Policy Updates

The European Commission opened on 23 November 2023 the Innovation Fund 2023 call for proposals. 1.4 billion EUR is made available for cleantech manufacturing projects focusing on energy storage, heat pumps, renewables and hydrogen.

The European Parliament and Council of the EU reached a provisional agreement on the revised Product Liability Directive on 14 December 2023.

On 13 November, a political agreement was concluded by the European Parliament and Council of the European Union on the Critical Raw Materials.

The European Parliament and Council of the EU reached a political agreement on the Construction Products Regulation on 13 December 2023.

The European Parliament and Council of the EU reached a political agreement on the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive on 14 December 2023.

On 11 December, the Eurovent delegation attended the first info session about the revision of the lot 21 (Regulation EU 2016/2281). The Commission will work to adopt the new Regulation by 2026.

On 7 December, European Parliament and European Council negotiators reached a political agreement on the recast Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD).

On behalf of the European Commission (DG CLIMA), Öko-Recherche works on a series of analyses evaluating the implementation of the F-Gas Regulation (EU) No 517/2014. The Q3/2023 report has been recently shared with Eurovent.

On 4 December, European Parliament and European Council negotiators reached a provisional deal on the new Ecodesign for Sustainable Product Regulation (ESPR).

The European Parliament adopted its negotiating position on the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation proposal on 22 November.

After the public consultation on the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive evaluation closed, the study consortium assessed and shared interim results.

On 8 November 2023 European Chemical Agency’s Enforcement Forum published its advice on the enforceability of the proposed PFAS restriction.