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Verification Round Plan

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PLAN FOR VERIFICATION ROUND IE-2019-02
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PURPOSE AND CONTENTS OF THIS DOCUMENT

This document outlines the plan for a Verification Round of Investigations to be performed inaccordance P15 Verification Procedure, this Verification Plan, and EPEAT scheme rules.

II.

SELECTION OF CRITERIA AND PRODUCTS FOR VERIFICATIONVerification Round IE-2019-02 will investigate the following nine (9) criteria which have beentargeted during EPEAT’s annual Verification Planning process or have not been recently
investigated:• 4.1.6.1 Required- Reducing BFR/CFR/PVC content of external plastic casings• 4.1.7.1 Optional- Reduce fluorinated gas emissions resulting from flat panel display
manufacturing• 4.2.2.1 Required- Declaration of biobased plastic materials content• 4.3.2.2 Required- Restriction on materials not compatible with reuse and recycling• 4.4.2.1 Optional- Product upgradability• 4.6.2.1 Required- End of life processing requirements• 4.8.1.2 Required- Elimination of elemental chlorine as a bleaching agent in packing
material• 4.9.4.1 Required- Documentation that the cartridge or container is not designed toprevent its reuse and recycling• 4.10.1.1 Required- Indoor air quality emission requirements
Regarding the selection process for manufacturers and criteria:•All products that are currently active in the Registry are eligible for inclusion.

•All geographies and Manufacturers are eligible for inclusion.

•Exception is as follows: If a criterion is selected for a product and that product has been
investigated against that criterion in the last six months, a new product will be randomly
selected for that criterion.

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Forty-Seven (47) Level 1 investigations are planned for this Verification round. A Level 1
investigation involves an Auditor review of Manufacturer submissions of evidence. Products
will be selected according to the following process:Selection Process:Step 1

Step 2

Step 3III.

Notes:

A list of all Imaging Equipment
products will be pulled from theEPEAT Registry and sorted so that only
the criteria under investigation areselected.
Products from the master list of
products will be chosen at random perthis verification plan, until eachmanufacturer is assigned apredetermined number ofinvestigations for the round.
A check will be performed thatspecific products chosen were notverified for the chosen criteria within
the past six months.

All products that are currently activein the Registry will be included.

No manufacturer will be subject tomore than 16 individual
investigations during this round.

A specific criterion on a specificproduct may not be verified morethan once every six months.

VERIFICATION PROCESSSThe Verification Round will proceed in accordance with current procedures, as outlined below.
1. This plan will be published on epeat.net.
2. The Green Electronics Council Conformity Assurance staff will instruct Conformity Assurance
Bodies (CABs) to proceed with their assigned investigations.
3. CABs will assign investigations to an Auditor and will notify subject Manufacturers that theirproducts are being investigated.
4. The Auditors will perform the investigations as assigned within 60 calendar days, and prepare anInvestigation Report for each investigation, recommending Conformance or Nonconformance.
5. CABs will review all Investigation Reports to ensure they are clear and complete and theevidence supports the recommendation and will forward the Report and supporting evidence to
the Green Electronics Council.
6. Conformity Assurance Staff and the Conformity Decision Panel will review reports and makedecisions regarding conformity. The identity of the products and Manufacturers will not be
disclosed; decision makers will be blind to the specific products and Manufacturers for which
they are making conformity decisions.

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7. CABs will inform the subject Manufacturers of the conformity decision. For decisions ofNonconformance, Manufacturers will be required to take corrective action within 14 calendar
days to restore the accuracy of the declaration in the EPEAT Registry.

IV.

CONFORMITY ASSURANCE BODIES AND AUDITORSAll investigations will be conducted through Conformity Assurance Bodies approved by the GreenElectronics Council. The following Conformity Assurance Bodies may be involved in Investigations forthis Verification Round:
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SUMMARY OF IE-2019-02 PLANNED INVESTIGATIONSCriterion••

4.1.6.1 Required- Reducing BFR/CFR/PVC content of
external plastic casings
4.1.7.1 Optional- Reduce fluorinated gas emissions
resulting from flat panel display manufacturing
4.2.2.1 Required- Declaration of biobased plastic materials
content
4.3.2.2 Required- Restriction on materials not compatible
with reuse and recycling
4.4.2.1 Optional- Product upgradability•

4.6.2.1 Required- End of life processing requirements•

4.8.1.2 Required- Elimination of elemental chlorine as a
bleaching agent in packing material
4.9.4.1 Required- Documentation that the cartridge orcontainer is not designed to prevent its reuse and recycling
4.10.1.1 Required- Indoor air quality emission
requirements

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Verification Selectionand Process• Randomly selected
products• Randomly selected
products• Randomly selected
products• Randomly selected
products• Randomly selectedproducts• Randomly selectedproducts• Randomly selectedproducts• Randomly selectedproducts• Randomly selected
products
Total

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Investigations
Up to 5Up to 5Up to 5Up to 5Up to 5Up to 5Up to 6Up to 6Up to 547

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