The preparatory study on textile products, hereinafter referred to as PS, will mainly follow the structure prescribed by the Methodology for Ecodesign of Energy-related Products (MEErP). This methodology has over many years proved to be comprehensive and effective in preparing product related legislation, and is therefore deemed fit to be applied also to non-energy-related products. The MEErP consists of seven tasks: task 1 on scope, task 2 on markets, task 3 on user behaviour, task 4 on technologies, task 5 on environment and economics, task 6 on design options, and task 7 on policy scenarios. The used methodology will be adapted to the specific features of the textile product group and the requirements set by the ESPR proposal.
Besides following the tasks set by the MEErP, the PS will include the building blocks of the Ecolabel Preliminary Report, as set by the EU Ecolabel Regulation. Additionally, the PS will point out the focus areas of the EU GPP criteria of the product selected in the scope.
The development of the PS will include the direct involvement of stakeholders following the principles of the Sevilla Process. The Table below reports the stages of the project that will require the participation of registered stakeholders.
The following link allows the registration as stakeholder: https://susproc.jrc.ec.europa.eu/product-bureau//contact/register
Milestone | Topic addressed | Date |
Initial questionnaire | Definitions, Scope, Market analysis, User Behaviour, Ecodesign aspects, EU Ecolabel, EU Green Public Procurement |
30 March 2023 – 8 May 2023 |
1st milestone | Scope, market, user behaviour, current EU Ecolabel criteria, current EU Green Public Procurement criteria |
23 February 2024 – 22 April 2024 |
2nd milestone | Technologies, and analysis of base-cases from environmental and economic perspectives |
To be communicated |
3rd milestone | Analysis of ecodesign aspects, design options, policy scenarios, and elements to be included in the digital product passport |
To be communicated |
For each milestone, the stakeholder consultation will include the following steps:
The suitable time will be given to each step of the stakeholder consultation.
Details about the 1st milestone
Date | Actions |
23 February | The JRC will communicate by email to all registered stakeholders:
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From 23 February to 15 March | Registered stakeholders may read the working document before the on-line consultation meeting. |
On 18 and 19 March | Registered stakeholders and JRC will attend the on-line consultation meeting. JRC will provide the agenda of the meeting, in advance, by email to all registered stakeholders. |
From 20 March to 22 April | Registered stakeholders will be able to provide comments in writing to the working document until April 22. |
How to provide written comments to the working document of the 1st milestone
On 18-19 March 2024, the JRC held the online consultation meeting about the 1st milestone.
The meeting focused on elements reported in the working document, which is accessible at the following link: Preparatory study on textiles for product policy instruments – 1st milestone. The entire consultation process aims to verify the work done to date and to collect additional information and views.
The slides presented during the meeting are available in the section of Documents in the box “Documents related to the Preparatory Study”.
Stakeholders will be able to provide written comments to the working document until April 22 at 23:59 CET.
Written comments should be submitted via this web form.
The web form allows the submission of maximum 10 comments, but stakeholders can submit as many web forms as they wish.
When providing your comments, please be mindful that what is most relevant is the reasoning and evidence supporting a position, rather than the number of contributions. JRC encourages stakeholders to team up and send well-argumented aggregated comments. Additionally, JRC encourages companies to provide comments via their associations.
