Consecutive and interlinked stages of a product system, from raw material acquisition or generation from natural resources to final disposal.
Source category: EC Policy Documents
| Reference description | EC, 2013, Commission Recommendation of 9 April 2013 on the use of common methods to measure and communicate the life cycle environmental performance of products and organisations. OJ L124, 04.05.2013, pp. 1-210. ISO, 2006a, EN ISO 14040:2006: Environmental management – Life cycle assessment – Principles and frameworks. July 2006. |
| Originally Published | Last Updated | 28 Jun 2018 | 10 Apr 2024 |
| Knowledge service | Metadata | Bioeconomy |
| Digital Europa Thesaurus (DET) | Life cycle assessment |
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