Annexes to COM(2023)166 - Substantiation and communication of explicit environmental claims (Green Claims Directive) - Main contents
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| dossier | COM(2023)166 - Substantiation and communication of explicit environmental claims (Green Claims Directive). |
|---|---|
| document | COM(2023)166 |
| date | March 22, 2023 |
| □ TOTAL operational appropriations | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | TOTAL | ||
| Commitments | (4) | 2,540 | 7,239 | 5,696 | 5,654 | 21,129 | |
| Payments | (5) | 2,540 | 7,239 | 5,696 | 5,654 | 21,129 | |
| TOTAL appropriations under HEADING 1 to 3 of the multiannual financial framework | Commitments | =4 | 2,540 | 7,239 | 5,696 | 5,654 | 21,129 |
| Heading of multiannual financial framework | 7 | ‘Administrative expenditure’ |
This section should be filled in using the 'budget data of an administrative nature' to be firstly introduced in the Annex to the Legislative Financial Statement (Annex V to the internal rules), which is uploaded to DECIDE for interservice consultation purposes.
EUR million (to three decimal places)
| 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 and beyond | TOTAL | ||||||
| DG: ENV | ||||||||||
| □ Human resources | 0,606 | 0,606 | 0,606 | 0,606 | 2,424 | |||||
| □ Other administrative expenditure | 0,180 | 0,180 | 0,180 | 0,180 | 0,720 | |||||
| TOTAL DG ENV | Appropriations | 0,786 | 0,786 | 0,786 | 0,786 | 3,144 |
Current staff in DG ENV comprises 2 FTE officials (AD) dealing with policy-related matters and 2 FTE officials (AD) dealing with methodological issues. This staff will continue to be essential in the future and is expected to deal with the following tasks:
- Activities related to the green claim initiative such as policy coordination, green claim initiative’s work plan (including a partial coverage of development of further requirements related to specific claims), team coordination, monitoring, stakeholder relation. These activities need the resources of 2 FTE officials.
- Futher development of the EF and other methods for substantiating green claims in line with Art 3: running expert groups, management of the transition phase PEFCRs/OEFSRs (including additional task of EC adoption if parts incorporatted in delegated acts according to Art 3(4) on further specifying the requirements for the substantiation of explicit environmental claim in the future). These activities need the resources of 1 FTE official.
- Managing secondary EF data: management of contracts, data checks, building database, etc. These activities need the resources of 1 FTE official.
In general Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) related tasks (e.g. method and data development) and task related to method and data development for substatiating green claims requires specialised technical/scientific knowledge with scientific PhD-level education and years of experience in the field. Attracting such staff with contract agent conditions is not possible. Therefore, these tasks should be covered via official posts, which, if no specialised staff is available in-house, should be opened to temporary agent posts.
Therefore DG ENV requests additional staff (3 AD and 1 END as per the distribution of the positions below) who will:
- prepare approximately 6-7 delegated acts according to Art 3(4) on further specifying the requirements for the substantiation of explicit environmental claims to regulate specific claims, e.g. on repairability, recyclability, durability or establishing specific life-cycle-based rules for certain product groups and sectors;
- prepare implementing acts setting out relevant procedures for approval of new private labelling schemes by the national authorties and the format of certificate of conformity of claims and labelling schemes;
- prepare delegated acts further specifying the criteria for approval of environmental labelling schemes referred to in Article 8 in order to ensure a uniform application across the Union;
- evaluate notified environmental labelling schemes established by public authorities in third countries aiming to operate on the Union market and prepare repsective approval decisions by the Commission with the aim of ensuring that these schemes provide added value in terms of their environmental ambition, their coverage of environmental impacts, environmental aspects or environmental performance, or of a certain product group or sector, and meet the requirements of this Directive;
- supervise preparatory, review studies and other studies in preparation of delegated acts;
- develop and manage the EF database relevant for this and other policies such as ESPR, Batteries regulation or taxonomy;
In addition, there are 2 expert groups involved in this policy and the budget should cover three meetings/year per each expert group.
