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1. When prioritising products to be covered by ecodesign requirements, the Commission shall analyse the potential contribution of those products to achieving Union climate, environmental and energy efficiency objectives, taking into account the following criteria: the potential for improving the product aspects without entailing disproportionate costs, taking into account in particular: the absence or insufficiency of Union law, or failure of market forces or of self-regulation measures to address the objective properly; and the disparity in the performance of products available on the market that have equivalent functionality in relation to the product aspects; the volume of sales and trade of those products within the Union; the distribution across the value chain of the climate and environmental impacts, energy use, resource use and waste generation concerning those products; the need to regularly review and adapt delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 4 in light of technological and market developments. The Commission shall also strive to assess the potential contribution of those products to the functioning of the internal market and to the Union's economic resilience.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-12 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.