FprEN 45560

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-oktober-2023
Metoda za doseganje krožnega oblikovanja izdelkov
Method to achieve circular designs of products
Methode zur Gestaltung von zirkulären Produkten
Méthode pour réaliser des conceptions circulaires de produits
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 45560
ICS:
03.100.99 Drugi standardi v zvezi z Other standards related to
organizacijo in vodenjem company organization and
podjetja management
13.020.60 Življenjski ciklusi izdelkov Product life-cycles
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD DRAFT
prEN 45560
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
September 2023
ICS 03.100.99; 13.020.60 -
English Version
Method to achieve circular designs of products
Méthode pour réaliser des conceptions circulaires de Methode zur Gestaltung von zirkulären Produkten
produits
This draft European Standard is submitted to CENELEC members for enquiry. Deadline for CENELEC: 2023-11-24.
It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee CEN/CLC/JTC 10. If this draft becomes a European Standard, CEN and CENELEC
members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European
Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.
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Recipients of this draft are invited to submit, with their comments, notification of any relevant patent rights of which they are aware and to
provide supporting documentation.
Warning : This document is not a European Standard. It is distributed for review and comments. It is subject to change without notice and
shall not be referred to as a European Standard.

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9 Contents Page
10 European foreword . 3
11 Introduction . 4
12 1 Scope . 6
13 2 Normative references . 6
14 3 Terms, definitions and abbreviated terms . 6
15 3.1 Terms and definitions relating to circular product design . 7
16 3.2 Terms and definitions relating to environment . 9
17 3.3 Terms and definitions relating to product and resource .10
18 3.4 Terms and definitions relating to recycling .10
19 3.5 Terms and definitions relating to durability .11
20 3.6 Terms and definitions relating to lifetime extension .12
21 3.7 Abbreviated terms .13
22 4 Basic principles and concepts in support of circular product design .14
23 4.1 Principles for narrowing, slowing, and closing material flows.14
24 4.2 Material value hierarchy .18
25 4.3 Managing trade-offs .22
26 4.4 Circular product design core principles .22
27 5 Transition by an organization to become circular .23
28 5.1 Circular economy as part of the vision, mission, and strategy .23
29 5.2 Goals by the organization to become circular.23
30 5.3 Measuring the organization’s transition towards becoming circular .24
31 5.4 Circular product design trade-offs considerations .24
32 6 Circular product design requirements and guidance .25
33 6.1 Circular product design process .25
34 6.2 Circular categories .26
35 6.3 Circular product attributes .30
36 6.4 Circular product design requirements .31
37 6.5 Determining the relevance of the circular product attributes .40
38 6.6 Building a circular product design matrix .40
39 7 Communication .42
40 7.1 Communication of the circular goals by the organization .42
41 7.2 User information and guidance on circular aspects of the product .42
42 Annex A (informative) Circular product attributes explained .43
43 Annex B (informative) Background Information .46
44 B.1 Considerations of sustainable development goals .46
45 B.2 Circular product design extends environmentally conscious design .46
46 Bibliography .48
prEN 45560:2023 (E)
48 European foreword
49 This document [CLC prEN 45560:2023] has been prepared by CEN/CLC/JTC 10 “Material efficiency aspects
50 for products in scope of Ecodesign legislation”.
51 This document is currently submitted to the Enquiry.
52 The following dates are proposed:
• latest date by which the existence of this (doa) dor + 6 months
document has to be announced at national
level
• latest date by which this document has to be (dop) dor + 12 months
implemented at national level by publication of
an identical national standard or by
endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards (dow) dor + 36 months
conflicting with this document have to be (to be confirmed or
withdrawn modified when voting)
54 CEN/CLC / JTC 10 has the objective to produce generic and horizontal CEN-CENELEC publications covering
55 aspects such as assessment methods, design rules, dematerialization, digitalization and transfer of information
56 on a variety of material efficiency topics, in particular (but not limited to):
57 a) Extending product lifetime;
58 b) Ability to reuse components or recycle materials from products at end-of-life;
59 c) Use of reused components and/or recycled materials in products.
60 This document is intended to be used by organizations applying directly to products but can also be used by
61 product technical committees when producing horizontal, generic, product-group, or product-specific standards.
62 It can, therefore, be cited together with or product-group or product-specific standards, e.g. developed by
63 product technical committees.

