REVISION OF ECO-PRODUCTS DIRECTIVE CONTESTED.
Europe Environment, March, 2008
The metallurgical, electronic, electric and mechanical industries, represented by Orgalime, are contesting the European Commission's inclination to revise the Framework Directive on eco-design of energy using products. "There are means to attain the objectives of the energy-climate package by 2020 other than revising a directive whose implementation has just started," believes Adrian Harris, the organisation's secretary-general.
These objectives can be attained with existing technologies, he adds, on condition that facilitating their market access is favoured. Whether it is to extend its scope or modify the provisions on labelling, revising this directive at this very moment would result in weakening the implementation process underway for almost 20 products and...
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