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10. When preparing ecodesign requirements, the Commission shall ensure consistency with other Union law and shall: take into account: Union priorities for the climate, the environment, energy efficiency, resource efficiency and security, including a non-toxic circular economy, and other related Union priorities and targets; relevant Union law, including the extent to which it addresses the relevant product aspects; relevant international agreements; self-regulation measures; relevant national environmental law; relevant European and international standards; carry out an impact assessment based on best available evidence and analyses, and where appropriate on additional studies and research results produced under Union funding programmes. The setting of ecodesign requirements concerning certain of the product aspects shall not be unduly delayed by uncertainties regarding the possibility of setting ecodesign requirements to improve other product aspects of that product. In the impact assessment, the Commission shall: indicate the methodology used; ensure that all product aspects are analysed and that the depth of analysis of the product aspects is proportionate to their significance for the product concerned; ensure that interdependencies between the different product aspects are analysed; set out the changes expected in terms of environmental impacts, including quantified as a carbon footprint and an environmental footprint whenever possible; analyse the availability of feedstock for the refurbishment sector, where appropriate; analyse any relevant impacts on human health; consider the minimum level of performance of a product or a product group needed to achieve in the future the Union’s priorities as listed in point (a)(i); take into consideration relevant technical information used as a basis for or derived from Union law or instruments, including Regulation (EC) No 66/2010, Directive 2010/75/EU, technical screening criteria adopted pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2020/852 and EU green public procurement criteria; take into consideration the protection of confidential business information; take into account the views expressed by the Ecodesign Forum referred to in Article 19 and the Member States Expert Group referred to in Article 20.

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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.