As environmental issues become increasingly important for consumers, eco-design, which tends to reduce the environmental impact of a product or service, is becoming a way for companies to innovate and become more competitive.
Environmental labelling consists of providing consumers with quantified information on the main environmental impacts of a product or service, calculated over their entire life cycle.
The Energy Transition for Green Growth Act introduced a transparency requirement to enable consumers to be informed clearly and reliably about the environmental impacts of the products and services offered to them.
Communication can no longer be limited to this single environmental aspect but must offer a multi-criteria vision, in which the company must simultaneously describe the main environmental characteristics of the product in question.
The law on the fight against waste and the circular economy introduces a voluntary environmental, or environmental and social, display device. The categories of goods and services concerned, the methodology to be used and the display methods will be specified by decree, after an experiment lasting 18 months from the promulgation of the law.
GOUACHE Avocats offers you dedicated support adapted to the compliance of your labels, using a methodology based on a mastery of the applicable European and national provisions.
This support is formalised by practical recommendations resulting from regulatory monitoring, and an understanding of the doctrine and decision-making practice of the supervisory authorities.
GOUACHE AVOCATS has a reference team in consumer law and regulatory compliance, which makes it your partner to ensure the compliance of your offer, and your displays.
Guillaume Gouachon
Avocat associé
Responsible "Consommation, produits et conformité"
Martine Behar Touchais
Professeur de droit Of counsel
Responsible "Distribution & Concurrence"
