Eco-design Workshop

Designing Products with Material Efficiency in Mind: An Overview of the EU's Ecodesign Directive and ComplyMarket's Eco-Design Workshop for Material Efficiency Standards

The European Union's Ecodesign Directive (Directive 2009/125/EC) establishes a framework to set mandatory ecological requirements for energy-using and energy-related products sold in all 27 member states. Material efficiency standards are a set of standards that enable manufacturers to design their products from the beginning to be compliant with the Ecodesign Directive.

The ComplyMarket team can train your company to understand and implement the requirements of the material efficiency standards. The agenda includes:

  1. Introduction to the material efficiency Eco-design standard.
  2. Regulatory framework of material efficiency Eco-design.
  3. Improving product design regarding Material efficiency.
  4. Requirements of material efficiency Eco-design standard:
  • CEN-CLC TR 45550 - Definitions related to material efficiency
  • EN 45552 - General method for the assessment of the durability of energy-related products
  • EN 45552:2020 ‘General method for the assessment of the durability of energy-related products’
  • EN 45553:2020 ‘General method for the assessment of the ability to remanufacture energy-related products’
  • EN 45554:2020 ‘General methods for the assessment of the ability to repair, reuse and upgrade energy-related products’
  • EN 45555:2019 ‘General methods for assessing the recyclability and recoverability of energy-related products’
  • EN 45556:2019 ‘General method for assessing the proportion of reused components in energy-related products’
  • EN 45557:2020 ‘General method for assessing the proportion of recycled material content in energy-related products’
  • EN 45558:2019 ‘General method to declare the use of critical raw materials in energy-related products’
  • EN 45559:2019 ‘Methods for providing information relating to material efficiency aspects of energy-related products’.

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ComplyMarket is a fast growing German company. ComplyMarket supports suppliers, manufacturers and importers in understanding product compliance requirements and finding compliant products materials and components in order to remove trade barriers by supporting green and safe products. We solve global supply chain difficulties and remove trade barriers.