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What are the EU criteria for defining a product as &#39;sustainable&#39;?
<p>I'm writing an academic paper in the field of material science and was trying to find working guidelines to define product sustainability.</p>
<p>In particular, I was trying to see if, within the EU, there are laws defining the specific standards a product must meet to be considered 'sustainable' (I've read the European Commission has presented policies to regulate sustainable consumption and production), but I don't know how to navigate EU law nor which organ is responsible for enforcing these regulations, so I haven't been able to find a list of criteria for product sustainability.</p>
<p>Does anyone know what these criteria are or how I can find them?</p>

<p>I strongly suspect there are no such definitions. It's generally hard to prove a negative, but <a href="https://europeanlawblog.eu/2020/10/09/competition-law-and-sustainability-dutch-authority-makes-headway-with-draft-guidelines/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">the Dutch ACM market watchdog released a report</a> where it specifically addressed this question in the context of missing EU regulations.</p>
