New EPDItaly Regulation Rev.7

The main purpose of the EPDItaly Regulations is to provide a tool for the development, verification/validation and publication of Environmental Product Declarations, in which the Organization can report environmental information related to the product or service provided.

The Regulations are revised every 3 years or upon input from the market to possibly adapt them to its changing needs.

As of March 27, 2025, the New EPDItaly Regulations came into effect.

These are the main changes:

• Adaptation of the document to be consistent with EN 15941 “Sustainability of construction works – Data quality for environmental assessment of products and construction work – Selection and use of data ‘and ISO 14020 ’Environmental statements and programs for products – Principles and general requirements,” resulting in updated guidance on data quality and the concepts of “Raw data,” “Specific data,” “Generic data,” and “Proxy data.”
• Elimination of the ±10% limit as a discriminator for the inclusion of products in the average and sector EPD and updating of the definition thereof.
• Revision of the definition of product-specific EPD to regulate the creation of a specific EPD even for products manufactured entirely at multiple production sites and of products with multiple sizes or formats.
• Introduction of the concepts of “Mass Value” and “Material Properties” as metadata for more complete digitization.
• Explication of the need to include in the LCA and EPD Report the level of data quality achieved.
• Formalization of the possibility of accepting product certifications, regarding recycled content, in lieu of verification, if already present.
• Specifications for EPD validation of products not yet manufactured (Annex 6), with guidelines for accredited Verification/Validation Bodies.
• Inclusion of verification/validation procedures governing the case of EPDs having a retailer or distributor as EPD Owner (Annex 8).

For more details download the new regulations in the “Download” section

Transition Period from Regulation Rev.6 to Regulation Rev.7:
Starting from 28/06/2026,15 months after the publication of Regulation Rev.7, it will no longer be possible to publish EPDs in compliance with Regulation Rev.6 if they refer to a verification/validation opinion issued by accredited Verification/Validation Bodies with a date later than 27/06/2026.