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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 12th and 13th of March 2024, accepting written comments until the 19th April 2024.
The JRC organised three technical working sub-groups (sub-AHWG) on Fitness for Use (FfU), Microbial containing products (MCP) and Packaging (PACK) after the 1st AHWG meeting to best progress within certain criteria areas. Two meetings were held per sub-AHWG: FfU (11th June / 17th September); MCP (25th June / 1st October); and PACK (16th July / 29th October). All documentation associated to these sub-AHWG (presentations, minutes, background documents) are available at https://susproc.jrc.ec.europa.eu/product-bureau/product-groups/411/documents.


The 2nd AHWG meeting will take place on the 12th (afternoon) and 13th (full day) of March 2025 in hybrid format (virtual + in person in Brussels). The documents that serve as the basis for the discussions during the second consultation are: 


•    Draft Technical Report 2 (TR2) – including a second proposal for the revision of the criteria, supported by a rationale for the proposed changes to the criteria. 
•    Draft Table of Comments (ToC1) – received after the 1st AHWG meeting, with JRC answers to the comments.
•    Draft Fitness for Use protocols – containing the proposals made in this TR2 with regards to the performance frameworks/protocols to show compliance with the criterion Fitness for Use (v1.1). 
•    Draft proposal of the Act  – for the EU Ecolabel for detergents
•    Draft proposal of the Annex I – EU Ecolabel criteria for awarding EU Ecolabel to dishwasher detergents.
•    Draft proposal of the Annex II - EU Ecolabel criteria for awarding EU Ecolabel to hand dishwashing detergents.
•    Draft proposal of the Annex III – EU Ecolabel criteria for awarding EU Ecolabel to industrial and institutional dishwasher detergents.
•    Draft proposal of the Annex IV – EU Ecolabel criteria for awarding EU Ecolabel to laundry detergents .
•    Draft proposal of the Annex V – EU Ecolabel criteria for awarding EU Ecolabel to industrial and institutional laundry detergents.
•    Draft proposal of the Annex VI – EU Ecolabel criteria for awarding EU Ecolabel to hard surface cleaning products.


The 2nd AHWG documents are accessible at:


•    The “Documents” section of this website: https://susproc.jrc.ec.europa.eu/product-bureau/product-groups/411/documents (please, check tab 2023 Revision documents)
•    The BATIS platform (http://eippcb.jrc.ec.europa.eu/batis/) 


Registered stakeholders can share their written comments to the Draft TR2 only via the BATIS platform.
Stakeholders are invited to provide their written comments to the Draft Technical Report 2 no later than 03 April 2025.