| TOTAL appropriations under HEADING 7 of the multiannual financial framework | (Total commitments = Total payments) | 0,786 | 0,786 | 0,786 | 0,786 | 3,144 |
EUR million (to three decimal places)
| 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 and beyond | TOTAL | |||
| TOTAL appropriations under HEADINGS 1 to 7 of the multiannual financial framework | Commitments | 3,326 | 8,025 | 6,482 | 6,440 | 24,273 | |
| Payments | 3,326 | 8,025 | 6,482 | 6,440 | 24,273 |
3.2.2. Estimated output funded with operational appropriations
Commitment appropriations in EUR million (to three decimal places)
| Indicate objectives and outputs | Year N | Year N+1 | Year N+2 | Year N+3 | Enter as many years as necessary to show the duration of the impact (see point 1.6) | TOTAL | ||||||||||||
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| Type0 | Average cost | No | Cost | No | Cost | No | Cost | No | Cost | No | Cost | No | Cost | No | Cost | Total No | Total cost | |
| SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE No 10… | ||||||||||||||||||
| - Output | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Subtotal for specific objective No 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE No 2 ... | ||||||||||||||||||
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| TOTALS |
3.2.3. Estimated impact on the EEA and COM administrative appropriations
3.2.3.1. Estimated impact on EEA human resources
The proposal/initiative does not require the use of appropriations of an administrative nature
The proposal/initiative requires the use of appropriations of an administrative nature, as explained below:
EUR million (to three decimal places)
| 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | TOTAL |
| Temporary agents (AD Grades) | 0,117 | 0,240 | 0,244 | 0,602 |
| Temporary agents (AST grades) | ||||
| Contract staff | 0,063 | 0,128 | 0,130 | 0,320 |
| Seconded National Experts |
| TOTAL | 0,180 | 0,367 | 0,375 | 0,922 |
Staff requirements (FTE):
| 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | TOTAL |
| Temporary agents (AD Grades) | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Temporary agents (AST grades) | ||||
| Contract staff | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Seconded National Experts |
| TOTAL | 2 | 2 | 2 |
3.2.3.2. Estimated requirements on administrative appropriations in the Commission
3.2.3.3. Summary of estimated impact on administrative appropriations
The proposal/initiative does not require the use of appropriations of an administrative nature
The proposal/initiative requires the use of appropriations of an administrative nature, as explained below:
EUR million (to three decimal places)
| 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 and beyond | TOTAL |
| HEADING 7 of the multiannual financial framework | |||||
| Human resources | 0,606 | 0,606 | 0,606 | 0,606 | 2,424 |
| Other administrative expenditure | 0,180 | 0,180 | 0,180 | 0,180 | 0,720 |
| Subtotal HEADING 7 of the multiannual financial framework | 0,786 | 0,786 | 0,786 | 0,786 | 3,144 |
| Outside HEADING 70 of the multiannual financial framework | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Human resources | |||||
| Other expenditure of an administrative nature | |||||
| Subtotal outside HEADING 7 of the multiannual financial framework | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| TOTAL | 0,786 | 0,786 | 0,786 | 0,786 | 3,144 |
The appropriations required for human resources and other expenditure of an administrative nature will be met by appropriations from the DG that are already assigned to management of the action and/or have been redeployed within the DG, together if necessary with any additional allocation which may be granted to the managing DG under the annual allocation procedure and in the light of budgetary constraints.
3.2.3.4. Estimated requirements of human resources
- The proposal/initiative does not require the use of human resources.
- The proposal/initiative requires the use of human resources, as explained below:
Estimate to be expressed in full time equivalent units
| 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 and beyond | ||
| 20 01 02 01 (Headquarters and Commission’s Representation Offices) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| 20 01 02 03 (Delegations) | |||||
| 01 01 01 01 (Indirect research) | |||||
| 01 01 01 11 (Direct research) | |||||
| Other budget lines (specify) | |||||
| 20 02 01 (AC, END, INT from the ‘global envelope’) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 20 02 03 (AC, AL, END, INT and JPD in the delegations) | |||||
| XX 01 xx yy zz 0 | - at Headquarters | ||||
| - in Delegations | |||||
| 01 01 01 02 (AC, END, INT - Indirect research) | |||||
| 01 01 01 12 (AC, END, INT - Direct research) | |||||
| Other budget lines (specify) | |||||
| TOTAL | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Description of tasks to be carried out:
| Officials and temporary staff | Cf. explanation provided for H7 in section 3.2.1. |
| External staff | Cf. explanation provided for H7 in section 3.2.1. |
3.2.4. Compatibility with the current multiannual financial framework
The proposal/initiative:
- can be fully financed through redeployment within the relevant heading of the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF).
