Slogans, such as « Change the system, not the climate » or « You prefer your planet blue or well-done? » helped the home appliance industry to see that manufacturers are not on their own in the mission of creating a Circular Culture. Read more how APPLiA's presence at an event about WEEE treatment standards gave us food for thought.

After years of working on the 2019 Ecodesign and Energy Labelling package, the European Commission is nearly at the final stage of wrapping up 11 ecodesign measures and 6 energy labels. 

With the present letter, the underdesigned business associations would like to contribute to the Resolution under discussion in the ENVI Committee of the European Parliament by highlighting the potential of demand-side flexibility, digitalisation and decentralised energy resources to enable the clean energy transition.

In a fast-paced world where technology is developing with a speed light on different continents, global events seem to be the moment to doublecheck and compare where do we stand.

When looking at a way to tackle non-compliant products on the market, the home appliance industry believes that market surveillance must be based on measurable, repeatable and affordable standards. Working together on improving standards EN 60335-2-9 and EN 60335-2-14 is crucial.

The co-signing associations represent manufacturers, software providers and sellers that are engaged in cross-border sales and committed to providing high-level quality of services and products to EU consumers.