Eco-design requirement

Performance or information requirements aimed at making a product, including processes taking place throughout the product’s value chain, more environmentally sustainable. The requirements include:

(a) improving product durability, reusability, upgradability and reparability;

(b) enhancing the possibility of product maintenance and refurbishment;

(c) making products more energy and resource-efficient;

(d) addressing the presence of substances that inhibit circularity;

(e) increasing recycled content;

(f) making products easier to remanufacture and recycle;

(g) setting rules on carbon and environmental footprints;

(h) limiting the generation of waste;

(i) improving the availability of information on product sustainability.

The complete list is in Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 of the European Parliament and of the Council.