Ecodesign

Ecodesign legislation requires manufacturers to design their products to meet strict environmental criteria in order to minimize the environmental impact of the product throughout its entire life cycle.

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Ecodesign

Global

Countries Covered

1,051

Sources in C2P

Content Overview

Traditionally, these types of regulations focus on energy efficiency requirements that apply to energy-using or energy-related products.

Ecodesign regulations that govern energy efficiency aspects look at the power consumption and power management of a product. This includes setting minimum energy performance requirements and consumption limits for maximum power demand in on-mode, standby-mode, network standby mode and off-mode. These regulations aim to eliminate inefficient products from the market by prohibiting the sale of products that fail to meet a minimum performance level.

With the current major global shift towards Circular Economy thinking, ecodesign regulations are also being used as a tool to set requirements for non-energy aspects of the product. These include material and resource efficiency as well as criteria relating to:

Durability (e.g. minimum lifetime of products or critical components)
Reparability (e.g. design for easy repair, right to repair)
Upgradeability (e.g. software/firmware updates not deteriorating energy consumption or affecting product performance)
Design for disassembly (e.g. easy removal of certain components)
Information (e.g. access to information on free access websites, marking of plastic parts)
Ease of reuse and recycling (e.g. end of life information).

Our Ecodesign coverage in C2P covers laws, regulations, and supporting documents on ecodesign measures that require manufacturers to design greener products. These measures include requirements on energy efficiency, as well as non-energy aspects such as material and resource efficiency, durability, upgradeability, design for disassembly, repairability and recyclability.

Coverage Included

Sources covered include, but are not limited to:

EU: Framework for Setting Ecodesign Requirements for Sustainable Products (ESPR), Regulation (EU) 2024/1781
EU: Details and Format for the Disclosure of Information on Discarded Unsold Consumer Products under Regulation (EU) 2024/1781, Regulation (EU) 2026/2
EU: Ecodesign for Sustainable Products and Energy Labelling Working Plan 2025-2030, Communication, April 2025
EU: Ecodesign Requirements for Off Mode, Standby Mode, and Networked Standby Energy Consumption of Electrical and Electronic Household and Office Equipment, Regulation (EU) 2023/826
Ukraine: Approval of Technical Regulation on Ecodesign Requirements for Servers and Data Storage Products, Resolution No. 160, 2026
EU: Eco-design requirements for smart phones, other mobile phones, cordless phones and slate tablets, Regulation (EU) 2023/1670

We cover standards for our core products that are available from our partner Accuris. These are available through our Product Compliance Solution.