{"id":2413,"date":"2024-11-21T09:26:18","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T09:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cosmeticseurope.eu\/?page_id=2413"},"modified":"2026-03-17T13:57:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T13:57:58","slug":"ecodesign-for-sustainable-products-regulation-espr","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cosmeticseurope.eu\/policy-corner\/ecodesign-for-sustainable-products-regulation-espr\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR)&nbsp;<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) entered into force on 18 July 2024. It is defined by the European Commission as the cornerstone of the EU approach to more environmentally sustainable and circular products. It enables the development of performance and information requirements known as \u201cecodesign requirements\u201d for most physical goods to improve their durability, reusability, upgradability and reparability; make them more energy and resource-efficient; address the presence of substances that inhibit circularity; increase their recycled content; make them easier to remanufacture and recycle; improve the availability of information on product sustainability.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ESPR also contains provisions aimed to disclose information on the discard of unsold consumer products and ban this practice for specific product categories. These rules aim to reduce this practice.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The regulation also introduces a Digital Product Passport, a digital \u201cidentity card\u201d which will store information useful to support products\u2019 sustainability and circularity. This information will be selectively accessible to consumers, manufacturers, and authorities to make informed decisions about sustainability, circularity and regulatory compliance.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ESPR is part of the broader 2020 Circular Economy Action Plan and is a framework legislation, meaning that concrete product ecodesign requirements, provisions on the disclosure of unsold consumer products, and rules governing the Digital Product Passport will be develop progressively on a product-by-product basis or horizontally when applicable.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related resources<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group border p-3 mb-3 is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns mb-0 is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column mb-0 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left mt-2 mb-0 has-ce-aubergine-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a7a6efe2394d46f488995afeb25868a0\" style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>JOINT INDUSTRY STATEMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-546a1e147c6bd556453133734756bf53\" style=\"font-size:14px\">March 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column mt-0 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<p class=\"mb-2\"><strong>Joint Statement on Article 16(5) of the ESPR<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mb-0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cosmeticseurope.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2026-03-10_Joint-Statement-on-Article-165-of-the-ESPR.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Read more\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group border p-3 mb-3 is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns mb-0 is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column mb-0 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left mt-2 mb-0 has-ce-aubergine-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a7a6efe2394d46f488995afeb25868a0\" style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>JOINT INDUSTRY STATEMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-61583c936c6546d67d87b6967e9d19ba\" style=\"font-size:14px\">March 2025<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column mt-0 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<p class=\"mb-2\"><strong>Joint Industry Call for a Transitional Regime for the implementation of Article 24 of the ESPR<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mb-0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cosmeticseurope.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Joint-Industry-Call-for-a-Transitional-Regime-for-the-implementation-of-Article-24-of-the-ESPR.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Read more\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group border p-3 mb-3 is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns mb-0 is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column mb-0 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left mt-2 mb-0 has-ce-aubergine-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ee61a734245b972acb676c01374a5979\" style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>POSITION PAPER<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1a4f17ed247ba6d8ca3f4d6ed762efcb\" style=\"font-size:14px\">September 2023<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column mt-0 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<p class=\"mb-2\"><strong>Cosmetics Europe Position Paper on the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation Proposal &amp; its provisions on Unsold Consumer Products&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mb-0\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Cosmetics_Europe_Position_Paper_on_the_ESPR_Proposal_and_its_provisions_on_Unsold_Consumer_Products.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group border p-3 mb-3 is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns mb-0 is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column mb-0 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left mt-2 mb-0 has-ce-aubergine-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ee61a734245b972acb676c01374a5979\" style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>POSITION PAPER<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1a4f17ed247ba6d8ca3f4d6ed762efcb\" style=\"font-size:14px\">September 2023<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column mt-0 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<p class=\"mb-2\"><strong>Cosmetics Europe Position Paper on the trilogue on the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) proposal<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mb-0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cosmeticseurope.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20230925_Cosmetics-Europe_ESPR-trilogue_position-paper-FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Read more\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column ps-md-5 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group mb-5 is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cosmeticseurope.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Circularity-Eco-Design-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cosmeticseurope.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Circularity-Eco-Design-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/cosmeticseurope.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Circularity-Eco-Design-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/cosmeticseurope.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Circularity-Eco-Design-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/cosmeticseurope.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Circularity-Eco-Design-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/cosmeticseurope.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Circularity-Eco-Design-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/cosmeticseurope.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Circularity-Eco-Design-2048x2048.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR)&nbsp; 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