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Furniture — Circularity — Evaluation method for maintenance, refurbishing and repair capability

General information

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CEN

CEN/TC 207 Furniture

European Norm

Scope

This document provides guidelines for maintenance, repair and refurbishing that lead to an extension of the lifetime of a product in the use phase of the product.
This document defines a set of criteria for assessing the ability of priority parts of products in terms of maintenance, repair and refurbishing.
The criteria are intended to be used in the design of a product and are applicable to different designs, materials, or construction methods.
This document does not provide a method for assessing the overall degree of circularity of furniture products. For this additional complementary evaluation methods for other aspects are necessary.
This document does not provide a method on the basis of which a decision can be made on the usefulness and/or cost-effectiveness for repair and refurbishment.

Related legislation

Legislation related to this standard

2009/125/EC

Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-related products

Life cycle

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