EU Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation · Reg (EU) 2024/1781
Is your product covered by the ESPR?
The ESPR can set ecodesign rules for nearly every physical product sold in the EU — with a short list of exceptions. Pick your product category and find out whether you're in scope, whether you're in the first priority wave, and which kinds of ecodesign requirements could apply.
The rule, in one line
The ESPR (Regulation (EU) 2024/1781, in force 18 July 2024) applies to nearly all physical products placed on the EU market, including components and intermediate products. It excludes only food and feed, human and veterinary medicinal products, living organisms, products of human origin, plant/animal products relating to reproduction, and vehicles covered by sector-specific law. Within scope, ecodesign requirements arrive product group by product group via delegated acts.
Official sources: Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 · European Commission — ESPR · 2025-2030 working plan
In ESPR scope
8ecodesign requirement types can apply
Your product is in the first 2025-2030 priority wave — a delegated act for your group is being prepared.
Ecodesign requirement types ESPR can impose
- Durability and reliability
- Reparability, upgradability and reusability
- Recycled content
- Energy and resource efficiency
- Presence of substances of concern
- Recyclability and remanufacturing
- Carbon and environmental footprint
- A Digital Product Passport
These are the requirement TYPES. The specific numeric requirements arrive per product group via delegated acts that are still being drafted.
Per-product export
ESPR scope & requirements pack (PDF) · €29
A print-ready pack: your scope determination, the priority-wave status, and the ecodesign requirement-types matrix for your product — built from the answers above.
This is guidance, not legal advice. The export restates the ESPR scope for your inputs; confirm specific requirements against the delegated act for your group.
What this tool is — and isn't
This checker restates the ESPR (Regulation (EU) 2024/1781) scope and the ecodesign requirement types for the product category you describe. It is an estimate and orientation, not legal advice. The specific numeric requirements come per product group via delegated acts not yet adopted — confirm them when published.
How the determination works
1. Is your product in scope?
The ESPR applies to nearly all physical products placed on the EU market, including components and intermediate products. Only a short list of categories is excluded (food & feed, medicinal and veterinary medicinal products, living organisms, products of human origin, plant/animal reproduction products, and vehicles under sector-specific law).
2. Are you in the first wave?
Within scope, requirements arrive group by group. The 2025-2030 working plan prioritises textiles & apparel, iron & steel, aluminium, furniture, tyres, mattresses and energy-related products. Other products are in scope but follow in later plans.
3. Which requirement types apply?
ESPR can set requirements on durability, reparability, recycled content, energy/resource efficiency, substances of concern, recyclability, environmental footprint and a Digital Product Passport. The exact numbers come per group via delegated acts. See our separate Digital Product Passport readiness tool.
Frequently asked questions
- Which products are in ESPR scope?
- Nearly all physical products placed on the EU market, including components and intermediate products — except food & feed, human and veterinary medicinal products, living organisms, products of human origin, plant/animal reproduction products, and vehicles under sector-specific law.
- My product is excluded — does any EU rule apply?
- The ESPR ecodesign requirements do not apply, but the excluded categories are typically covered by their own EU regimes (e.g. food law, medicines law). This tool only determines ESPR scope.
- What does 'in the first wave' mean?
- The 2025-2030 working plan picks the first product groups for ecodesign + DPP delegated acts: textiles, iron & steel, aluminium, furniture, tyres, mattresses and energy-related products. Other in-scope products follow later.
- What ecodesign requirements can ESPR impose?
- Durability, reparability, recycled content, energy/resource efficiency, substances of concern, recyclability, environmental footprint, and a Digital Product Passport — set per product group via delegated acts.
- When do the requirements become binding?
- When the delegated act for your product group is adopted and applies. Those are still being drafted; this tool tells you the scope and requirement types, not the exact dates or numbers.
- Is this legal advice?
- No. This tool restates the ESPR scope and requirement framework for the category you describe. It is orientation, not legal advice. Confirm specifics against the delegated act for your group.