Empowering Consumers for the Green Transition

by name voted on 17.01.2024

Summary

New EU rules to fight greenwashing and planned obsolescence, ensuring consumers get honest information about product durability and repairability.

9 17.01.2024

Report

environment

social policy

administrative law

public administration

business and competition

Key points

The directive introduces strict rules against misleading environmental claims, specifically banning generic terms like 'eco-friendly' unless backed by evidence.
Prohibits claims that a product is 'carbon neutral' based solely on offsetting schemes.
Mandates the use of a harmonized reparability score to help consumers assess how easily a product can be fixed.
Requires information on the availability and maximum expected price of spare parts before a purchase is made.

Vote

PPE

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Renew

Verts/ALE

ECR

ID

NI

The Left

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Speeches

58 Speeches in total

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Contra

Biljana BORZAN

S&D

0:16 min

7.4. Empowering consumers for the green transition ***I (vote)

Eugen JURZYCA

ECR

8. Empowering consumers for the green transition ***I (debate)

Documents (PDFs)

PROVISIONAL AGREEMENT RESULTING FROM INTERINSTITUTIONAL NEGOTIATIONS Proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 2005/29/EC and 2011/83/EU as regards empowering consumers for the green transition through better protection against unfair practices and better information DRAFT REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on amending Directives 2005/29/EC and 2011/83/EU as regards empowering consumers for the green transition through better protection against unfair practices and better information DRAFT OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 2005/29/EC and 2011/83/EU as regards empowering consumers for the green transition through better protection against unfair practices and better information REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on amending Directives 2005/29/EC and 2011/83/EU as regards empowering consumers for the green transition through better protection against unfair practices and better information OPINION on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directives 2005/29/EC and 2011/83/EU as regards empowering consumers for the green transition through better protection against unfair practices and better information Empowering consumers for the green transition Empowering consumers for the green transition

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