Policy Updates

New harmonised standards under the Machinery Directive (MD) were published in the EU Official Journal on 15 May. These include the reference to EN IEC 60335-2-89 for commercial refrigerating appliances.

The Cyber Resilience Act, greenlighted by the European Parliament in March, is undergoing review by lawyer-linguists. The final publication is expected only after the summer recess.

The Critical Raw Materials (CRM) Act was published in Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) on 3 May.

The European Commission and CEN-CENELEC gave presentations dated 30 April on the Digital Product Passport (DPP) state of play and next steps, including the status of the DPP standardisation.

On 24 May 2024, the Council of the EU formally adopted the corporate sustainability due diligence directive (CS3D). This is the last step in the decision-making procedure.

The European Commission has announced the finalisation of the review of the supporting methodology to Ecodesign (MEErP).

With the EPBD approved and published, the European Commission is now working on guidance documents for transposition and implementation.

The European Commission has announced the second stakeholder meeting of the ‘Ecodesign preparatory study for product specific measures on scarce, environmentally relevant and critical raw materials, and or recycled content’.

The European Commission has tentatively announced the first stakeholder meeting of the follow-up study of the review of the Ecodesign and Energy Labelling regulations on ventilation units (1253/2014 and 1254/2014).

The European Commission has launched a call for evidence on the review of the Pressure Equipment Directive 2014/68/EU.

The European Commission launched the public consultation on the review of Regulation 1025/2012 on European standardisation.

Two new initiatives have been published on the European Commission's 'Have your say' portal, which is open for feedbacks on the draft Implementing Regulations until 10 June 2024.