EPEAT Program
Continuous Monitoring Outcomes Report
Televisions
TV-2022-01
March 24, 2023

1.0 Background
EPEAT® is a comprehensive voluntary sustainability Type 1 ecolabel that helps purchasers identify sustainable
technology products and services. Central to EPEAT are conformity assurance activities that meet the technicalrigor and credibility needs of the institutional purchasers who rely upon EPEAT. The EPEAT Program ensures
the ongoing conformance of EPEAT-registered products through an ongoing surveillance process known asContinuous Monitoring. Continuous Monitoring activities occur throughout the year and test the ability ofParticipating Manufacturers to prove conformance with EPEAT Criteria on an ongoing basis.
Some Continuous Monitoring activities require that Investigations be conducted in discrete timeframes calledRounds. The EPEAT Program develops an individual plan for each Continuous Monitoring Round, which
specifies the EPEAT Criteria to be investigated, the method of investigation that GEC-approved Conformity
Assurance Bodies (CABs) must use and the specific dates when the Investigation activities must be completed.
The EPEAT Program also selects the Participating Manufacturers and EPEAT-registered products and assigns
Investigations to CABs, which must fully participate in and are responsible for implementing Continuous
Monitoring Round activities with their Participating Manufacturer clients. Participating Manufacturers are
required to cooperate fully with their GEC-approved CAB during Round activities.
To maintain the level of transparency relied on by purchasers, the EPEAT Program publishes an Outcomes
Report at the conclusion of each Round to summarize the activities conducted and to identify the products andParticipating Manufacturers that received nonconformances and the actions taken to restore accuracy of theEPEAT Registry.
This document summarizes the activities and results of Continuous Monitoring Round TV-2022-01 conductedfor the Televisions category.

2.0 Overview of Continuous Monitoring Round TV-2022-01
2.1

Investigation Activities

As per the published Round Plan, Continuous Monitoring Round TV-2022-01 used Level 2 Investigations(laboratory evaluation of products to determine the products’ conformance with specific EPEAT Criteria). GECapproved CABs obtained the products, as identified by the EPEAT Program, from the open market without
involvement of the Participating Manufacturers, where possible, and sent them for laboratory evaluation. The
laboratories evaluated the products against the specified Criteria and produced reports summarizing theactivities conducted and the results. GEC-approved CABs reviewed the reports, made recommendations onconformity, and sent the reports to the EPEAT Program. The EPEAT Program made the final decisions onconformity for the Investigations.

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Criteria InvestigatedContinuous Monitoring Round TV-2022-01 focused on circularity and the sustainable use of resources. The
unsustainable use of resources has triggered raw material scarcities, contributed to climate change, andcaused widespread environmental degradation, while also negatively impacting human health.
Sustainable use of resources to enable a circular economy is increasingly a priority for governments,
institutional purchasers, and manufacturers around the globe. Institutional purchasers in both the public andprivate sectors are interested in procuring products and services that further sustainable consumption andproduction, and for these reasons, GEC identified Criteria which contribute to these goals for laboratory
investigation in 2022.
Products were randomly selected using a random number generator, from a list of Participating
Manufacturers. Each product was investigated for the Criteria identified in the table below, however if aproduct had not selected the Criterion, it was not investigated.
Table 1: Criteria Investigated in Round TV-2022-01
Criteria Number

Criterion Title

4.3.1.1

Ease of disassembly of product4.3.2.2

Plastic markings

4.3.2.5

Restriction on materials not compatible with reuse and recycling

4.3.3.1

Notification regarding and the identification of materials and components with special handling needs

4.8.2.3

Plastics marked in packaging materials

3.0 Summary of Investigations and Final Decisions on Conformity for TV-2022-01
Highlights from this Continuous Monitoring Round are:•5 investigations completed•

1 decisions of Conformance•1 decision of Inconclusive•

3 decisions of Nonconformance

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Figure 1: Final Conformity Decisions for TV-2022-01(shown as percentage of total investigations)

4.0 Further Details on Nonconformances for TV-2022-01
Table 2 below provides a breakdown of the nonconformances by Criterion. All nonconformances must be
categorized as either a minor error, nonconformance, or nonconformance due to CAB inaction or delay not
attributable to the Participating Manufacturer.
Table 2: Breakdown of Nonconformances by Criterion for TV-2022-01
Completed
Investigations
1Criteria Number

Criterion Title

4.3.2.2

Plastic markings

4.3.3.1

Notification regarding and the identificationof materials and components with special
handling needs
Plastics marked in packaging materials

4.8.2.3

1

NonconformanceRate100%

1

1100%

1

1100%

Nonconformances

All nonconformances in Continuous Monitoring Round TV-2022-01 were demonstrated nonconformances.
4.1

Minor Errors Versus Nonconformances

All nonconformances must be categorized as either a minor error, nonconformance, or nonconformance due
to CAB inaction or delay not attributable to the Participating Manufacturer. For Level 2 Investigations,nonconformances may be categorized as minor errors if a GEC-approved CAB is unable to obtain a productfrom the market and the Participating Manufacturer indicated the product has reached end-of-life and is nolonger available on the market. All nonconformances that do not meet the definition of minor errors arecategorized as nonconformances (unless they are due to CAB inaction or delay). No minor errors wereidentified in this Round.

