Task Group Environment & Sustainability

Earlier this year the Horizontal Compliance Committee acknowledged that the number of European legislative initiatives related to environment and sustainability under the European Green Deal was continuously growing and that the experts from the Euralarm members on such topics are often different from those involved in usual electrotechnical topics. The Committee concluded that it was time to initiate a Task Group entitled to address these specific topics, provided that enough experts are interested to participate. This resulted in the kick-off meeting on August 23^rd, attended by 17 experts from 14 organisations representing all Euralarm sections and moderated by the Horizontal Compliance Committee chair Christian Schmitz (Honeywell).

The overall objective of the new Task Group is to address the relevant legislation covering environmental sustainability topics where either Euralarm can influence or where there will be a significant impact on the members.

A wide variety of topics to be addressed

The Task Group will address the topics as requested by Horizontal Compliance Committee. Possible examples are the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR), sustainability requirements that are relevant for the revision of the CPR, the Digital Product Passport (DPP), Product Environmental Footprint (PEF), Green Claims Directive, Right to Repair Directive, potential PFAS restrictions, RoHS, REACH and WEEE. To avoid duplication and to maximize results the Task Group will liaise with the Orgalim Green Transition Working Group.

The deliverables of the Task Group can be explanatory memos summarising legislations, standards, or other technical specifications with an assessment of how these can impact Euralarm members. Other deliverables could be Euralarm responses to consultations and Euralarm position papers, guidance documents and webinars.

About Euralarm

Euralarm represents the electronic fire and security industry, providing leadership and expertise for industry, market, policymakers and standards bodies. Our members make society safer and secure through systems and services for fire detection and extinguishing, intrusion detection, access control, video monitoring, alarm transmission and alarm receiving centres. Founded in 1970, Euralarm represents over 5000 companies within the fire safety and security industry valued at 67 billion Euros. Euralarm Members are national associations and individual companies from across Europe.

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