The ESPR ranking tool that groups products into ordered performance bands using the same methodology.
A performance class can look like a label or grade, but the value depends on the method and product group behind it. The implementation risk is comparing classes across products that do not share the same parameter, methodology, or scale.
Do not use class of performance as a synonym for compliance, label, score, or product category. It is a banded performance scale, not automatic market access.
ESPR Article 2, point 15 links performance classes to one or more Annex I parameters and a common methodology. A class can help compare products, while an ecodesign requirement determines what a product must meet.
Model the class together with the parameter, method, source requirement, and product group. Without that context, the band can become a detached claim rather than comparable evidence.
Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for sustainable products
a range of performance levels in relation to one or more product parameters referred to in Annex I, which is established based on a common methodology for the product or product group, ordered in such a way as to allow for product differentiation;
Reference: Article 2, point 15
Store performance class, product group, methodology reference, parameter value, class threshold, assessment date, evidence source, product identifier, and version of the scale used. The record should distinguish relative ranking from pass/fail compliance.
Class of performance is a comparability control: the class is meaningful only when tied to the product group, parameter, and methodology that produced it. That control prevents marketing grades from being mistaken for source-grounded performance evidence.