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Procedure for defining performance requirements Product specific or horizontal performance requirements shall be set as follows: a technical, environmental and economic analysis shall select a number of representative models of the product or products in question on the market and identify the technical options for improving the product performance in relation to the product parameters referred to in Annex I, taking into account the economic viability of the options and avoiding any significant increase of other life cycle environmental impacts, and significant loss of performance or of usefulness for consumers. The analysis referred to in the first paragraph shall also identify, for the parameter under consideration, the best-performing products and technologies available on the market, as well as emerging technology improvements. The performance of products available on international markets and benchmarks set in other countries’ law shall be taken into consideration during the analysis referred to in the first paragraph as well as when setting requirements.

Based on the analysis referred to in the first paragraph, and taking into account economic and technical feasibility, including the availability of key resources and technologies, as well as the potential for improvement, levels or non-quantitative requirements shall be defined. Any concentration limit for substances as referred to in Annex I, point (f), shall be based on a thorough analysis of the sustainability of the substances and their identified alternatives, and shall not have significant adverse effects on human health or the environment. Any performance requirement concerning substances as referred to in Annex I, point (f), shall take into consideration existing chemical safety assessments performed by the relevant Union bodies for the substances concerned, as well as safe and sustainable by design criteria for chemicals and materials developed by the Commission. Proposed concentration limits shall also consider aspects of enforceability, such as analytical detection limits.

Where relevant, the analysis referred to in the first paragraph shall take into account the likely impacts of climate change on the product during its prospective lifetime, and the product’s potential to improve climate resilience throughout its life cycle. A sensitivity analysis covering the relevant factors, such as the price of energy or other resources, the cost of raw materials and necessary technologies, production costs, discount rates, and, where appropriate, external environmental costs, including avoided greenhouse gas emissions, shall be carried out. For the development of the analysis referred to in the first subparagraph, relevant information available in the framework of other Union activities, including, among others, existing sectoral roadmaps as referred to in Regulation (EU) 2021/1119, shall be taken into account and shall include technical information used as a basis for or derived from Regulation (EC) No 66/2010, Directive 2010/75/EU, technical screening criteria adopted pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2020/852 and EU green public procurement criteria.

That shall also apply for information available from existing programmes applied in other parts of the world for setting the specific ecodesign requirements for products traded with the Union’s economic partners.