Driving Circular Economy Innovation for Decarbonization and Economic Security in the EU
Circular Economy Action Plan 2.0 emphasizes a life-cycle approach, targeting high-impact material streams like plastics, textiles, and electronics. Recent regulatory developments include rules on batteries, packaging, and waste shipments. The new EU political cycle focuses on competitiveness, clean industrial practices, and market economics, with forthcoming revisions to regulations on chemicals and PFAS.
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Circular Economy in the EU driven by innovation, indispensable for decarbonization and economic security EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation 10thof December 2024, Tokyo/Brussels Aurel CIOBANU-DORDEA Director for Circular Economy DG ENV European Commission
Circular Economy Action Plan 2.0 Novel features Life-cycle approach starting from the design of products Target material streams of high impact on consumption and waste generation plastics, textiles, electronics More uniform rules for a more cohesive Single Market in Europe 2
Recent regulatory developments Batteries Regulation Packaging Regulation Waste Shipments Regulation Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation Regulation enhancing circularity in the automotive sector (pending) Extended producer responsibility rules for textiles (pending) 3
What to expect in the new EU political cycle? Competitiveness Compass and Clean Industrial Deal Rolling out the application of the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation - examples Textiles Digital product passport Tyres Intermediate products such as steel and aluminium Circular Economy Act supply, demand and market economics Revision of the REACH Regulation (chemicals) Rules tightening the use of PFAS 4
