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
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
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
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
Better Products and Smarter Consumption
“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
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
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
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
Performance levels identified under revised Energy
Labelling Directive will also set basis:
for Member State’s incentives
for mandatory Public Procurement
IncentivesIncentives
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)
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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EU GPP
Not procure below benchmark
Incentives
Product Category
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
Leaner Production
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
Global dimension
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
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 ?
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
