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Empowering Consumers / Green Claims Glossary

Definitions from the Empowering Consumers Directive relevant to environmental claims, durability, certification schemes, and green-transition marketing language.

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High-level summary

Definitions from the Empowering Consumers Directive relevant to environmental claims, durability, certification schemes, and green-transition marketing language.

This directive matters because it shapes the terminology around environmental claims and product-related green messaging. For Minespider, that makes it relevant wherever traceability and sustainability data are turned into customer-facing claims.

Who it affects

  • Brands making environmental or sustainability claims
  • Marketing, legal, and compliance teams reviewing green claims
  • Teams connecting traceability evidence to customer-facing communications

Key defined terms

A short curated set of terms to help readers orient themselves before moving into the full regulation-specific glossary.

goods

The items in scope of a legal regime, with meaning shaped by the source rather than ordinary commercial language alone.

CBAMGreen Claims / Empowering Consumers Directive
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producer

A source-specific actor term for the entity a regulation treats as responsible for placing, supplying, selling, or managing batteries or products.

EU Battery RegulationGreen Claims / Empowering Consumers DirectiveUK Waste Batteries Regulations
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durability

The ability of a product to maintain its function and performance over time under normal conditions of use.

ESPRGreen Claims / Empowering Consumers DirectiveGreen Claims / Empowering Consumers Directive
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