Project plan

Those stakeholders who have registered through this website will be informed of website updates, meetings and availability of (draft) documents.

Date (planned)  

Event/ plan

1 March 2025

Start of the ESPR Preparatory Study and Impact Assessment support study on tyres

May 2025

Launch of the project's online platform and consultation questionnaire

May 2025 

Start of consultation of registered stakeholders for inputs on the development of the MEErP Task 1-4 reports (i.e. scope, market, users, technologies)

September 2025

Interim draft Task 1 to 4 reports for stakeholder comments download from Documents 

15 October 2025, hybrid meeting

First Stakeholder meeting on the MEErP Tasks 1 to 4 for registered stakeholders Minutes of meeting

May 2026 (tentative date)

Interim draft of Task 5 to 7 reports for stakeholder comments

8 June 2026
(Hybrid meeting in Brussels)

Second Stakeholder meeting on the MEErP Tasks 5 to 7  Agenda  Minutes of meeting

October 2026

Oct/Nov. 2026

Finalisation of the ESPR Preparatory Study

Following publication: Presentation in webinar to explain main changes

December 2026 Initial draft Working Documents

January/February 2027

Ecodesign Forum to discuss initial working documents proposal

February 2027

Conditional* (pending Commission approval) launch of impact assessment, Call for Evidence and Public Consultation. Possible Working Groups to be launched.

July or September 2027 Conditional*: Possible 2nd Ecodesign forum

December 2027

Condition*: finalising of the Impact Assessment support study

* work will proceed depending on the conclusion of the Commission services that an ecodesign regulation is the preferred approach