On 31 January, the session "Implementation of Circular Economy solutions: standardisation, ecodesign." was held at the CEOE headquarters, and which was participated by leading experts from companies, Public Administrations and standardisation.
Iván Moya, the secretary of the Technical Standards Committee (TSC) 323 Circular Economy of the Spanish Association for Standardization, UNE, presented the contribution of technical standards to the transition towards a Circular Economy.
Standards are driving this new model, establishing a common understanding of principles, strategies and practices in this field. Standards reflect the market consensus on best practices in key aspects for the competitiveness of organizations, providing an effective response to the major challenges facing them.
To this end, the Spanish standardisation body has created the technical standardisation committee CTN 323, formed of 140 experts and 80 organisations from all the parties involved, the way for exerting direct influence to ensure Spanish organisations are heard by the global and European forums where the standards that enable them to compete are created.
In fact, in the international arena, standards are developed in the ISO/TC 323 Circular Economy, the first committee to consider the Circular Economy from a global point of view.
For its part, in Europe work is progressing on CEN/CLC JTC 10 Energy-related products – Material Efficiency Aspects for Ecodesign, which responds to a request from the European Commission to develop standards on ecodesign that focus on the efficient use of materials, in support of Directive 2009/125/EC on ecodesign.
In parallel, the UNE has formed the Circular Economy Advisory Committee, a multi-sector and transverse working group for dialogue between members of the Spanish Association for Standardization, UNE, and government agencies. It comprises 45 experts, including a number of important national Spanish sectoral associations, various Ministries and other key actors.
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