EN 50693:2019

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

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 29-Aug-2019
• Withdrawal Date: 11-Aug-2022
• ICS: 13.020.20 - Environmental economics. Sustainability
• ICS: 29.020 - Electrical engineering in general
• Technical Committee: CLC/TC 111X - Environment
• Drafting Committee: CLC/TC 111X - Environment
• Current Stage: 6060 - Document made available - Publishing
• Start Date: 30-Aug-2019
• Due Date: 15-Jul-2020
• Completion Date: 30-Aug-2019
• Directive: 2009/125/EC - Directive 2005/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2005 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-using products and amending Council Directive 92/42/EEC and Directives 96/57/EC and 2000/55/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
• Mandate: M/495 - Standardisation mandate to CEN, CENELEC and ETSI under Directive 2009/125/EC relating to harmonised standards in the field of Ecodesign
• Ref Project: SIST EN 50693:2020 - Product category rules for life cycle assessments of electronic and electrical products and systems

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST EN 50693:2020
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
SIST EN 50693:2020 en
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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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
CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Rue de la Science 23, B-1040 Brussels
© 2019 CENELEC All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC Members.
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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 .
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