Policy Updates

The European Commission is organising a conference on the new Construction Products Regulation (CPR) on 30 October 2024.

On 23 October 2024, the European Commission authorised the exemption pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2024/573 for certain environmental simulation devices, laboratory spray-drying or freeze-drying equipment, and laboratory centrifuges.

The European Commission issued the first of a series of guidance documents to support Member States in transposing the recast EPBD. This first guidance concerns the phasing out of financing for stand-alone fossil fuel boilers from 2025.

On 23 October, the High Level Construction Forum – an initiative of DG GROW – organised a webinar on Indoor Air Quality, following the publication of a Staff Working Document on the topic.

The consortium carrying out the support study on the lifecycle GWP provisions of the recast EPBD presented its first findings at an online stakeholder meeting on 22 October.

The official minutes of the last Plenary meetings of ECHA’s Committees regarding the PFAS restriction proposal have been circulated. Fluorinated gases should be addressed in 2025.

Registrations are open for the online event on the whole lifecycle carbon provisions in Article 7 and Annex III of the recast EPBD.

The European Commission has published a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document on the new Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR).

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/994 lays down the operational details of EPREL with the aim of ensuring the quality, reliability and usefulness of the information provided. LightingEurope will host the European Commission for a live demonstration.

The new Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2473 was published on 20 September 2024 on the Official Journal of the European Union. It lays down the rules of the F-Gas portal and repeals the previous Regulation (EU) 2019/661.

The EU Commission (DG GROW) is carrying out an evaluation to assess the effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, coherence and added value of the Directives 2014/68/EU on Pressure Equipment (PED) and 2014/29/EU on Simple Pressure Vessels (SPVD).

On 11 September, with Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2397, the Commission published the reference of the harmonised standard EN ISO 23953-2:2023 on the Official Journal of the European Union in support of the Regulations (EU) 2019/2018 and (EU) 2019/2024.