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EU SCP/SIP Action Plan Regulatory update and insight

EU SCP/SIP Action Plan Regulatory update and insight. European Economic and Social Committee Hearing, 10 December 2008, Bettina Lorz DG Environment, European Commission. Broad Challenges. Towards an energy and resource efficient economy Reduce environmental stress in a growing economy

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EU SCP/SIP Action Plan Regulatory update and insight

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  1. EU SCP/SIP Action Plan Regulatory update and insight European Economic and Social Committee Hearing, 10 December 2008, Bettina Lorz DG Environment, European Commission

  2. Broad Challenges • Towards an energy and resource efficient economy • Reduce environmental stress in a growing economy • Changing patterns of consumption • Transfer environmental challenges intoeconomic opportunities

  3. Natural resources SCP: Better Products SCP: Leaner Production Waste & Recycling Legislation SCP: Consumption ETAP: Eco-innovation

  4. 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

  5. Better Products and Smarter Consumption

  6. Building on Integrated Product Policy • “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

  7. SCP/SIP – Action Plan: Integrating instruments • Better products: • Exclude “bad” performance • Promote “good” Performance • Continuous Improvement • Key Legislation: • Ecodesign • Energy Labelling • Ecolabel

  8. ‘Better products’:Proposal for a recast of the Ecodesign Directive – in Co-decision • 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

  9. Effective 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

  10. Incentives • Performance levels identified under revised Energy Labelling Directive will also set basis: • for Member State’s incentives • for mandatory Public Procurement

  11. Green Public Procurement: Communication and Council conclusions(voluntary actions) • 16% of EU GDP • Provide Guidance • Set Common Criteria • Indicative Targets

  12. Data and methods on products • Consistent and reliable data required: Life-cycle data and methodologies, Product data centre ... • Sharing of data under different instruments • Harmonised standards ?

  13. Eco-label Voluntary « Label of excellence » 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Labelling Directive A+++ A++ A+ A B C D G EU GPP Stimulate market for better products ensuring adequate competition Incentives Ecodesign: Voluntary benchmarks Compulsory minimum requirements EU GPP Not procure below benchmark Ecodesign Exclusion from markets Product Category

  14. Working with Retailers • Retail Forum • Promote sustainable products • Reduce environmental footprint of retail sector • Green supply chains • Share best practice • not an exclusive club: Wider participation encouraged

  15. Leaner Production

  16. Leaner Production • Promote Resource Efficiency and Eco-innovation • Tools to monitor and benchmark; towards targets • Environmental Technology Verification Scheme: proposal end 2008/start 2009 • Enhance the environmental potential of industry • Revised EMAS Regulation: proposal in co-decision • Industrial policy for environmental industries: study obstacles • Support SMEs: implementation

  17. Global dimension

  18. Towards Global Markets for Sustainable Products • Promote good practice - SCP Action Plan as input to UN Marrakech10YPFP of actions • Promote international tradein environmentally friendly goods and services • Promote sectoral approachesin international climate negotiations

  19. Overview • Council 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 Regulation • Later in 2009: • Environmental Technology Verification Scheme • Retailer Forum • Review of Actions: 2012 • Extended Ecodesign & Labelling directives ?

  20. European Commission DG Environment Sustainable Consumption and Production Unit Thank you http://ec.europa.eu/environment/eussd/escp_en.htm

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