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COMMISSION NOTICE – Guidance on the interpretation and application of Directive 2005/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices in the internal market · European Union

The Ecodesign Directive (323) allows the Commission to establish mandatory minimum requirements to improve the environmental performance of products, including in relation to reparability and durability. There are Ecodesign durability requirements already in place for vacuum cleaners (for some components) (324), and for light bulbs (325), and ecodesign reparability requirements for washing machines (326), dishwashers (327), refrigerators (328), televisions (329) etc. New ecodesign requirements are in preparation for other consumer goods, such as for example smartphones and tablets (330), in line with the Circular Economy Action Plan and the underlying Ecodesign Working Plans (331). Ecodesign requirements often go hand in hand with new or updated energy labels for the same products, which provide information on energy efficiency of the product but also other parameters (332).

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-25 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.