When purchasing products that fall under the EU Ecodesign Regulation and therefore require a DPP, the Regulation states that public sector clients may only procure products whose eco-performance corresponds to at least a threshold value to be defined for each product group. This threshold is based on the two highest product classifications achieved on the market (ESPR, Article 65, point 3). This means that a new suitability criterion will be introduced into public procurement: eco-design efficiency.
Let us assume that the average product on the market achieves an ecodesign efficiency of C. This means that only products that meet suitability criteria that are at least category C are suitable for procurement in this product area.
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