The LIFE envelope (budget lines 09.02.02) will be used to offset the increase of the EEA subsidy.
- requires use of the unallocated margin under the relevant heading of the MFF and/or use of the special instruments as defined in the MFF Regulation.
- requires a revision of the MFF.
3.2.5. Third-party contributions
The proposal/initiative:
- does not provide for co-financing by third parties
- provides for the co-financing by third parties estimated below:
Appropriations in EUR million (to three decimal places)
| Year N0 | Year N+1 | Year N+2 | Year N+3 | Enter as many years as necessary to show the duration of the impact (see point 1.6) | Total | |||
| Specify the co-financing body | ||||||||
| TOTAL appropriations co-financed |
3.3. Estimated impact on revenue
- The proposal/initiative has no financial impact on revenue.
- The proposal/initiative has the following financial impact:
on own resources
on other revenue
please indicate, if the revenue is assigned to expenditure lines ◻
EUR million (to three decimal places)
| Budget revenue line: | Appropriations available for the current financial year | Impact of the proposal/initiative0 | ||||||
| Year N | Year N+1 | Year N+2 | Year N+3 | Enter as many years as necessary to show the duration of the impact (see point 1.6) | ||||
| Article …………. |
For assigned revenue, specify the budget expenditure line(s) affected.
Other remarks (e.g. method/formula used for calculating the impact on revenue or any other information).
1European Commission, Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 2005/29/EC and 2011/83/EU as regards empowering consumers for the green transition through better protection against unfair practices and better information, COM(2022) 143 final, available at: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:52022PC0143&from=EN
2Directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2005 concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the internal market and amending Council Directive 84/450/EEC, Directives 97/7/EC, 98/27/EC and 2002/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Unfair Commercial Practices Directive), OJ L 149, 11.6.2005, p. 22–39, as amended.
3SWD(2022) 85 final; EUR-Lex - 52022SC0085 - EN - EUR-Lex (europa.eu)
4Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee of the Regions, The European Green Deal, COM(2019)640.
5COM(2020)98 final, 11 March 2020.
6COM(2020)696 final, 13 November 2020.
7COM(2023)62final, 1 February 2023.
8Council Conclusions, 14167/20.
9European Parliament resolution of 10 February 2021 on the New Circular Economy Action Plan (2020/2077(INI))
10Conference on the Future of Europe, Report on the final outcome, May 2022
11COM(2022)404final
12European Commission, Behavioural Study on Consumers’ engagement in the circular economy, 2018, p. 10.
13European Commission, Inception Impact Assessment: Empowering the consumer for the green transition, 2020.
14A summary of the OPC is available via the European Commission’s ’Have your Say’ website: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/12467-Empowering-the-consumer-for-the-green-transition
15Environmental performance of products & businesses – substantiating claims (europa.eu)
16Consumer Market Study on Environmental Claims for Non-Food Products, European Commission 2014.
17Environmental claims in the EU: Inventory and reliability assessment Final report, European Commission 2020. Available at https://ec.europa.eu/environment/eussd/smgp/pdf/2020_Greenclaims_inventory.zip
182020 – sweep on misleading sustainability claims, Sweeps (europa.eu)
19Screening of websites for ‘greenwashing': half of green claims lack evidence, available at: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_21_269
20SWD(2022) 85 final, Annex 2, pp. 66
21Replies given on 1-5 Likert scales. These were converted into points to help consistent presentation and reflect well the degree of agreement. “Do not know” replies received 0 points, “not interested at all” or “not effective at all replies” 1 – at the other end of the scale, “very interested” or “always” replies received 4 point.
22A claim on a trader refers to any claim made by the trader on itself as an organisation as opposed to a claim made by the trader on one of its products (goods or services).
