On the night of Monday 4 to Tuesday 5 December, the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the EU and negotiators from the European Parliament and the Commission reached a political agreement on the ‘Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation’ (ESPR), which will establish a general framework for setting ecodesign and information requirements for virtually all products placed on the EU market.
Seven hours of ‘trilogue’ negotiations culminated in a provisional agreement on a...