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 "title": "What seven years of a compulsory product register actually produced",
 "description": "Europe has run a compulsory code-on-product register for years. What the Commission reported about it in 2026, and what nobody has studied about its use.",
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 "direct_answer": "The European Product Registry for Energy Labelling is the closest thing to a natural experiment this subject has. It is compulsory, it is public, it is reached through a code printed on the product, and suppliers have been required to populate it since 2019.",
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