23Preparatory study to gather evidence on ways to empower consumers to play an active role in the green transition, October 2021. Available at Proposal for a Directive on empowering consumers for the green transition and annex (europa.eu)
24European Commission, Inception Impact Assessment: Empowering the consumer for the green transition, 2020- overview of consultations in Annex 2 of the Impact Assessment, page 69.
25More on consequences of the problems for consumers market and environment included in Annex 12 of SWD(2022)85 final
26Article 6 and 7 of the Directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2005 concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the internal market and amending Council Directive 84/450/EEC, Directives 97/7/EC, 98/27/EC and 2002/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (‘Unfair Commercial Practices Directive’) (OJ L 149, 11.6.2005, p. 22).
27Annex I of the Directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2005 concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the internal market and amending Council Directive 84/450/EEC, Directives 97/7/EC, 98/27/EC and 2002/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (‘Unfair Commercial Practices Directive’) (OJ L 149, 11.6.2005, p. 22).
28COM(2022) 672 final
29Directive 2009/125/EC of the European parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-related products, L 285/10
30COM(2022) 142 final
31Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011 laying down harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products and repealing Council Directive 89/106/EEC (OJ L 88, 4.4.2011, p. 5).
32COM/2020/798 final.
33Regulation (EC) No 66/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the Eu Ecolabel (OJ L 27, 30.1.2010, p. 1).
34Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS), repealing Regulation (EC) No 761/2001 and Commission Decisions 2001/681/EC and 2006/193/EC (OJ L 342, 22.12.2009, p. 1).
35Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007, OJ L 150, 14.6.2018, p. 1.
36Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2017 setting a framework for energy labelling and repealing Directive 2010/30/EU (OJ L 198, 28.7.2017, p. 1).
37Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-related products (recast) (OJ L 285, 31.10.2009, p. 10).
38https://ec.europa.eu/environment/strategy/zero-pollution-action-plan_en
39COM(2020) 380 final
40COM/2020/381 final.
41COM(2021) 82
1Overview of all consultations carried out in the context of the Impact Assessment can be found in Annex 2 of COM(2022)85 final
2https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/1740-Towards-an-EU-Product-Policy-Framework-contributing-to-the-Circular-Economy_en
3https://ec.europa.eu/environment/eussd/smgp/pdf/EF_stakeholdercons19.pdf
4More information available at https://ec.europa.eu/environment/eussd/smgp/initiative_on_green_claims.htm
5SWD(2022) 85 final
6SEC(2022) 165
7This proposal does not focus on digital information tools which are addressed in the proposal on Empowering consumers for the green transition.
8SWD(2022) 85 final, Section 7: Preferred Policy Options, pp 59.
9SWD(2022)85 final, pp. 29-30
10SWD(2022)85 final, pp. 31-32
11More information on the methods and on the pilot phase during which they were tested can be found here: https://ec.europa.eu/environment/eussd/smgp/
12Climate change, ozone depletion, human toxicity – cancer, human toxicity – non-cancer, particulate matter, ionizing radiation – human health, photochemical ozone formation – human health, acidification, eutrophication – terrestrial, eutrophication – freshwater, eutrophication – marine, ecotoxicity – fresh water, land use, water use, resource use – minerals and metals, resource use – fossils.
13Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC of 6 May 2003 concerning the definition of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (OJ L 124, 20.5.2003, p. 36).
14For the very small share of products in stock just before the approval of the option, it is assumed that the claims will be removed by the seller (for example, by covering them with a sticker). This will impose some costs in the first two years of implementation of the option for the small share of products in stock, after which we assume that all these products have been sold.
15In-house estimate for a specific claim on an individual impact (e.g. share in % of bio-based (or recycled) content of a product) for which the evidence is straightforward, i.e. a claim that can be substantiated based on readily available information/documents on materials used in production.
16In-house estimate that concerns the validation of a claim on the environmental footprint of the entire organisation. Average values based on an additional, targeted survey made by DG ENV with inputs from seven of the main consultants that have been supporting PEFCR/OEFSR developments, cross-checked with other sources from the literature.
17Details on administrative cost break down in SWD(2022) 85 final, pp. 200
18SWD(2022) 85 final
1OJ L 124, 20.5.2003, p. 36
2SWD(2022) 85 final, p.50: “In relation to sub-problem 1.1 (lack of reliable information on product’s environmental characteristics at the point of sale), all options have been discarded at an early stage as their added value could not be demonstrated, and the measures taken under the Green Claims Initiative and the Sustainable Products Initiative are expected to reduce this sub-problem significantly.”
