(17)A whole new range of sustainable services, product-as-a-service business models and digital solutions brings about a better quality of life, innovative jobs and upgraded knowledge and skills. In line with the Communication ‘A new Circular Economy Action Plan – For a cleaner and more competitive Europe’, circular economy provides high-quality, functional and safe products, which are efficient and affordable, last longer and are designed for re-use, repair and high-quality recycling. The technical screening criteria for determining the conditions under which innovative sustainable services qualify as contributing substantially to the transition to a circular economy should therefore be laid down for activities that contribute to prolonging the life of products.