Including coverage of the European Commission defined list of critical raw materials (CRM).
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64 Introduction
65 0.1 Background
66 Climate change, biodiversity loss, resource depletion and the ever-increasing production of waste and pollution
67 represent major challenges to society today. Circular economy, with its focus on material efficiency and the
68 promise for longer lifetime of products, minimization of waste and closing the loops for materials is believed to
69 be an important means to overcome these challenges. When transitioning into a circular economy, design plays
70 a crucial role. It is stated that 80 % of a product’s environmental impacts are determined at the design phase
71 [1] and design choices can determine whether the efforts to become circular may succeed or not. Circular
72 product design is a key element of developing and implementing circular business models and transitioning
73 towards a circular economy.
74 In Europe, the Green Deal [2] launched in 2019 proposes a concerted strategy for a climate-neutral, resource-
75 efficient and competitive economy. Scaling up the circular economy from front-runners to the mainstream
76 economic players will make decisive contributions to achieving climate neutrality by 2050 and to decoupling
77 economic growth from the use of natural resources by using these resources more effectively, while ensuring
78 the long-term competitiveness of and within the EU. This standard, focusing on circular product design supports
79 achieving the ambition stated in the European Circular Economy Action Plan (CEAP) [3].
80 Sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources is addressed by the UN’s sustainable
81 development goals (SDG). This document supports these goals, particularly SGD 12 to ensure sustainable
82 consumption and production patterns.
83 The main purpose of this document is to develop a systematic way (method) to defining design rules and
84 activities for the design and development of products such that they are made circular by design within a circular
85 economy.
86 This document is intended for organizations designing and developing products that fall under the scope of the
87 ecodesign legislation [4]. It focusses on optimizing material utilization and efficiency with strategies that enable
88 narrowing (use less materials), slowing (extend product life, keep quality of products and materials as high as
89 possible for as long as possible) and closing loops (remanufacture, recycling, and parts recovery).
90 0.2 Relation with other horizontal or generic standards
91 Although there are regulatory requirements for resource efficiency across most geographies, to date, the focus
92 has been mostly on the energy efficiency of products. Recently standards focusing on the material efficiency
93 became available, with the publication of the CEN-CLC/JTC10 EN 4555X-4556X group of standards. The
94 JTC10 standards focus on the assessment of different aspects of material efficiency, such as durability of
95 products (EN 45552), ability to be repaired, reused and upgraded (EN 45554), remanufacturability (EN 45553),
96 proportion of reused components (EN 45556), recyclability and use of recycled contend (EN 45555 and
97 EN 45557), and communication on the use of critical raw materials (CRMs) (EN 45558). These standards
98 address how to assess ability (how easy or difficult it is) to e.g. repair, remanufacture or recycle a product.
99 However, they do not provide guidance on what aspects to consider when designing a product. This document
100 intends to fill in such a gap.
101 The standard EN/IEC 62430 assists organizations to incorporate environmentally conscious design (ECD)
102 processes into their product design and development process. ISO 14009 [5] provides guidelines to
103 organizations on how to incorporate circular product design strategies in the design and development within
104 their environment management system. ISO 14006 [6] provides guidelines to assist organizations in
105 establishing a systematic and structured approach to the incorporation and implementation of ecodesign within
106 an environment management system, such as described in ISO 14001 [7]. Assessments of environmental
107 impacts including aspects of material circularity are considered in documents such as EN 50693 [8], EN 15804
108 [9], and ISO 14040 [10].
109 The IEC 62309 [11] contains guidance and requirements for declaring reused parts. IEC 60300 series include
110 general guidance on dependability, availability, reliability and maintainability, and IEC 62402 [12] includes
111 obsolescence management.
112 International standards currently under development by ISO/TC 323 on circular economy are ISO/CDV 59004
113 on terminology, principles and guidance for implementation [13], ISO/CDV 59010 providing guidance on the
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