EU market access requirements: Environmentally sound production

Market access requirements on environmental issues might lead to activities aiming to reduce the damage of production to the environment; i.e. environmentally sound production. Although many requirements are set for the products traded within the EU borders, it still might be necassary to changes production processes in order to comply with the products standards.

Due to this development producers in developing countries using environmentally unsound production processes may find it more and more difficult to gain market access in the EU. All activities which aim to reduce the damage caused by production processes to the environment can be categorised under environmentally sound production, sometimes referred to as "cleaner production". The downloadable document provides information on the pressures, the contents, and the benefits related to environmentally sound production.

See the related documents for sector specific documents as well as methods used for environmentally sound production.