Il sera tenu compte de l'intégralité du cycle de vie des produits, lequel couvre tous les stades de leur existence: extraction des matières premières, production, distribution, utilisation, recyclage ou récupération des produits, gestion des déchets (voir encadré 2).
This refers to consideration of the whole life cycle of products covering all stages from the mining of raw materials to the production, distribution, use, recycling and/or recovery and final disposal (compare box 2) as well as to a broad approach integrating various instruments to achieve the goal of greening of products on the basis of co-operation with stakeholders.