The ministers responsible for the Internal Market and Industry of the Member States reached, on Monday 22 May, a political agreement (‘general approach’) in the Council of the EU on the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (‘ESPR’ Regulation), which will establish a framework for setting harmonised ecodesign and information requirements in the EU for categories of products physically placed on the EU market except food, feed, and medicines.
The EU ‘Competitiveness’...