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Draft Royal Decree aimed at determining the goods covered by the durability index, the technical standards for establishing scores for each of the criteria and the methodology for calculating the durability index

Notification Number:

2024/0298/BE (Belgium)

Date received:

03/06/2024

End of Standstill:

04/09/2024

Issue of comments by:

European Commission

Draft Text:

FR EN DE NL

Impact assessment:

FR DE NL EN

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Communication from the Commission - TRIS/(2024) 1436

Directive (EU) 2015/1535

Notification: 2024/0298/BE

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1. MSG 001 IND 2024 0298 BE EN 03-06-2024 BE NOTIF

2. Belgium

3A. SPF Economie, PME, Classes moyennes et Energie
Direction générale Qualité et Sécurité - Service Bureau de Liaison - BELNotif
NG III – 2ème étage
Boulevard du Roi Albert II, 16
B - 1000 Bruxelles
be.belnotif@economie.fgov.be

3B. SPF Santé Publique, Sécurité de la Chaîne Alimentaire et Environnement

4. 2024/0298/BE - S00E - ENVIRONMENT

5. Draft Royal Decree aimed at determining the goods covered by the durability index, the technical standards for establishing scores for each of the criteria and the methodology for calculating the durability index

6. Household washing machines and televisions

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8. This draft Royal Decree implements an action in the Federal Action Plan for a Circular Economy, approved by the Council of Ministers on 17 December 2021. It implements the Law on promoting the repairability and durability of goods, which was passed by the House on 8 February 2024. This Royal Decree transforms the repairability index into a durability index for brands/models of televisions and washing machines that will be placed on the market after it enters into force.

This notification is a corrected version of previous notifications 2024/0213/B, 2024/0292/B and 2024/0297/B (closed without further action).

9. The draft Royal Decree “aimed at determining the goods covered by the repairability index, the technical standards for establishing scores for each of the criteria and the methodology for calculating the repairability index” refers to washing machines and televisions among the goods for which a repairability index is to be calculated and communicated. An index of this type should allow consumers to inquire about the repairability of these devices. Consumers will, by being better informed about repairability, be more likely to acquire a device that has good repairability. The device concerned will therefore also be repaired more often.

On the other hand, a repairability index does not provide any information on the expected lifespan of a device. It may be that the repairability is just as good for two devices, but their expected lifespan is different because one device is more robust than the other.

For this reason, the Law on promoting the repairability and durability of goods provides that a repairability index can be transformed into a durability index. This durability index is not calculated solely on the basis of the repairability criteria of a device but also on the basis of criteria relating to the reliability of the appliance.

The Law also requires that the obligations applicable to the calculation of a repairability index or durability index for certain product groups be aligned as far as possible with what is developed in other countries. This will avoid creating an administrative burden because the obligations applicable in Belgium to calculate and report indices differ from those in other countries with a similar index. In France, regulations already provide for replacing, from a date to be determined, the repairability index of washing machines and televisions with a durability index for brands and models which will be placed on the market after the entry into force of that regulation.

This draft Royal Decree introduces identical rules for Belgium, so that the obligations applicable to the calculation and reporting of indices for washing machines and televisions are the same as in France and enter into force at the same time.

The draft Decree determines the method for calculating a durability index for washing machines and televisions, as well as the criteria to be taken into account for that calculation. These are the same methods and criteria as laid down in the French regulations. The draft Decree also sets out the responsibilities and obligations for calculating and communicating the durability index. They are modelled on the responsibilities and obligations that prevail for the repairability index.

10. References to reference texts: The reference texts must be forwarded with an earlier notification:
2022/0634/B

11. No

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13. No

14. No

15. Yes

16.
TBT aspects: No

SPS aspects: No

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Disclosed messages

message-id	Year	Number	Country	Type	Title	Date received
108341	2024	1437	COMEuropean Commission	003	Receipt of the draft text	03-06-2024
108342	2024	1438	COMEuropean Commission	037	Competitiveness analysis	03-06-2024
109354	2024	2404	COMEuropean Commission	303	Comments	05-09-2024

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