EuP: Coming soon from the Government that Brought you RoHS

Not content to rest on its laurels with the upcoming compliance deadline
for the Restriction on Hazardous Substances Directive (RoHS), The
European Union is beginning work on the implementation of its next
Eco-Directive, the  "Directive on the eco-design of Energy-using
Products," or EuP for short. EuP, whose scope applies to all energy
using devices, is intended to provide a framework for developing EU-wide
rules for eco-design.  Under EuP, the Commission will enact implementing
measures on specific products and environmental aspects such as energy
consumption, waste generation, water consumption, extension of lifetime.


 

The European Union Commission recently published an invitation for
experts to apply for the "Consultation Forum" on implementing measures
for the EuP.  The task of the group of experts is to contribute to the
definition and review of the implementing measures, to monitor the
efficiency of the established market surveillance mechanisms and to the
assessment of voluntary agreements and other self-regulatory measures
taken in the context of the Directive.  The group of experts will be
composed of a maximum of 50 members, including one representative from
each Member State and acceding country; it will be open for observers
from candidate and EFTA countries. The stakeholders consultation is open
to US companies with established operations in the EU.

 

For more information on the consultation forum, click on
http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/eco_design/consforum.htm
<http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/eco_design/consforum.htm>  or
contact Robert Straetz at [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>  or 202-482-4496.

 
Fern Abrams
Director of Environmental Policy
IPC - The Association Connecting Electronics Industries
1901 North Moore Street, Suite 600
Arlington, VA  22209
(703) 522-0225
fax (703) 522-0548
http://www.ipc.org <http://www.ipc.org/> 
 

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