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

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

3. 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

4. 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 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 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

5. 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 with a more detailed table for 2016
The list of new PGs and worktimeline for 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

6. 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

7. 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.

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

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

10. Revision of Chemical Criterion of Imaging Equipment using a short procedure

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. 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

14. 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

15. Thank you for your attention!15