Presentation by Mercedes Mira Costa, "European Standards: Essential tools to support the transition to a circular economy"

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European Standards
Essential tools to support the transition to a circular
economy
Mercedes Mira Costa, Project Manager Energy & Living
CEN-CENELEC

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The European Standardization Organizations
Making standards for Europe
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Towards global trade
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In Europe, harmonization means 1 standardization
solution instead of 34
and… Whenever possible, Europe’s preference
goes to
1 global solution
how? The Vienna and Frankfurt Agreements

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Standards, tools to support the transition to a Circular
Economy in
 supporting EU legislation and climate targets
 promoting best practices
 optimizing installations and systems
 helping improving resource efficiency
The Circular Economy challenge
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Tackling the challenge - examples
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Preserve
Critical Raw
Materials
Use of re-used
components
and/or
recycled
materials in
products
Extend
product
lifetimes
Ability to re-use
components or
recycle
materials from
products at the
end-of-life
Efficient production process: product design and
material efficiency

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Efficient production process: product design and
material efficiency
 M/543 ‘Ecodesign requirements on material efficiency aspects for
energy-related products’
 CEN-CENELEC/JTC 10 ‘Energy-related products - Material Efficiency
Aspects for Ecodesign’
 8 ENs → generic principles to take into account when addressing
material efficiency of products
 Extending product lifetime → LONGER
 Ability to reuse components or recycle materials at end-of-life →
LESS
 Use of reused components and/or recycled materials → SMART
Tackling the challenge - examples
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 Continue awareness building
 Cross fertilization – enhance synergies
 Use of (CEN and CENELEC) international network
 Innovative technologies brought within standardization
 Legislator to further support, promote and incentivise reused
or recyclable product markets
Tackling the challenge – next steps
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Mercedes Mira Costa, Project Manager Energy & Living
CEN-CENELEC
27 February 2020
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