Publication of priority areas for the application of the Eco-design Regulation

The objective of this new Regulation is to establish an ecodesign framework and will require the adoption of delegated acts specific to each product category. Thus, from the publication of the delegated acts, the industry will have a minimum period of 18 months to comply with them (Article 4 (4)). The first delegated act adopted pursuant to this Article shall not enter into force before 19 July 2025.

 In this context, the European Commission has defined the priority axes in the implementation of the Regulation in a work plan published on 16 April 2025. As a reminder, Article 18.5 of the Regulation already established a first list of priorities, which the European Commission specified as part of its work plan.  

Indeed, the European Commission has decided that priority should be given to four final products:
  

• Textiles and appliances , due 2027  

• Furniture, due 2028  

• Tyres, due 2027  

• Mattress, due 2029  

With regard to the category of intermediate products, the European Commission has given priority to iron and steel, as well as aluminium, for a respective deadline of 2026 and 2027.  

Finally, two legal acts will be expected to set horizontal requirements on reparability and on recycled content and recyclability of electrical and electronic equipment.  

It appears that the European Commission has excluded certain products, envisaged in Article 18 of its first work plan, which are detergents, paints and lubricants, footwear and chemicals.  

Finally, the Commission focused its work plan on the need to empower consumers by providing clear information through the digital passport but also by affixing an ESPR label to products (as is the case for energy-related products that have an energy label).