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    A Front-Runner Approach for EU product policy
    (Umweltbundesamt, 2022) Ebert, Thomas; Schlegel, Moritz-Caspar; Schuberth, Jens; Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung; Deutschland. Umweltbundesamt
    In 2020, the European Commission has announced to propose a Sustainable Product Policy for the EU which shall ensure that the performance of front-runners in sustainability progressively becomes the norm. In addition, the European Commission has re-emphasised the necessity to significantly improve the effectiveness of the current Ecodesign framework for energy-related products. With this paper, we present an initial outline of a policy approach which we call the "EU front-runner approach". The approach aims at installing a regulatory framework which enables a semi-automated, progressive adaptation of ecodesign minimum requirements for products. It builds on performance levels of the best products available on the market by aggregating information in a database. The "front-runner approach" could first be applied to progressively adapt product-related minimum energy-efficiency requirements. This way it would serve as a starting point to introduce this concept to the EU policy arena. While the approach can be applied for energy efficiency, it is neither limited to energy-related products nor to energy-related requirements. It can be applied to the wide range of non-energy related products within the scope of the upcoming Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) as well as to non-energy-related requirements, such as minimum requirements for durability, reparability, recyclability and recycled content. Quelle: Scientific opinion paper
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    COM draft proposal endangers level of health protection against hazardous VOC emissions from construction products
    (Umweltbundesamt, 2017)
    This Scientific Opinion Paper reports about current plans of the European Commission to issue a delegated act on communication of emissions of volatile organic compounds (⁠VOC⁠) from construction products in form of “VOC classes”. German authorities consider this draft delegated act as completely insufficient regarding health requirements for the marketing of construction products and campaign for resumption of discussions and supplementation of the proposal in order to efficiently avoid unacceptable adverse health effects.
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    Ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials
    (German Environment Agency, 2023) Alsleben, Carsten; Kohlmeyer, Regina; Kosmol, Jan; Rechenberg, Jörg; Weber, Oliver; Deutschland. Umweltbundesamt
    With the overall objective of ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials, the European Commission has proposed a new regulation, the Critical Raw Materials Act. This scientific opinion paper provides recommendations to EU policy makers on how to further develop this proposal from an environmental perspective. Quelle: umweltbundesamt.de