EFIC - European Furniture Industries Confederation

The European Furniture sector follows closely and contributes to several initiatives under the European Green Deal, including the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) or the Waste Framework Directive, to name a few. In this context, we welcome the opportunity to provide comments to the Commissions public consultation on the Circular Economy Act.

The European Furniture Industries Confederation (EFIC) welcomes the opportunity to provide comments to the ongoing consultation on the Proposal for a Directive on substantiation and communication of explicit environmental claims (Green Claims Directive) . The Furniture sector is in favour of actions to protect the market from greenwashing and advocates for harmonized rules at EU level.

The European furniture industries embrace EU circularity objectives and are already transitioning to and promoting circular business models based on reuse, repair, refurbishment and remanufacturing of products. A true circular economy can only be achieved through collaboration and requires the involvement of many actors, including policy makers, industry, experts, academia and consumers.

The European Furniture Industries Confederation (EFIC) welcomes the opportunity to provide comments to the European Commissions public consultation on the extension of the scope of the CBAM to downstream products and anti circumvention measures. The European CO2 Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) was introduced to protect the competitiveness of European industry and prevent carbon leakage.

The European Furniture Industries Confederation fully supports the EU Deforestation Regulations objective to combat global deforestation. Nevertheless, it is crucial to ensure that it is implemented under the right conditions, to be both effective and feasible.

EFIC welcomes the Commissions follow-up consultation on simplification of EU environmental legislation and supports efforts to reduce administrative burden while maintaining environmental ambition. The furniture sector, largely composed of SMEs and microenterprises, is particularly affected by regulatory fragmentation and cumulative compliance costs. Please see our full input in the file attached.

The European Furniture Industries Confederation (EFIC) welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the consultation on the draft Implementing Regulation laying down the implementation arrangements for the digital product passport registry under the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR). The attached paper presents our recommendations to address the identified issues.

The European Furniture Industries Confederation (EFIC) welcomes the European Commissions Call for Evidence on the upcoming European Vocational Education and Training (VET) Strategy and supports its objective of equipping the EU workforce with the skills needed for the green and digital transitions.

EFIC welcomes the possibility to comment on the draft implementing Regulation as regards digitalisation and common specifications, that has been put forward in the framework of the Omnibus IV package. We are a creative, versatile and dynamic sector, composed mainly by SMEs and microenterprises. Our industry is part of a complex value chain, with a broad range of designs, products and materials.

The European Furniture Industries Confederation (EFIC) welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the consultation on the draft Implementing Regulation detailing the format and content of disclosures on discarded unsold consumer products under the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR). The attached paper presents our recommendations to address the identified issues.

EFIC supports the objective of ensuring a high level of protection of human health, particularly for children, and welcomes the establishment of a harmonised EU-wide approach to the restriction of CMR 1A/1B substances in childcare products under REACH.