3Commission Notice – Guidance on the interpretation and application of Directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the internal market (OJ C 526, 29.12.2021, p. 1).
4COM(2022) 143 final, Annex to the Proposal for a Directive of the European parliament and of the Council amending Directives 2005/29/EC and 2011/83/EU as regards empowering consumers for the green transition through better protection against unfair practices and better information.
5i.e. not based on a certification scheme, or not established by public authorities
6Established by Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on administrative cooperation through the Internal Market Information System and repealing Commission Decision 2008/49/EC (OJ L 316, 14.11.2012, p. 1–11)
7In line with Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 setting out the requirements for accreditation and market surveillance relating to the marketing of products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 339/93 (OJ L 218, 13.8.2008, p. 30)
8 OJ C , , p. .
9Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: A new Circular Economy Action Plan For a cleaner and more competitive Europe, COM/2020/98 final
10Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: The European Green Deal, COM/2019/640 final
11Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 2005/29/EC and 2011/83/EU as regards empowering consumers for the green transition through better protection against unfair practices and better information, COM(2022) 143 final
12Directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2005 concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the internal market and amending Council Directive 84/450/EEC, Directives 97/7/EC, 98/27/EC and 2002/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Unfair Commercial Practices Directive) (OJ L 149, 11.6.2005, p. 22).
13Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for setting ecodesign requirements for sustainable products and repealing Directive 2009/125/EC, COM(2022) 132 final
14Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 (OJ L 150, 14.6.2018, p. 1).
15https://agriculture.ec.europa.eu/system/files/2023-01/agri-market-brief-20-organic-farming-eu_en_1.pdf
16Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on access to the activity of credit institutions and the prudential supervision of credit institutions and investment firms, amending Directive 2002/87/EC and repealing Directives 2006/48/EC and 2006/49/EC (OJ L 176, 27.6.2013, p. 338).
17Directive 2013/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on the annual financial statements, consolidated financial statements and related reports of certain types of undertakings, amending Directive 2006/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directives 78/660/EEC and 83/349/EEC (OJ L 182, 29.6.2013, p. 19).
18COM(2022) 132 final
19Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 September 2011 on textile fibre names and related labelling and marking of the fibre composition of textile products and repealing Council Directive 73/44/EEC and Directives 96/73/EC and 2008/121/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 272, 18.10.2011, p. 1).
20Commission Recommendation (EU) 2021/2279 of 15 December 2021 on the use of the Environmental Footprint methods to measure and communicate the life cycle environmental performance of products and organisations, OJ L 471, 30.12.2021, p. 1.
21Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2020 on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment, and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 (OJ L 198, 22.6.2020, p. 13).
22[…]
23Regulation (EU) No 1379/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products, amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1184/2006 and (EC) No 1224/2009 and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 (OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p. 1).
24Directive 2006/114/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 concerning misleading and comparative advertising (OJ L 376, 27.12.2006, p. 21).
25Directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2005 concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the internal market and amending Council Directive 84/450/EEC, Directives 97/7/EC, 98/27/EC and 2002/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Unfair Commercial Practices Directive) (OJ L 149, 11.6.2005, p. 22) as amended.
26Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13).
27Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13).
28Regulation (EU) 2017/2394 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 on cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection laws and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 (OJ L 345, 27.12.2017, p. 1).
29Regulation (EU) 2017/2394 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 on cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of consumer protection laws and repealing Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 (OJ L 345, 27.12.2017, p. 1).
30OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1.
31Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (OJ L 353, 31.12.2008, p. 1).
32OJ C 369, 17.12.2011, p. 14.
33Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on administrative cooperation through the Internal Market Information System and repealing Commission Decision 2008/49/EC ( ‘the IMI Regulation’ ) (OJ L 316, 14.11.2012, p. 1).
34OJ L 345, 27.12.2017, p. 1
35Directive (EU) 2020/1828 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2020 on representative actions for the protection of the collective interests of consumers and repealing Directive 2009/22/EC (OJ L 409, 4.12.2020, p. 1).
