It assesses the degree of prevalence of ecolabeling in the Russian market of everyday goods and the reliability and informational content of frequently used labels (supply-side research). This paper contributes to the literature in two main dimensions. The only regulatory document that currently defines the basic principles for developing and using environmental labels and declarations is the national versions of international standards ISO 14020/14021/14024/14025-Environmental Labels Package. In Russia and many other developing countries, the problem of inaccurate information on the environmental properties of goods and services is still not recognized. However, in practice, ecolabels may not always comply with legal requirements in terms of reliability, accuracy and clarity, and sometimes deliberately mislead the consumer.

Ecolabeling can complement more conventional policy instruments such as taxes and subsidies to stimulate more sustainable development of the economy. The public consultationwill be open until.

It also contributes to the EU Industrial Strategyand its 2021 Update by assessing the need to introduce digital labelling for detergents as a means of providing clearer information to consumers. The Revision of the Directive contributes to the EU Green Dealand its chemicals strategy for sustainabilitythat aims to better protect the public and the environment against hazardous chemicals and encourage innovation in developing safe and sustainable alternatives. The Detergents Regulation lays down specific rules for placing detergents on the EU market. It points out unclear information to consumers, an increasingly complex regulatory framework for detergents and the need to update the legislation to adapt it to recent market developments and consumer practices. These include overlaps with other pieces of EU chemicals legislation such as the Regulation on Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) and the Regulation on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures. The consultation follows the latest Evaluation of the Detergents Regulation and the Fitness Check of the most relevant chemicals legislation (excluding REACH), which revealed a number of weaknesses and areas for further improvement. The Commission seeks the views and experiences of all relevant parties on how to improve the current legislation in order to achieve clear, simplified and updated rules that allow for innovative products and sustainable new practices burden reduction for manufacturers and clearer information to consumers and an optimised protection of human health and the environment.

The Commission has published a public consultation on the Revision of the Detergents Regulation.

Russian detergent regulation labelling