A set of products that are similar in purpose, use, functional properties, and consumer perception under ESPR.
Product group is the ESPR clustering concept for products that are similar enough in purpose, use, functional properties, and consumer perception to be regulated together. It helps delegated acts scale across product families without pretending every item, model, or configuration is identical.
ESPR Article 2 defines product group by similar purposes, use, functional properties, and consumer perception. The term sits between an individual product record and broader regulatory categories, which makes it important for deciding how requirements and passport data can be reused across related products.
Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for sustainable products
a set of products that serve similar purposes and are similar in terms of use, or have similar functional properties, and are similar in terms of consumer perception;
Reference: Article 2, point 5
Implementation records should capture the product-group identifier, shared purpose, functional-property evidence, delegated-act scope, consumer-perception basis, model or configuration coverage, and limits on evidence reuse across related products.
Product group is a product-family scope control: the evidence consequence is that shared requirements and methodologies can scale across similar products without erasing item, model, configuration, or evidence differences.