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Rules and standards

Modified 24 Nov 2025

Examples of use of rules and standards in promotion of CE.

Large scale

Portugal

eCIRCULAR - Circular Economy Classification System 

All sectors

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Medium scale

Luxembourg

Product Circularity Data Sheet (PCDS) 

All sectors

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Switzerland

Limit values for embodied emissions and life cycle emissions of buildings 

Construction industry sector

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Denmark

Decreasing threshold limit values for carbon footprint from buildings  and Strategy for a holistic building regulation (HOB) 

Construction industry sector

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Kosovo

Regulation of the use of plastic bags 

Plastic sector

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Portugal

be@t Initiative 8: Digital Product Passport 

Textiles sector

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