36Regulation (EC) No 66/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the EU Ecolabel (OJ L 27, 30.1.2010, p. 1).
37Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 (OJ L 150, 14.6.2018, p. 1).
38Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2017 setting a framework for energy labelling and repealing Directive 2010/30/EU (OJ L 198, 28.7.2017, p. 1).
39Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-related products (recast) (OJ L 285, 31.10.2009, p. 10).
40Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011 laying down harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products and repealing Council Directive 89/106/EEC (OJ L 88, 4.4.2011, p. 5).
41Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 setting out the requirements for accreditation and market surveillance relating to the marketing of products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 339/93 (OJ L 218, 13.8.2008, p. 30).
42Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS), repealing Regulation (EC) No 761/2001 and Commission Decisions 2001/681/EC and 2006/193/EC (OJ L 342, 22.12.2009, p. 1).
43Directive 1999/94/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 1999 relating to the availability of consumer information on fuel economy and CO2 emissions in respect of the marketing of new passenger cars (OJ L 12, 18.1.2000, p. 16).
44Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011 laying down harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products and repealing Council Directive 89/106/EEC (OJ L 88, 4.4.2011, p. 5).
45Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators and repealing Directive 91/157/EEC (OJ L 266, 26.9.2006, p. 1).
46Directive 94/62/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 1994 on packaging and packaging waste (OJ L 365, 31.12.1994, p. 10).
47Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2020 on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment, and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 (OJ L 198, 22.6.2020, p. 13).
48Regulation (EU) … /… of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Union certification framework for carbon removals (OJ L …).
49Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on energy efficiency, amending Directives 2009/125/EC and 2010/30/EU and repealing Directives 2004/8/EC and 2006/32/EC (OJ L 315, 14.11.2012, p. 1).
50Directive 2013/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on the annual financial statements, consolidated financial statements and related reports of certain types of undertakings, amending Directive 2006/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directives 78/660/EEC and 83/349/EEC (OJ L 182, 29.6.2013, p. 19).
51Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC of 6 May 2003 concerning the definition of micro,
small and medium-sized enterprises (OJ L 124, 20.5.2003, p. 36).
52Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC of 6 May 2003 concerning the definition of micro,
small and medium-sized enterprises (OJ L 124, 20.5.2003, p. 36).
53Directive (EU) 2016/943 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2016 on the protection of undisclosed know-how and business information (trade secrets) against their unlawful acquisition, use and disclosure (OJ L 157, 15.6.2016, p. 1).
54Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 setting out the requirements for accreditation and market surveillance relating to the marketing of products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 339/93 (OJ L 218, 13.8.2008, p. 30).
55Directive 2008/99/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on the protection of the environment through criminal law (OJ L 328, 6.12.2008, p. 28).
56OJ L 345, 27.12.2017, p. 1.
0For the Green Claims, the legal basis of the initiative is the Single Market but budgetary resources come from 09 – Environment and Climate Action.
0As referred to in Article 58(2)(a) or (b) of the Financial Regulation.
0Details of budget implementation methods and references to the Financial Regulation may be found on the BUDGpedia site: https://myintracomm.ec.europa.eu/corp/budget/financial-rules/budget-implementation/Pages/implementation-methods.aspx
0Diff. = Differentiated appropriations / Non-diff. = Non-differentiated appropriations.
0EFTA: European Free Trade Association.
0Candidate countries and, where applicable, potential candidates from the Western Balkans.
0Available at https://environment.ec.europa.eu/publications/proposal-ecodesign-sustainable-products-regulation_en
0Outputs are products and services to be supplied (e.g.: number of student exchanges financed, number of km of roads built, etc.).
0As described in point 1.4.2. ‘Specific objective(s)…’
0Technical and/or administrative assistance and expenditure in support of the implementation of EU programmes and/or actions (former ‘BA’ lines), indirect research, direct research.
0Sub-ceiling for external staff covered by operational appropriations (former ‘BA’ lines).
0Year N is the year in which implementation of the proposal/initiative starts. Please replace "N" by the expected first year of implementation (for instance: 2021). The same for the following years.
0As regards traditional own resources (customs duties, sugar levies), the amounts indicated must be net amounts, i.e. gross amounts after deduction of 20 % for collection costs.
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