Stakeholders’ Views on the Ecodesign Directive. An assessment of the successes and shortcomings. CEPS Research Report No. 2018/02, March 2018

The Ecodesign Directive (ED) provides consistent EU-wide rules for improving the environmental performance of products, such as household appliances, information and communication technologies or engineering. This report summarises the responses of 27 stakeholders who were interviewed to obtain their assessment of the implementation of the ED, particularly the successes and shortcomings, the results and the processes and the Directive’s contribution to encouraging the circular economy. The objective was to gather the views of both EU-level and Member State experts and stakeholders on the following questions:  To what extent has the Directive met its objectives?  What are the main obstacles in the implementation?  How does the ED interact with other policies?  How does the Directive contribute to the circular economy?