The product stages from raw-material acquisition through production, use phase, and end-of-life treatment.
Life cycle gives product-footprint work its stage boundary. For batteries and product passports, it connects sourcing, manufacturing, distribution, use phase, repair, reuse, recycling, and end-of-life into one evidence structure instead of treating each stage as a separate sustainability claim.
This page has one public legal anchor from ESPR and one non-verbatim ISO 14067 context source. It explains product stages for footprint work; it is not the same as a full life cycle assessment methodology or a guarantee that every assessment must include the same boundary. EU Battery Regulation Annex II uses this term in the battery carbon footprint calculation method, tying it to Product Environmental Footprint evidence, LCI datasets, and system-boundary choices. EU Environmental Footprint Recommendation context: Recommendation (EU) 2021/2279 supplies PEF method definitions for study, profile, impact-assessment, benchmark, and data objects. Treat this as an official method/recommendation layer, not as a standalone binding product-law obligation or a carbon-only accounting definition.
Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for sustainable products
the consecutive and interlinked stages of a product’s life, consisting of raw material acquisition or generation from natural resources, pre-processing, manufacturing, storage, distribution, installation, use, maintenance, repair, upgrading, refurbishment and reuse, and end-of-life;
Reference: Article 2, point 12
Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 concerning batteries and waste batteries
the consecutive and interlinked stages of a product system, from raw material acquisition or generation from natural resources to final disposal (ISO 14040:2006 or an equivalent standard)
Reference: Annex II, point 2(e)
These entries are non-verbatim context summaries. They are not presented as public legal definitions.
ISO 14067:2018 - Greenhouse gases — Carbon footprint of products
ISO 14067 provides non-verbatim implementation context for treating a product life cycle as consecutive and interlinked stages in a product system, from raw material acquisition or generation from natural resources through final disposal.
Non-verbatim implementation-context summary only; not a verbatim ISO definition. ISO 14067 is a copyrighted standard, so this page uses it as implementation context rather than republishing the standard text.
Reference: 3.1.4.2
Reviewed public draft page. Aligns with environmental/footprint policy: separates lifecycle boundaries, impact categories, carbon values, gas inputs, durability evidence, post-use events, and composition/circularity controls.
Life cycle is the chain of product stages used to understand environmental impacts over time, from raw-material acquisition or generation from natural resources through final disposal. It is a boundary concept, not a full assessment method by itself.
This term originates in ISO 14067:2018 and/or ISO 14044 LCA methodology. It is used in EU product regulation — particularly under the EU Battery Regulation (PEF method for carbon footprint) and ESPR (environmental footprint) — because both regulations require lifecycle-based quantification of environmental impacts. Practitioners applying these regulations should be familiar with these LCA/PEF concepts to correctly scope, conduct, and verify product-level environmental assessments. EU Battery Regulation Annex II uses this term in the battery carbon footprint calculation method, tying it to Product Environmental Footprint evidence, LCI datasets, and system-boundary choices.
Implementation records should capture stage boundary, supplier data, product identifier, declared assessment scope, included and excluded lifecycle stages, method reference, allocation assumptions, update date, and links to footprint or passport evidence.
Life cycle is the stage-boundary control for product evidence. It should link material origin, processing, manufacturing, logistics, use, repair, and end-of-life records so a footprint or passport claim can show which stages it actually covers. In the EU Battery Regulation Annex II battery carbon footprint method, life cycle is one of the calculation objects that keeps Product Environmental Footprint evidence tied to the battery model.
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