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Introduction to the topic

This new Action Plan announces initiatives along the entire life cycle of products, targeting for example
their design, promoting circular economy processes, fostering sustainable consumption, and aiming to
ensure that the resources used are kept in the EU economy for as long as possible. It introduces legislative
and non-legislative measures targeting areas where action at the EU level brings real added value.

The new Circular Economy Action presents measures to:

• Make sustainable products the norm in the EU;

• Empower consumers and public buyers;

• Focus on the sectors that use most resources and where the potential for circularity is high such as:
electronics and ICT; batteries and vehicles; packaging; plastics; textiles; construction and buildings; food;
water and nutrients;

• Ensure less waste;

• Make circularity work for people, regions and cities,

• Lead global efforts on circular economy.

This text is still at a stage of communication, it was thus written as a founding text for future legislation,
but has no coercion value at this stage. However, it clearly shows the willingness of the European Union to
become a prominent force in this field.