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ReportForcing products to go green?
 –Opportunities for strengthening EU ecodesign legislation Melissa Shinn and Per Rosander
 
The Swedish Society for Nature ConservationThe views expressed in the report do not necessarily represent the viewsof the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation.December 2007ISBN 91 558 8021 5 Varunr: 89312Financial support for this study has come fromthe Swedish Consumer Agency (Konsumentverket).
1. Background
4
2. Methodology 
5
3. Current state of play 
6
4. Strategies/Scenarios investigated
15
5. Findings and opportunities
17
Annex 1: Questionnaire
24
 Annex 2: List of interviewees
25
Annex 3: Product design-relevant Directives and Regulations
26
Annex 4: Responses to consultation on SCP/SIP plan
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Table of Contents
 
forcing products to go green?
CPD
Construction Product Directive
DG
 Directorate General (of the EuropeanCommission)
DGENT
Directorate General Enterprise
DGENV
Directorate General Environment
DGSANCO
 Directorate General Health & ConsumerProtection
DGTREN
Directorate General Energy and Transport
EEB
European Environmental Bureau
EIPRO
Environmental Impact of Products
EEB
European Environmental Bureau
EMAS
Eco-Management Audit Scheme
EP
European Parliament
EPD
Environmental Product Declaration
EPR
Extended Producer Responsibility
ETAP
 Environmental Technologies Action Program
EuP
Energy Using Products
EC
European Commission
FoE
Friends of the Earth
GHG
Greenhouse Gases
GPP
Green Public Procurement
IM
Implementation Measures
IMPRO
Environmental Improvement of Products
IPP
Integrated Product Policy
IPPC
Integrated Pollution Control
IPR
Individual Producer Responsibility
JRC
Joint Research Centre
LCA
Life Cycle Analysis
LLCC
Least Life Cycle Cost
MS
(EU) Member State
REACH
 Registration, Evaluation, and Authorisation of Chemicals
RoHS
Restrictions of Hazardous Substances
SCP
Sustainable Consumption and Production
SIP
Sustainable Industry Policy
SME
Small and Medium-sized Enterprise
SSNC
Swedish Society for Nature Conservation
SVHC
Substances of Very High Concern
WEEE
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment
 VA
 Voluntary Agreement
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