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A new legislative framework for products that is fit for the digital and sustainable transition
TA-10-2025-0242 · P10_TA(2025)0242 · PE771.897
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Parliament's resolution on a new legislative framework for products calls for updating EU product rules to address digitalisation, sustainability and e-commerce, while simplifying compliance for businesses.¶¶¶ It urges the Commission to strengthen market surveillance, introduce a horizontal digital product passport, harmonise definitions for circular economy actors, and improve standardisation and conformity assessment.¶¶¶
Key points
- Calls for revising the NLF to ensure consistency with other EU laws and to update roles and obligations of economic operators, including for non-EU traders.¶¶
- Urges strengthening market surveillance authorities' capacity and coordination, and assessing the need for an EU market surveillance authority.¶
- Suggests finalising the MSR evaluation by December 2026 and introducing a risk-based alert system for non-compliant operators.¶
- Highlights benefits of a horizontal, interoperable DPP to provide product information and replace declarations of conformity.¶¶
- Calls for DPP interoperability with existing databases and for assessing its progressive integration into the NLF.¶¶
- Calls for assessing DPP for second-hand goods and for ensuring paper-based information for consumers lacking digital access.¶¶
- Calls for assessing CE marking application via DPP and for security measures to prevent counterfeiting.¶¶
- Calls for harmonised methodologies for sustainability indicators and for integrating DPP with waste hierarchy principles.¶¶
- Supports aligning NLF with sustainability initiatives and assessing integration of extended producer responsibility schemes.¶¶
- Calls for harmonised definitions of remanufacturers, refurbishers, repairers, and for an EU-wide certification mechanism for refurbishers.¶¶
- Calls for access to technical documentation via DPP for refurbishers and for a definition of 'substantial modification'.¶¶
- Calls for deadlines for standardisation requests, a common European approach in international standardisation, and mandatory accreditation of notified bodies.¶¶¶
Who is affected
- Economic operators, including manufacturers, importers, and non-EU traders, face updated obligations and potential liability.¶¶
- Refurbishers, repairers, and remanufacturers gain legal clarity and potential access to product information via DPP.¶¶
- Consumers benefit from enhanced product information and safety, but may need paper-based information for vital safety data.¶¶
- Market surveillance and customs authorities gain tools like DPP for better enforcement.¶¶
- SMEs receive tailored assistance and simplified procedures for DPP implementation.