ProductionLeaner Production
Promote Resource Efficiency and Promote Resource Efficiency and Eco-innovationEco-innovation
Tools to monitor and benchmark; towards targetsTools to monitor and benchmark; towards targets Environmental Technology Verification Scheme: Environmental Technology Verification Scheme: proposal proposal
end 2008/start 2009end 2008/start 2009
Enhance the environmental potential of Enhance the environmental potential of industryindustry
Revised EMAS Regulation: Revised EMAS Regulation: proposal in co-decisionproposal in co-decision Industrial policy for environmental industries: Industrial policy for environmental industries: study study
obstaclesobstacles Support SMEs:Support SMEs: implementation implementation
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Global dimension
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Towards Global Markets for Sustainable Products
Promote good practice - SCP Action Plan as input to UN Marrakech10YPFP of actions
Promote international trade in environmentally friendly goods and services
Promote sectoral approaches in international climate negotiations
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OverviewOverviewCouncil conclusions SCP Action Plan GPP Communication
In co-decision: Recast of Ecodesign Directive Recast of Energy Labelling Directive Proposal for a revised Ecolabel Regulation Proposal for a revised EMAS RegulationLater in 2009: Environmental Technology Verification Scheme Retailer Forum
Review of Actions: 2012 Extended Ecodesign & Labelling directives ?
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Thank you
European CommissionDG EnvironmentSustainable Consumption and Production Unit
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/eussd/escp_en.htmhttp://ec.europa.eu/environment/eussd/escp_en.htm