The new revision for this project is expected to start soon (starting date to be confirmed)

This project will be based mainly on the requirements addressed in Annex I of the Regulation (EC) No 66/2010 of the European Parliament and the Council of 25 November 2009 on the EU Ecolabel.

The following five tasks are foreseen:

• Task 1 – Product scope definition
• Task 2 – Market analysis
• Task 3 – Technical analysis
• Task 4 – Improvement potential
• Task 5 – Elaboration of draft criteria and technical background reports

Deliverables:

1. Preliminary report: contains outcomes from tasks 1-4, covering:

• Product definition and classification
• Economic and market analysis
• Technical and environmental analysis

2. Technical report including criteria proposal and supporting rationale. During the revision process, this report is improved via stakeholders' consultation, with several intermediate versions are produced.

Project timeline:

The revision process is ongoing and the vote is expected by Q2 of 2026 (date to be determined).

Meetings

The 1st technical meeting (Ad Hoc Working Group – AHWG) happened virtually on the 12^th and 13^th of March 2024, accepting written comments until the 19^th April 2024.

The 2^nd AHWG meeting has been re-scheduled to Q1 2025, in hybrid format (in person + virtual) from Brussels (to be confirmed). Registered stakeholder will received further updates and communications about this and other related matters to the revision process, inclusive the Call for Expression of Interest to participate in this 2^nd AHWG meeting.

Technical working sub-groups (sub-AHWG) to best progress within certain criteria areas are ongoing, with next meetings during 2024 planned as follows:

Fitness for Use (FfU)                               17^th September

Microbial containing products (MCP)      1^st October

Packaging  (PACK)                                  15^th October