Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR)

ESPR Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 · Consolidated version of 28 Jun 2024 · Official text on EUR-Lex

Contents of the act

CHAPTER I – GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Article 1 – Subject matter and scope
• Article 2 – Definitions
• Article 3 – Free movement

CHAPTER II – ECODESIGN REQUIREMENTS

• Article 4 – Empowerments to adopt delegated acts
• Article 5 – Ecodesign requirements
• Article 6 – Performance requirements
• Article 7 – Information requirements
• Article 8 – Content of the delegated acts

CHAPTER III – DIGITAL PRODUCT PASSPORT

• Article 9 – Digital product passport
• Article 10 – Requirements for the digital product passport
• Article 11 – Technical design and operation of the digital product passport
• Article 12 – Unique identifiers
• Article 13 – Digital product passport registry
• Article 14 – Web portal for data in the digital product passport
• Article 15 – Customs controls relating to the digital product passport

CHAPTER IV – LABELS

• Article 16 – Labels
• Article 17 – Mimicking labels

CHAPTER V – PRIORITISATION, PLANNING AND CONSULTATION

• Article 18 – Prioritisation and planning
• Article 19 – Ecodesign Forum
• Article 20 – Member States Expert Group
• Article 21 – Self-regulation measures
• Article 22 – Small and medium-sized enterprises

CHAPTER VI – DESTRUCTION OF UNSOLD CONSUMER PRODUCTS

• Article 23 – General principle of prevention of destruction
• Article 24 – Disclosure of information on unsold consumer products
• Article 25 – Destruction of unsold consumer products
• Article 26 – Consolidated information on the destruction of unsold consumer products

CHAPTER VII – OBLIGATIONS OF ECONOMIC OPERATORS

• Article 27 – Obligations of manufacturers
• Article 28 – Authorised representatives
• Article 29 – Obligations of importers
• Article 30 – Obligations of distributors
• Article 31 – Obligations of dealers
• Article 32 – Obligations related to labels
• Article 33 – Obligations of fulfilment service providers
• Article 34 – Cases in which obligations of manufacturers apply to importers and distributors
• Article 35 – Obligations of providers of online marketplaces and online search engines
• Article 36 – Information obligations of economic operators
• Article 37 – Monitoring and reporting obligations of economic operators
• Article 38 – Requirements on supply chain actors

CHAPTER VIII – CONFORMITY OF PRODUCTS

• Article 39 – Test, measurement and calculation methods
• Article 40 – Prevention of circumvention and worsening of performance
• Article 41 – Presumption of conformity
• Article 42 – Common specifications
• Article 43 – Conformity assessment
• Article 44 – EU declaration of conformity
• Article 45 – General principles of the CE marking
• Article 46 – Rules and conditions for affixing the CE marking
• Article 47 – Specific rules on markings

CHAPTER IX – NOTIFICATION OF CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT BODIES

• Article 48 – Notification
• Article 49 – Notifying authorities
• Article 50 – Requirements relating to notifying authorities
• Article 51 – Information obligation on notifying authorities
• Article 52 – Requirements relating to notified bodies
• Article 53 – Presumption of conformity of conformity assessment bodies
• Article 54 – Subsidiaries of and subcontracting by notified bodies
• Article 55 – Application for notification
• Article 56 – Notification procedure
• Article 57 – Identification numbers and lists of notified bodies
• Article 58 – Changes to notifications
• Article 59 – Challenge to the competence of notified bodies
• Article 60 – Operational obligations of notified bodies
• Article 61 – Information obligation on notified bodies
• Article 62 – Exchange of experience
• Article 63 – Coordination of notified bodies

CHAPTER X – INCENTIVES

• Article 64 – Member State incentives
• Article 65 – Green public procurement

CHAPTER XI – MARKET SURVEILLANCE

• Article 66 – Planned market surveillance activities
• Article 67 – Reporting and benchmarking
• Article 68 – Market surveillance coordination and support

CHAPTER XII – SAFEGUARD PROCEDURES

• Article 69 – Procedure for dealing with products presenting a risk at national level
• Article 70 – Union safeguard procedure
• Article 71 – Formal non-compliance

CHAPTER XIII – DELEGATED POWERS AND COMMITTEE PROCEDURE

• Article 72 – Exercise of the delegation
• Article 73 – Committee procedure

CHAPTER XIV – FINAL PROVISIONS

• Article 74 – Penalties
• Article 75 – Monitoring and evaluation
• Article 76 – Consumer redress
• Article 77 – Amendment of Directive (EU) 2020/1828
• Article 78 – Amendment of Regulation (EU) 2023/1542
• Article 79 – Repeal and transitional provisions
• Article 80 – Entry into force

Annexes

• ANNEX I – Product parameters
• ANNEX II – Procedure for defining performance requirements
• ANNEX III – Digital product Passport
• ANNEX IV – Internal production control
• ANNEX V – EU declaration of conformity
• ANNEX VI – Criteria for self-regulation measures
• ANNEX VII – Consumer products of which the destruction by economic operators is prohibited