Commission Decision (EU) 2024/2779

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THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 establishing a framework for setting ecodesign requirements for sustainable products, amending Directive (EU) 2020/1828 and Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 and repealing Directive 2009/125/EC^note, and in particular Article 19 thereof,Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2017 setting a framework for energy labelling and repealing Directive 2010/30/EU^note, and in particular Article 14 thereof,Whereas:

(1)With a view to ensuring proper consultation on ecodesign requirements and energy labelling for products via balanced participation of experts designated by Member States and of all interested parties, the Commission needs to call upon the expertise of specialists in an advisory body.

(2)Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 sets out that the expert group (‘the Consultation Forum’) established in accordance with it is to be combined with the forum referred to in Article 18 of Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council^note, in order to ensure consistency in stakeholder involvement when gathering expertise in relation to Commission proposals on ecodesign and energy labelling. Following the entry into force of Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 and the repeal of Directive 2009/125/EC, the expert group referred to in Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 should be combined with the expert group (‘the Ecodesign Forum’) set up under the present Decision.

(3)It is therefore necessary to set up a group of experts in the field of ecodesign and energy labelling, and to define its tasks and its structure, in compliance with Commission Decision C(2016) 3301 establishing horizontal rules on the creation and operation of Commission expert groups.

(4)The group should help to develop the ecodesign and energy labelling requirements.

(5)The group should be composed of experts designated by Member States and of other interested parties, such as representatives of industry, including small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as defined in Article 2(1) of the Annex to Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC^note and craft industry, social enterprises, trade unions, traders, retailers, importers, consumer and environmental organisations, actors involved in circular economy activities, European standardisation organisations and researchers.

(6)Rules on disclosure of information by members of the group should be laid down.

(7)Personal data should be processed in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/1725 of the European Parliament and of the Council^note,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: