# Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR)

Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for sustainable products, amending Directive (EU) 2020/1828 and Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 and repealing Directive 2009/125/EC

- Status: In force
- Legal order: European Union
- Legal area: Products and producer responsibility
- OJ L 2024/1781, 28.06.2024
- Business profile: Smelting, Semi-fabrication, Product manufacturers

## In brief

Framework for ecodesign requirements (durability, recycled content, carbon footprint, digital product passport). Iron and steel and aluminium – priority groups of the first working plan.

## Key obligations

- Ecodesign requirements laid down in delegated acts for product groups, inter alia recycled content and recyclability (Art. 4(1), Art. 5(1))
- Placing on the market only with a digital product passport where required by the delegated act (Art. 9(1))
- First working plan by 19.04.2025 with priority given to iron and steel, aluminium (Art. 18(5)(a) and (b))
- From 19.07.2026 prohibition on the destruction of unsold consumer products listed in Annex VII (large enterprises) (Art. 25(1))
- Annual disclosure of the number and weight of unsold consumer products discarded (Art. 24(1))

## Competent authority

European Commission (delegated acts); in PL market surveillance authorities under the Act on conformity assessment and market surveillance systems

## Penalties

Member States lay down effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalties (Art. 74(1)).

## Entry into force

18.07.2024

## Application

from 2024-07-18; product requirements – from the dates in the delegated acts (Art. 4); prohibition on the destruction of unsold products listed in Annex VII from 2026-07-19

## Key dates

- 16.04.2025: adoption of the ESPR and Energy Labelling working plan 2025–2030, COM(2025) 187
- 19.07.2026: prohibition on the destruction of unsold apparel and footwear (Annex VII) – large enterprises (Art. 25(1))
- 19.07.2030: prohibition on destruction – medium-sized enterprises (Art. 25(1))

## Pending changes

ESPR delegated act for iron and steel – indicatively Q4 2026 according to the Commission’s timetable (DPP page); act for aluminium – in preparation.

## Related acts

- [Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA)](https://igmnir.org/dane/prawo/en/eu-crma/)
- [End-of-Life Vehicles Regulation (ELVR)](https://igmnir.org/dane/prawo/en/eu-elv/)
- [Batteries Regulation](https://igmnir.org/dane/prawo/en/eu-baterie/)

## Official sources

- [Text of the act](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1781/oj/pol)
- [EUR-Lex – COM(2025) 187, ESPR working plan 2025–2030](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/PL/TXT/?uri=COM:2025:187:FIN)
- [European Commission – Digital Product Passport: iron and steel](https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/single-market/digital-product-passport/iron-steel_en)

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Register as of: 22.10.2026. The official text of the act prevails. IGMNiR. On the website: https://igmnir.org/en/law/#akt-eu-espr