Integrated Product Policy (IPP)

These pages explain what Integrated Product Policy (IPP) is, what the European Commission has done about it and what is planned in the future.

Please click on the links below to help you find out more:

• What is Integrated Product Policy?
  This section seeks to explain briefly what Integrated Product Policy is.

• Green Paper on IPP and related documents
  This section examines the developments leading to the Commission's Green Paper in 2001, the Green Paper itself and outlines the consultations that took place following its publication.

• The Communication on IPP
  This section contains the Commission's Communication on IPP, adopted on 18^th June 2003. It also contains the responses of the different European Institutions to the Communication.

• Implementation of the IPP communication
  This section outlines some of the actions that is being carryied out to implement the IPP Communication, including:

  • IPP Regular Meetings
  • IPP Pilot Projects
  • IPP Working Groups
  • Identifying products with the greatest environmental impact and potential for environmental improvement
  • European Platform on Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
  • IPP Toolbox – policy instruments under IPP
  • Search for IPP related LIFE projects cofinanced by the European Commission
  • Activities on IPP in EU Member States

  You can also find a table with past and future indicative dates for the implementation of the IPP Communication here.

The Commission report on the state of implementation of IPP:

• Commission Report
• Commission Staff Working document

• Studies, Contracts and Events
  This section is where to find information on studies that have been carried out or are currently being conducted for the Commission in the field of IPP. It also gives information on future calls for tenders and on any events that are being organised by the Commission.

• Updates and Further Information
  Here you will find information on how to subscribe to updates of this IPP web-site and to be notified when there are new developments in IPP, and on how to contact the European Commission with further questions.

• Related policies :

  • Waste policies
  • Sustainable Use of Natural Resources
  • Sustainable Consumption and Production
  • IPP specific instruments