ECOdesign Requirements for Energy Using Products Directive (EuP)

This Directive covers all products which use energy, including fossil fuel, electricity and renewable energy sources or which generate energy except for transport. It aims to improve standards based on “life cycle thinking” and as such is the first legislation to take this approach. There is a helpful paper on how the Directive is expected to work and this can be found on http://www.mtprog.com/ApprovedBreifingNotes/PDF/MTP_BNXS03_2006August15.pdf
The UK Government has launched a consultation exercise on this Directive and the document can be found on the DEFRA website at http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/ecodesign-energy/index.htm