life cycle

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• Regulation (EU) 2024/3110 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2024 laying down harmonised… 32024R3110, Article 3, point (53)
  the consecutive and interlinked stages of a product’s life, from raw material acquisition or generation from natural resources, or in the case of products which have previously been incorporated into construction works, from the latest deinstallation from the construction work, to final disposal
• Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 establishing a framework for… 32024R1781, Article 2, point (12)
  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;
• Directive 2014/25/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on procurement by entities… 32014L0025, Article 2, point (16)
  all consecutive and/or interlinked stages, including research and development to be carried out, production, trading and its conditions, transport, use and maintenance, throughout the existence of the product or the works or the provision of the service, from raw material acquisition or generation…
• Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on public procurement and… 32014L0024, Article 2(1), point (20)
  all consecutive and/or interlinked stages, including research and development to be carried out, production, trading and its conditions, transport, use and maintenance, throughout the existence of the product or the works or the provision of the service, from raw material acquisition or generation…
• Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011 laying down harmonised… 32011R0305, Article 2, point (28)
  the consecutive and interlinked stages of a construction product’s life, from raw material acquisition or generation from natural resources to final disposal.
• Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 establishing a framework for the… 32009L0125, Article 2, point (13)
  the consecutive and interlinked stages of a product from raw material use to final disposal
• Directive 2009/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordination of procedures… 32009L0081, Article 1, point (26)
  all the possible successive stages of a product, i.e. research and development, industrial development, production, repair, modernisation, modification, maintenance, logistics, training, testing, withdrawal and disposal;
• Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2023 concerning batteries and waste… 02023R1542-20260813, bII.le
  (e) ‘life cycle’ means 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);