EN 50693:2019
(Main)Product category rules for life cycle assessments of electronic and electrical products and systems
Product category rules for life cycle assessments of electronic and electrical products and systems
This document defines product category rules (PCR) for electronic and electrical products and systems (EEPS).
It specifies the process and requirements on how to conduct life cycle assessment in the context of
environmental declarations.
PCR is complemented by additional product-specific rules (PSR), which further define e.g. functional units and
default scenarios in the product-specific context. Therefore, it also provides guidance on how to develop PSR
in corresponding technical committees.
This document provides common rules for:
a) life cycle assessment (LCA), including the requirements for developing default scenarios;
b) the LCA report;
c) the development of product specific rules.
This document provides further guidelines for environmental declarations.
The basic LCA principles and framework are based on the EN ISO 14040 series of standards (i.e EN ISO 14040
and ISO 14044), and therefore out of scope of the standard.
Verfahren zur quantitativen, umweltgerechten Produktgestaltung durch Ökobilanzen und Umweltdeklarationen mittels Produktkategorieregeln für elektronische und elektrotechnische Geräte
Règles de définition des catégories de produits pour l'analyse du cycle de vie des produits et systèmes électriques et électroniques
Pravila za kategorije proizvodov za ocenjevanje življenjskega cikla elektronskih in električnih proizvodov in sistemov
General Information
Standards Content (Sample)
SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-julij-2020
Pravila za kategorije proizvodov za ocenjevanje življenjskega cikla elektronskih in
električnih proizvodov in sistemov
Product category rules for life cycle assessments of electronic and electrical products
and systems
Méthode d'écoconception quantitative par l'évaluation du cycle de vie et les déclarations
environnementales par l'intermédiaire de règles relatives aux catégories de produits pour
les EEE
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 50693:2019
ICS:
13.020.60 Življenjski ciklusi izdelkov Product life-cycles
29.020 Elektrotehnika na splošno Electrical engineering in
general
31.020 Elektronske komponente na Electronic components in
splošno general
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 50693
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
August 2019
ICS 13.020.20; 29.020
English Version
Product category rules for life cycle assessments of electronic
and electrical products and systems
Règles de définition des catégories de produits pour Verfahren zur quantitativen, umweltgerechten
l'analyse du cycle de vie des produits et systèmes Produktgestaltung durch Ökobilanzen und
électriques et électroniques Umweltdeklarationen mittels Produktkategorieregeln für
elektronische und elektrotechnische Geräte
This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2019-08-12. 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.
Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC
Management Centre or to any CENELEC member.
This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation
under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the
same status as the official versions.
CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Turkey and the United Kingdom.
European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung
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Ref. No. EN 50693:2019 E
Contents Page
European foreword . 4
Introduction . 5
1 Scope . 6
2 Normative references . 6
3 Terms and definitions . 6
4 Product life cycle assessment . 12
4.1 General . 12
4.2 Product Category Rules . 13
4.2.1 General. 13
4.2.2 Functional unit and reference flow description . 13
4.2.3 System boundary . 15
4.2.4 Life cycle inventory . 17
4.2.5 Allocation rules . 19
4.2.6 Units . 19
4.2.7 Data quality . 19
4.3 Development of scenarios . 20
4.3.1 General. 20
4.3.2 Transportation scenarios. 21
4.3.3 Use scenarios . 21
4.3.4 End-of-life scenarios . 21
4.4 Life cycle impact assessment . 22
4.5 LCA report . 23
4.5.1 General. 23
4.5.2 Scope of the study . 23
4.5.3 Life cycle inventory . 23
4.5.4 Environmental impact assessment . 23
4.5.5 Additional environmental information . 24
5 Requirements for the development of PSR for EEPS . 25
Annex A (normative) Additional Rules . 26
A.1 Rule(s) for extrapolation to a homogenous product family . 26
A.2 Rules applying for the aggregation of environmental impacts on system level . 26
Annex B (informative) Recommended impact categories . 27
B.1 General . 27
B.2 Additional environmental information . 30
Annex C (informative) Correlation with the Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) Initiative of
the European Commission . 31
Annex D (informative) Correlation with EN 15804 standard . 36
Annex E (informative) General content of a product’s environmental declaration . 38
E.1 General . 38
E.2 List of information in environmental declarations . 38
E.2.1 Information about the manufacturer . 38
E.2.2 Description of the product family, the reference product and its packaging . 38
E.2.3 Constitutive materials and substances . 38
E.2.4 Information on life cycle stages and potential impacts . 39
Annex F (informative) Example of a product’s environmental declaration . 40
F.1 General . 40
F.2 Basic example . 40
Annex G (informative) Recovery activities: Allocation, calculation and default values . 44
G.1 Circular formula . 44
G.2 Formula without benefits . 44
G.3 Formula with benefits . 45
G.4 Formula with net benefits . 46
G.5 Default values for R , R and R . 47
1 2 3
Bibliography . 49
European foreword
This document (EN 50693:2019) has been prepared by CLC/TC 111X “Environment”.
The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which this document has (dop) 2020-08-12
to be implemented at national level by
publication of an identical national
standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national (dow) 2022-08-12
standards conflicting with this document
have to be withdrawn
The TC 111X Working Group 8 has been assigned to deal with the NWIP to define product category core rules
for life cycle assessment as basis for environmental declarations. This document has been elaborated to ensure
a harmonized and compatible approach through harmonized methods of assessing the environmental
performance and providing environmental declarations for electrical and electronic products and systems
(EEPS).
Key points:
a) requirements how to conduct life cycle assessments for environmental declarations;
b) requirements how to compile an associated life cycle assessment report;
c) requirements how to develop product specific rules in vertical, product specific technical committees.
It is the intention of the working group that this document, once finalized as European standard, will be further
processed to an international consensus in IEC according to the UAP procedure agreement between CENELEC
and IEC.
Future standards defining product specific rules have to be consistent with this standard during their preparation.
Any product specific standard already including these topics, e.g. EN 50598-3, should adapt their content to this
standard within their usual maintenance circles.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent
rights. CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
Introduction
In the recent years, environmental aspects of electrical and electronic products and systems gained in
importance for interested parties, such as customers and regulators.
In addition to qualitative approaches already widely applied in the context of environmental conscious design
process, quantitative information on the potential environmental impacts of the full life cycle of products gained
further interest. This generates the need to provide harmonized rules for the underlying life cycle assessment
(LCA) in order to provide robust and consistent quantitative environmental data on electrical and electronic
products and systems (EEPS), as well as to enable data aggregation at system level, like e.g. buildings, power
drive systems and control cabinets.
The definition of product category rules (PCR), derived from EN ISO 14025, is an established method for a
consistent approach by setting minimum quality standards for life cycle assessment in context to environmental
product declarations (EPD) and hence are now defined as core rules in this standard for the variety of electrical
and electronic products and systems.
On the base of the overarching PCR set out as core rules for EEPS, product specific rules (PSR) should be
elaborated to further detail the requirements for the LCA in the specific context of the products or systems in
scope. This can be done e.g. by product specific standardization committees or environmental declaration
programs.
1 Scope
This document defines product category rules (PCR) for electronic and electrical products and systems (EEPS).
It specifies the process and requirements on how to conduct life cycle assessme
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