Planning & Meetings

Ecodesign preparatory studies are a very transparent process, including stakeholder consultations.

A kick-off meeting took place on April 8, 2020, with the European Commission to determine details of the study.

A first stakeholder meeting took place as an online meeting on July 13, 2020. Documentation of this meeting is provided below. The interim task 1 - 2 reports and a discussion paper on tasks 3 and 4 are publicly available and were discussed at the first stakeholder meeting.

In October and November further draft task reports (Tasks 3 -6) have been published to seek feedback from stakeholders. The draft report of the last task of such a preparatory study has been released on December 16, 2020.

A final stakeholder meeting took place online on December 18, 2020.

Preparatory STudy

Date	Event / plan
April 8, 2020	Kick-off
June 12, 2020	Publication of first draft task reports on scope and market analysis available in the documents section
July 13, 2020	First Stakeholder meeting (online), see documents section for draft task reports and discussion paper. The agenda and presentation slides are provided below. Late registration closed on July 9.
August 10, 2020	Deadline for stakeholder feedback on draft Task 1 and 2 reports.
October/November, 2020	Draft Task 3, 4, 5 and 6 reports published, see documents section.
December 16, 2020	Draft Task 7 report published, see documents section.
December 18, 2020	Final Stakeholder meeting. Registration for the meeting closed December 10, 2020.
January 8, 2021	Deadline for stakeholder comments (Task 5, 6).
January 17, 2021	Deadline for stakeholder comments (Task 7).
March 3, 2021	Final preparatory study report published, see documents section.

Follow-up process

Date	Event / plan
April 16, 2021	Follow-up stakeholder meeting (registration closed)
June 28, 2021	Consultation Forum meeting

A stakeholder meeting in conjunction with the impact assessment will be held through Webex as online meeting on April 16, 2021, 09:30 – 12:30 CEST. The main objective is to discuss the final version of the preparatory study, in particular the policy scenarios and potential input for legislation presented in Task 7 (scenario analysis) and its annexes. Specific focus will also be given to the proposed testing and calculation methods. No discussion paper will be sent prior to the meeting.