Recital 99

(99) In order to incentivise consumers to make sustainable choices, in particular when the most sustainable products are not affordable enough, mechanisms such as eco-vouchers and green taxation could be provided for. When Member States decide to make use of incentives to reward the best-performing products, they should do so by targeting those incentives at the highest two populated classes of performance that were set by the delegated acts adopted pursuant to this Regulation, not necessarily taken cumulatively, in the event that classes of performance are set in relation to more than one parameter. For energy-related products covered by Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 or for tyres covered by labelling requirements with regard to fuel efficiency and other parameters under Regulation (EU) 2020/740 of the European Parliament and of the Council (50), the criteria set under those two instruments should apply instead of those under this Regulation. However, Member States should not be able to prohibit the placing on the market of a product based on its class of performance. The introduction of Member State incentives should be without prejudice to the application of the Union’s State aid rules.

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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.