Policy Updates

<p>The meetings of the HLCF have resulted in a Commission Staff Working Document “Scenarios for a transition pathway for a resilient, greener and more digital construction ecosystem”. Until 28 February 2022 can one contribute to the consultation on this document.</p>

<p>The draft of the Regulation and its annex has been adopted by the Commission and will most likely enter into force after the 2-month scrutiny by the European Parliament and Council. Member States can calculate cooling towards their overall renewable targets. </p>

The public consultation on the review of the New Legislative Framework (NLF) is open until 22 March 2022. The NLF deals with conformity assessment modules and the accreditation framework for notified bodies.

<p>The European Commission runs this consultation until 22 March 2022 looking at the conformity assessment modules and the accreditation framework for notified bodies. It would like to know if Artificial Intelligence, machine learning, refurbishment and remanufacturing can be accommodated in the NLF.</p>

A draft interim report was published on the project website at the end of November. The next stakeholder meeting is scheduled for 13 January 2022.

A regulation supplementing the Taxonomy Regulation was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU). It specifies how to disclose information according to corporate sustainability reporting requirements.

The first delegated act of the Taxonomy Regulation was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU). It contains the Technical Screening Criteria (TSC) for the first two environmental objectives.

The Commission made available the draft minutes of the Consultation Forum meeting on ventilation units of 30 March. These minutes can be commented upon until 7 January 2022.

The Commission made available the draft minutes of the Consultation Forum meeting on water heaters of 28 September. These minutes can be commented upon until 7 January 2022.

The Commission made available the draft minutes of the Consultation Forum meeting on space heaters of 27 September. These minutes can be commented upon until 7 January 2022.

The latest version of the Ecodesign Accounting Report, with estimates of the effects of Ecodesign and Energy Labelling policies, has been published. It contains 744 pages with revised data for the past (installed equipment) and revised updated outlooks up to 2050.

<p>The first delegated act under the Taxonomy Regulation was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) on 9 December 2021. It contains the Technical Screening Criteria (TSC) for the first two environmental objectives: climate change mitigation and climate change adaptation.</p>