In a statement published on Monday, 20 June, Eurospace—the European organisation that represents the European space industry—welcomed the overall objectives and framework approach for establishing ecodesign at the European level as well as the fact that the specificities of the space sector had been taken into consideration.
On Monday, the organisation submitted joint feedback on the European space sector with reference to the European Commission’s proposal from the end of March (see EUROPE 12921/16) in which it welcomes the general provisions and, in particular, recital 16, which clarifies the key specificities of space products with regard to ecodesign requirements.
The organisation explains, “As space technologies operate in extreme conditions, any ecodesign requirements for space products should balance sustainability considerations with resilience and expected performance”. Based on these specificities, the paper concludes that space products should have a “rather low” priority for establishing ecodesign requirements.
Eurospace stresses that if ecodesign requirements or a digital product passport were envisaged for space products, they would need to be supported by “in-depth and detailed impact assessments” that fully explore the possibilities of specific provisions/exemptions in the regulation. Specifically, “performance requirements” may not be necessary.
To access Eurospace’s response: https://aeur.eu/f/29v (Original version in French by Pascal Hansens)