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dossier	COM(2022)143 - Amending directives 2005/29/EC, 2011/83/EU as regards empowering consumers for the green transition through better ...
document	COM(2022)143
date	February 28, 2024

ANNEX

Annex I to Directive 2005/29/EC is amended as follows:

(1)

the following point is inserted:

‘2a.	Displaying a sustainability label that is not based on a certification scheme or not established by public authorities.’;

(2)

the following points are inserted:

‘4a.	‘Making a generic environmental claim for which the trader is not able to demonstrate recognised excellent environmental performance relevant to the claim.

4b.	Making an environmental claim about the entire product or the trader’s entire business when it concerns only a certain aspect of the product or a specific activity of the trader’s business.

4c.	Claiming, based on the offsetting of greenhouse gas emissions, that a product has a neutral, reduced or positive impact on the environment in terms of greenhouse gas emissions.’;

(3)

the following point is inserted:

‘10a.

Presenting requirements imposed by law on all products within the relevant product category on the Union market as a distinctive feature of the trader’s offer.’;

(4)

the following points are inserted:

‘23d.

Withholding information from the consumer about the fact that a software update will negatively impact the functioning of goods with digital elements or the use of digital content or digital services.

23e.	Presenting a software update as necessary when it only enhances functionality features.

23f.	Any commercial communication in relation to a good containing a feature introduced to limit its durability despite information on the feature and its effects on the durability of the good being available to the trader.

23g.	Falsely claiming that under normal conditions of use a good has a certain durability in terms of usage time or intensity.

23h.	Presenting a good as allowing repair when it does not.

23i.	Inducing the consumer to replace or replenish the consumables of a good earlier than necessary for technical reasons.

23j.	Withholding information concerning the impairment of the functionality of a good when consumables, spare parts or accessories not supplied by the original producer are used, or falsely claiming that such impairment will happen.’.

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2024/825/oj

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