raw material selection and use;

manufacturing;

packaging, transport, and distribution;

installation and maintenance;

use; and

end-of-life, meaning the state of a product having reached the end of its first use until its final disposal.

predicted consumption of materials, of energy and of other resources such as fresh water;

anticipated emissions to air, water or soil;

anticipated pollution through physical effects such as noise, vibration, radiation, electromagnetic fields;

expected generation of waste material; and

possibilities for reuse, recycling and recovery of materials and/or of energy, taking into account Directive 2002/96/EC.

weight and volume of the product;

use of materials issued from recycling activities;

consumption of energy, water and other resources throughout the life cycle;

use of substances classified as hazardous to health and/or the environment according to Council Directive 67/548/EEC of 27 June 1967 on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances ( 25 ) and taking into account legislation on the marketing and use of specific substances, such as Council Directive 76/769/EEC of 27 July 1976 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to restrictions on the marketing and use of certain dangerous substances and preparations ( 26 ) or Directive 2002/95/EC;

quantity and nature of consumables needed for proper use and maintenance;

ease for reuse and recycling as expressed through: number of materials and components used, use of standard components, time necessary for disassembly, complexity of tools necessary for disassembly, use of component and material coding standards for the identification of components and materials suitable for reuse and recycling (including marking of plastic parts in accordance with ISO standards), use of easily recyclable materials, easy access to valuable and other recyclable components and materials; easy access to components and materials containing hazardous substances;

incorporation of used components;

avoidance of technical solutions detrimental to reuse and recycling of components and whole appliances;

extension of lifetime as expressed through: minimum guaranteed lifetime, minimum time for availability of spare parts, modularity, upgradeability, reparability;

amounts of waste generated and amounts of hazardous waste generated;

emissions to air (greenhouse gases, acidifying agents, volatile organic compounds, ozone depleting substances, persistent organic pollutants, heavy metals, fine particulate and suspended particulate matter) without prejudice to Directive 97/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1997 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to measures against the emission of gaseous and particulate pollutants from internal combustion engines to be installed in non-road mobile machinery ( 27 );

emissions to water (heavy metals, substances with an adverse effect on the oxygen balance, persistent organic pollutants); and

emissions to soil (especially leakage and spills of dangerous substances during the use phase of the product, and the potential for leaching upon its disposal as waste).

information from the designer relating to the manufacturing process;

information for consumers on the significant environmental characteristics and performance of a product, accompanying the product when it is placed on the market to allow consumers to compare these aspects of the products;

information for consumers on how to install, use and maintain the product in order to minimise its impact on the environment and to ensure optimal life expectancy, as well as on how to return the product at end-of-life, and, where appropriate, information on the period of availability of spare parts and the possibilities of upgrading products; and

information for treatment facilities concerning disassembly, recycling, or disposal at end-of-life.

A technical, environmental and economic analysis must select a number of representative models of the product in question on the market and identify the technical options for improving the environmental performance of the product, keeping sight of the economic viability of the options and avoiding any significant loss of performance or of usefulness for consumers.

The technical, environmental and economic analysis must also identify, for the environmental aspects under consideration, the best-performing products and technology available on the market.

The performance of products available on international markets and benchmarks set in other countries’ legislation should be taken into consideration during the analysis as well as when setting requirements.

On the basis of this analysis, and taking into account economic and technical feasibility as well as the potential for improvement, concrete measures must be taken with a view to minimising the product’s environmental impact.

Concerning energy consumption in use, the level of energy efficiency or consumption must be set aiming at the life cycle cost minimum to end-users for representative product models, taking into account the consequences on other environmental aspects. The life cycle cost analysis method uses a real discount rate on the basis of data provided from the European Central Bank and a realistic lifetime for the product; it is based on the sum of the variations in purchase price (resulting from the variations in industrial costs) and in operating expenses, which result from the different levels of technical improvement options, discounted over the lifetime of the representative product models considered. The operating expenses cover primarily energy consumption and additional expenses in other resources, such as water or detergents.

A sensitivity analysis covering the relevant factors, such as the price of energy or other resource, the cost of raw materials or production costs, discount rates, and, where appropriate, external environmental costs, including avoided greenhouse gas emissions, must be carried out to check if there are significant changes and if the overall conclusions are reliable. The requirement will be adapted accordingly.

A similar methodology may be applied to other resources such as water.

For the development of the technical, environmental and economic analyses, information available in the framework of other Community activities may be used.

The same applies for information available from existing programmes applied in other parts of the world for setting the specific ecodesign requirement of products traded with the European Union’s economic partners.

The date of entry into force of the requirement must take the redesign cycle for the product into account.

a general description of the product and of its intended use;

the results of relevant environmental assessment studies carried out by the manufacturer, and/or references to environmental assessment literature or case studies, which are used by the manufacturer in evaluating, documenting and determining product design solutions;

the ecological profile, where required by the implementing measure;

elements of the product design specification relating to environmental design aspects of the product;

a list of the appropriate standards referred to in Article 10, applied in full or in part, and a description of the solutions adopted to meet the requirements of the applicable implementing measure where the standards referred to in Article 10 have not been applied or where those standards do not cover entirely the requirements of the applicable implementing measure;

a copy of the information concerning the environmental design aspects of the product provided in accordance with the requirements specified in Annex I, Part 2; and

the results of measurements on the ecodesign requirements carried out, including details of the conformity of these measurements as compared with the ecodesign requirements set out in the applicable implementing measure.

the name and address of the manufacturer or of its authorised representative;

a description of the model sufficient for its unambiguous identification;

where appropriate, the references of the harmonised standards applied;

where appropriate, the other technical standards and specifications used;

where appropriate, the reference to other Community legislation providing for the affixing of the CE mark that is applied; and

the identification and signature of the person empowered to bind the manufacturer or its authorised representative.

the exact definition of the type(s) of product(s) covered;

the ecodesign requirement(s) for the product(s) covered, implementing date(s), staged or transitional measures or periods:

the ecodesign parameters referred to in Annex I, Part 1 relating to which no ecodesign requirement is necessary;

the requirements on installation of the product where it has a direct relevance to the product’s environmental performance considered;

the measurement standards and/or measurement methods to be used; where available, harmonised standards, the reference numbers of which have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union, must be used;

the details for conformity assessment under Decision 93/465/EEC:

Where different modules are laid down in other CE requirements for the same product, the module defined in the implementing measure must prevail for the requirement concerned;

requirements on information to be provided by manufacturers notably on the elements of the technical documentation which are needed to facilitate the checking of the compliance of the product with the implementing measure;

the duration of the transitional period during which Member States must permit the placing on the market and/or putting into service of products which comply with the regulations in force in their territory on the date of adoption of the implementing measure;

the date for the evaluation and possible revision of the implementing measure, taking into account the speed of technological progress.