Preparatory Study

Reports related to the preparatory study will be published here. 

In the course of the Preparatory Study, two stakeholder meetings will be organised. Date, location and information on upcoming stakeholder meetings will be shared here.

The first stakeholder meeting of the ESPR Preparatory Study on Furniture, carried out in support of the European Commission’s work under the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR), will take place on 6 October 2026, from approximately 09:00 to 17:00 CEST. The meeting will be held at the Conference Centre Albert Borschette (CCAB), Rue Froissart 36, 1040 Brussels, with the possibility to participate remotely via Microsoft Teams.

The meeting will present and discuss the preliminary findings of MEErP Tasks 1–4, covering:

• Scope and definitions;
• Market analysis;
• User analysis; and
• Technologies, techniques and materials.

Stakeholders are invited to register for either in-person or online participation using this registration form. Registration is required for both formats and is open until 20 September 2026. Depending on the available capacity and number of registrations, participation may be limited, particularly for in-person attendance. Places will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis, and limits may also be applied to the number of participants per organisation to ensure broad stakeholder participation. Please await confirmation of your registration and in-person attendance before making any travel arrangements.

The Privacy Statement explains how personal data will be processed in connection with the organisation of the meeting, the purposes for which it will be used, and the safeguards in place to protect your information.

Further details, including the agenda and draft MEErP Tasks 1-4 report, will be shared with registered participants two weeks ahead of the meeting.

A stakeholder survey was launched, with the deadline originally set for 29 June 2026 and subsequently extended to 13 July 2026, to collect data and information to support further analysis in the ESPR Preparatory Study on Furniture. The preparatory study follows the Methodology for Ecodesign of Energy-related Products (MEErP), which provides a structured framework based on seven tasks and has recently been expanded to include methodologies for non-energy-related products. This stakeholder consultation supported Tasks 1–4 of the MEErP by collecting feedback and data on:

• Scope of the product group
• Market structure
• User behaviour
• Technical features and life cycle of the product group

Information collected through this consultation is being used to support the analysis of the potential impacts of any implementing legislation measures on furniture (if any). Information provided may be cited in the final report, but will be anonymised (e.g. by stakeholder type). Market data will not be reproduced in a way that can be traced back to individual manufacturers (i.e. aggregated).