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Whether it succeeds also to extend the scope of the Directive on other risk cycle-related products is doubtful.
One of the positions taken is to expand the scope of the directive a second time, to broaden its field of application.
The scope of the Directive was extended in 2009 to the range of products that are related to energy consumption (energy related, such as windows, insulation).
Under the heading MEErP (M ethodology for the E codesign of E nergy-r elated P roducts) this method is actually passing an evaluation and completion process due to the expansion of the scope of the Directive [4].
This would require an extension of the scope of the Directive in two aspects: expansion of product scope to other products in addition to electrical and electronic equipment and extension of the catalog of restricted substances (Annex II of Directive).
"The Commission wants to reassess the scope of the Directive to ensure citizens the same level of protection online and offline," the EU notes in a update on its plans, adding that the aim is to fashion rules that are "up to date with the challenges of the digital era".
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Since it has only been used in Britain, retaining the individual opt-out is likely to prove difficult.With 4m employees continuing to work more than 48 hours a week, there is plenty of scope for the directive to cut time at work still further.
If we uphold the ban on commercialisation and if we exclude human embryos from the scope of this directive, then we will be able to do something about the wealthy buyers within the EU.
Corrado Passera, managing director since 1998 of Poste Italiane, thinks that the new directive will be "not a threat, but an opportunity".Behind the scenes, however, several of the big operators are furiously campaigning to limit the scope of the forthcoming directive.
But "as shale gas reserves in Poland are located mostly at a depth 1,000-4,500m and the 'sensitive' areas cover only 23% of the Polish territory, the new thresholds de facto exclude most shale gas exploration projects in Poland from the scope of the EIA directive," Joe Hennon, a spokesman for the environment commissioner, Janez Potočnik, told EurActiv.
Actually, there is a discussion on the European level to widen the scope of the Ecodesign Directive.
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