Silvia FerratiniDG ENVIRONMENT, EUROPEAN COMMISSION EU Ecolabel Workplan EUEB Meeting 18 June 2015, Brussels Silvia FerratiniDG ENVIRONMENT, EUROPEAN COMMISSION

EU Ecolabel Workplan Work Plan 2011-2015 will not be modified New rolling Workplan 2016-2018 to be finalised after this meeting – only future activities and not report on past ones (after finalisation, time will be given for comments) 2

EU Ecolabel Workplan CHAPTERS (1/3) EU Ecolabel Growth Strategy will include the actions to improve EU Ecolabel Efficiency, effectiveness, EU added value, Relevance identified this morning. Policy development and coherence will include, among others, better integration of EU Ecolabel/EMAS in case of services and cross-cutting issues discussed today. 3

EU Ecolabel Workplan CHAPTERS (2/3) Increased and effective communication will include the development (and possibly the implementation) of an EU Ecolabel communication campaign + joint efforts undertaken by MSs, Helpdesk, other stakeholders (e.g. Task Force established to promote EU Ecolabel Tourism Accommodation Services ) Greater coordination with other schemes will include a study on the assessment of the implementation of Art. 11.1 of the EU Ecolabel Regulation: Article 11- Ecolabelling schemes in the Member States Where EU Ecolabel criteria for a given product group have been published, other nationally or regionally officially recognised EN ISO 14024 type I ecolabelling schemes* which do not cover that product group at the time of publication may be extended to that product group only where the criteria developed under those schemes are at least as strict as the EU Ecolabel criteria. CBs to notify the EC by 31 August 2015 what they are. 4

EU Ecolabel Workplan CHAPTERS (3/3) Product group criteria development and maintenance of established ones will include: The list of established PGs and worktimeline for 2016-2018 with a more detailed table for 2016 The list of new PGs and worktimeline for 2016-2018 with a more detailed table for 2016 List of planned AHWGs, CB Forum, EUEB and Reg Comm meetings Non-exhaustive list of products for which criteria can be developed in the future 5

Data March 2015 Product Group Total # of Licences Total # of Products Soaps, shampoos, and hair conditioners 78 994 Rinse-off cosmetics Absorbent hygiene products All-purpose cleaners and cleaners for sanitary facilities 263 2653 Detergents for dishwashers 28 155 Industrial and institutional automatic dishwasher detergents 19 110 Hand dishwashing detergents 120 539 Laundry detergents 37 274 Industrial and Institutional laundry detergents 6 70 Textiles 77 3522 Footwear 11 233 Indoor paints and varnishes 164 6072 Outdoor paints and varnishes 41 673 Indoor and Outdoor paints and varnishes 7 760 Imaging Equipment Personal computers Portable computers Televisions 1908 Wooden floor coverings 1 Hard coverings 18 14435 Textile floor coverings Wooden furniture 2 39 Soil improvers 63 Growing media 12 65 Light sources Heat pumps 4 473 Water-based heaters Lubricants 317 Bed mattresses 3 85 Sanitary Tapware 8 Flushing Toilets and urinals Converted paper Newsprint paper 5 32 Printed paper 79 260 Copy and Graphic paper 52 3721 Tissue Paper 135 5793 Campsite services 124 125 Tourist accomodation services 634 670 Total 2010 44051

List of established/new PGs and worktimeline for 2016-2018 (word file) Your ideas on: Starting the revisions of Hard coverings and Heat pumps in 2016 (this in the end will depend also on the cross-cutting activities that the JRC will work on, and on the eventual initiation of new PGs) Revising the Chemical Criterion of Imaging Equipment.

Revision of Copying and graphic paper+Newsprint, Tissue paper Criteria vote: Nov 2017

Revision of Lubricants, Heat pumps, Hard coverings Criteria vote: June 2018

Revision of Chemical Criterion of Imaging Equipment using a short procedure

Other PGs that are expiring in 2016-2018 Product group Current criteria Adoption Expiry date "Rinse-off cosmetic products" Dec 2014 Dec 2018 Absorbent hygiene products Oct 2014 Oct 2018 Textile products Jun 2014 Jun 2018 Indoor paints and outdoor paints and varnishes May 2014 May 2018 Sanitary tapware May 2013 May 2017 Flushing toilets and urinals Nov 2013 Nov 2017 Water-based heaters Bed mattresses Printed paper Mar 2012 Dec 2017 Converted paper We are proposing not to start additional revisions in 2016 but to establish a EUEB sub-group/TF to: Investigate reasons for low uptake of certain PGs ; build a strategy for the EU Ecolabel Workplan.

A strategy for the workplan can also deliver a "real"non-exhaustive list of PGs for which EU Ecolabel criteria can be developed in the future Ecolabel products Environmental priority order GPP coherence Ecodesign coherence Other eco-labels existing Other factors Comments Cars 1 X   Building components including insulation 3 Telecommunication services 4 Mechanical repair services 5 Financial services 6 Water heating system 7 Already included in "Water-Based Heaters" Product Group. Passenger transportation services 8 Building services 9 Household cooking equipment 10 The development of this product group is not considered a priority, as the added benefit compared to what Ecodesign requirements will bring are considered marginal. Car renting 11 Dry cleaning services 12 Leather products including gloves 15 Toys and games 16 Telephones 17 Sports equipment 18 Delivery services 19 Tableware 20 Writing implements 21 Vans Hand dryers/Hand drying solutions Cleaning services Included in the Work Plan as new PG. Criteria development started in December 2013.

EUEB schedule for the 2016 3 meetings: Nov 2014: Vote of: Furniture, Footwear Presentation of last draft of: TAS, WFC 11-15 April: Vote of: WFC Presentation of last draft of: TVs Political meeting 20-24 June: Vote of: TAS Presentation of last draft of: Detergents and Cleaning services 21-25 Nov: Vote of: TVs, Detergents and Cleaning services

Ad-hoc working groups schedule for the second half of 2015, 2016 and 2017 Revision/ New Product group 1st AHWG Date/Location 2nd AHWG R All-purpose cleaners and sanitary cleaners - 20-21 Oct 2015, Brussels Detergents for dishwashers Hand dishwashing detergents Laundry detergents I&I laundry detergents I&I automatic dishwasher detergents N Cleaning Services 22 October 2015, Brussels Copying and graphic paper and Newsprint May 2016, Seville Dec 2016, Brussels Tissue paper Lubricants Oct 2016, Seville Apr 2017, Brussels Heat Pumps  R Hard coverings

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