EucoLight - Publications

NGOs and European industries are once again joining forces to urge EU policymakers toprioritise closing legal loopholes in the regulation and enforcement of online tradevia online marketplaces during the 2024-2029 mandate. Online marketplaces play a significant role with a growing number of consumers todayengaging in e-commerce, matching buyers and third-party sellers, attracted by benefitssuch as […]

EUCOLIGHT and several prominent European organizations, including EXPRA, CEFLEX, WEEE Forum, EUCOLIGHT, EUROPEN, The Slovak Association for Branded Products, and Flexible Packaging Europe, are publishing a joint letter expressing strong concerns about the recent legitimization of state-run Producer Responsibility Organizations (PROs) in EU legislation. This concept, recently included in the Batteries and Packaging & Packaging […]

EucoLight joins forces with 21 organisations, NGOs and European industries, to warn that there cannot be a Green Deal without a strong enforcement framework of EU rules. EU policymakers are now moving ahead with the legislative process and have entered trilogue negotiations on the Ecodesign Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR). Without an effective and efficient enforcement […]

EucoLight complemented its response to the public consultation questionnaire with a position paper, pointed out several issues that need to be addressed in the context of the revision of the WEEE Directive, while making a series of recommendations. Our recommendations in brief:

EucoLight joins forces with 30 organisations from European industry and NGOs to warn that millions of products sold online including textiles, electronics, furniture, and cosmetics will be able to escape the EU framework on product sustainability currently being negotiated. Some online sellers will undermine the Green Deal by dodging current and future EU legislation without […]

EucoLight responded to the call for evidence for the evaluation of the WEEE Directive making a series of recommendations on the following issues: Scope and WEEE definitions WEEE definitions Subcategories for lighting Same rules for all actors Data transparency and control mechanisms Compliance with extended producer responsibility obligations associated with online sales, the online-free riding […]

EucoLight responsed to the public consultation on the revision of the Waste Framework Directive making a series of recommendations on key priorities:

EucoLight co-signed an open letter with other 85 signatories in order to include broader know your business customer provisions in the Digital Services Act.

Adopted in June 2019, the recast Regulation on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) set the contaminant limits that largely determine the treatment of the waste and, in particular for limits in Annex IV, define whether a waste containing specific POP substances should be disposed of in such a way that the POP content is destroyed or […]

EucoLight responsed to the call for evidence for an impact assessment on revision of EU waste framework making a series of recommendations on:​