International standards used as reference to define Product Environmental Footprints according to Corrigendum to Commission Recommendation (EU) 2021/2279 of 15 December 2021 and corrigendum of May 2022

In the context of the Commission Recommendation (EU) 2021/2279, each requirement specified in the PEF method was developed taking into consideration the recommendations of similar, widely recognised product environmental accounting methods and guidance documents. Specifically, the methodological guides considered were:

Environmental management - Life cycle assessment - Critical review processes and reviewer competencies: Additional requirements and guidelines to ISO 14044:2006 (ISO/TS 14071:2014)

60.60 Standard published

CEN/BT

Environmental labels and declarations - General principles (ISO 14020:2000)

99.60 Withdrawal effective

CEN/BT

Environmental labels and declarations - Self-declared environmental claims (Type II environmental labelling) (ISO 14021:2016)

60.60 Standard published

CEN/BT

Environmental labels and declarations - Self-declared environmental claims (Type II environmental labelling) - Amendment 1: Carbon footprint, carbon neutral (ISO 14021:2016/Amd 1:2021)

60.60 Standard published

CEN/BT

Environmental labels and declarations - Type III environmental declarations - Principles and procedures (ISO 14025:2006)

60.60 Standard published

CEN/BT

Environmental management - Life cycle assessment - Principles and framework (ISO 14040:2006)

60.60 Standard published

CEN/BT

Environmental management - Life cycle assessment - Principles and framework - Amendment 1 (ISO 14040:2006/Amd 1:2020)

60.60 Standard published

CEN/BT

Environmental management - Life cycle assessment - Requirements and guidelines (ISO 14044:2006)

60.60 Standard published

CEN/BT

Environmental management - Life cycle assessment - Requirements and guidelines - Amendment 1 (ISO 14044:2006/Amd 1:2017)

60.60 Standard published

CEN/BT

Environmental management - Life cycle assessment - Requirements and guidelines - Amendment 2 (ISO 14044:2006/Amd 2:2020)

60.60 Standard published

CEN/BT

Greenhouse gases - Carbon footprint of products - Requirements and guidelines for quantification (ISO 14067:2018)

60.60 Standard published

CEN/BT

Conformity assessment - General requirements for bodies operating certification of persons (ISO/IEC 17024:2012)

60.60 Standard published

CEN/CLC/JTC 1

Environmental management — Water footprint — Principles, requirements and guidelines

90.93 Standard confirmed

ISO/TC 207/SC 5

Environmental management — Vocabulary

60.60 Standard published

ISO/TC 207