Information

Tender reference number	ENER/C3/2016-537-02.
Title	Support in the preparatory work for ecodesign and energy labelling measures including tyres labelling and Energy Star labelling programme.
Description	Article 18 of Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council stipulates that ‘the Commission shall ensure that, in the conduct of its activities, it observes, in respect of each implementing measure, a balanced participation of Member States' representatives and all interested parties concerned with the product group in question, such as industry, including SMEs and craft industry, trade unions, traders, retailers, importers, environmental protection groups and consumer organisations’.
Contract type	Services
Procedure type	Open procedure
Status	Closed
Published on TED

Milestones

TED publication date	25/06/2016 00:00
Question deadline	N/A
Answer deadline	N/A
Time limit for receipt of tenders	19/08/2016 16:00
Conditions for opening tenders (date)	30/08/2016 11:00

Lots

Lot number	Title	Description
Lot 1	Consumers NGOs: stakeholder representation	The purpose of the contract is to ensure, for a 3-year period from the entry into force of the contract, that the views of European consumer organisations are well represented in the preparatory process leading to implementing measures and their reviews under the ecodesign and Energy Labelling Directive, including the assessment of voluntary agreements, both in the study phase, in the Ecodesign Consultation Forum and, if appropriate, thereafter. This shall also cover the preparatory and review processes of related policy tools, notably the Tyre Labelling Regulation and the Energy Star programme. Finally, the aim of the contract is also to ensure that consumer NGOs, being closest to consumers and citizens, provide adequate and tailor-made information to these target groups on specific EU product energy efficiency policy measures and on their impacts and benefits.
Lot 2	Environmental NGOs: stakeholder representation	The purpose of the contract is to ensure, for a 3-year period from the entry into force of the contract, that the views of environmental NGOs are well represented in the preparatory process leading to implementing measures and their reviews under the ecodesign and Energy Labelling Directive, including the assessment of voluntary agreements, both in the study phase, in the Ecodesign Consultation Forum and if appropriate thereafter. This shall also cover the preparatory and review processes of related policy tools, notably the Tyre Labelling Regulation and the Energy Star programme. Finally, the aim of the contract is also to ensure that environmental NGOs, being closest to consumers and citizens, provide adequate and tailor-made information to these target groups on specific EU product energy efficiency policy measures and on their impacts and benefits.

Notices

Reference	Notice type	Publication date
2016/S 121-214277	Contract notice	25/06/2016 00:00