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Nonconformances

For Level 2 Rounds, all nonconformances are considered demonstrated nonconformances and not minor
errors unless the product has reached end-of-life and could not be obtained for testing. In this Round, all three
nonconformances were demonstrated nonconformances.
Criterion 4.3.2.2 requires plastic parts >25g to be marked in accordance with ISO 11469 and ISO 1043. If any
part of a marking code is incorrect, the product is nonconformant. This includes if angular brackets,
parentheses and hyphens are missing.
Similarly, Criterion 4.8.2.3 requires packaging materials to be marked.
Criterion 4.3.3.1 requires manufacturers to make information available identifying the presence and locationof all materials and components exhibiting hazardous characteristics or requiring special handling available toreuse and recycling facilities within one year from the time of product registration; and (b) ensure that suchmaterials and components are easily identifiable. This information must be available in a standard format to acentral information source or a website. All applicable materials requiring selective treatment from theEuropean WEEE Directive, Directive 2012/19/EU must be identified.

5.0 Actions to Restore Conformance
Where the final conformity decision is nonconformance (including minor errors and those due to CAB inaction
or delay), Participating Manufacturers must make corrections to restore the accuracy of the EPEAT Registryduring the Corrective Action Phase. These activities may include providing additional evidence to demonstrate
conformance with the criterion or unselecting the criteria in the EPEAT Registry. Where the product was foundnonconformant and is no longer available in the marketplace, the product must be archived.
During the Corrective Action Phase, Participating Manufacturers must also develop Corrective Action Plans forother EPEAT-registered products that may be affected by the same underlying issue causing thenonconformance but were not the subject of investigation (called “similarly affected products”).
The following actions were taken to restore accuracy to the EPEAT Registry as a result of Continuous
Monitoring Round TV-2022-01:•

3 investigations

Product archived by Participating Manufacturer

Table 3 in Section 7 identifies the Participating Manufacturers and products that received nonconformances inContinuous Monitoring Round TV-2022-01.

6.0 Key Findings
6.1

Plastic Markings

Participating Manufacturers are reminded to check that plastic parts >25g are marked in accordance with ISO
11469 considering ISO 1043, for required Criterion 4.3.2.2 —Plastic markings, including proper angularbrackets, fillers and flame retardants. Participating Manufacturers are reminded to check all plastics in scopefor Required Criterion 4.8.2.3—Plastics marked in packaging materials, are marked in accordance with ISO
11469 referring ISO 1043, SPI resin identification code, DIN, or country specific requirements.

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Review EU WEEE Directive Annex VII Components Applicable to Registered Products

Participating Manufacturers are reminded to ensure that information made available to reuse and recycling
facilities identifies the presence and location of all materials and components requiring selective treatment
listed in Annex VII of the European WEEE Directive, Directive 2012/19/EU of the European Parliament and ofthe Council on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) and subsequent updates.

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7.0 Identification of Nonconformances and Corrections Made by Participating Manufacturers
In the interest of transparency, the EPEAT Program identifies the Participating Manufacturers and products that received nonconformances and the actions taken to restore accuracy of the EPEAT Registry.
Minor errors are generally clerical in nature and do not materially affect the validity of products in the EPEAT Registry. As such, these are not identified in the table below.

Table 3: Summary of Nonconformances and Corrections Made by Participating Manufacturers
Participating Manufacturer

ProductProduct TypeCountry

Criterion Number

Criterion Title

Required or
Optional

Underlying Reason for Nonconformance

Corrective Action Taken

Samsung

BE70T-H

TV

United States

4.3.2.2

Plastic markings

Required

Demonstrated nonconformance

Samsung

BE70T-H

TV

United States

4.3.3.1

Required

Demonstrated nonconformance

Samsung

BE70T-H

TV

United States

4.8.2.3

Notification regarding and the identification ofmaterials and components with special handlingneeds
Plastics marked in packaging materials

Participating Manufacturer archived
the productParticipating Manufacturer archived
the productRequired

Demonstrated nonconformance

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Document Control and Change HistoryIssue
1Revision
0Owner
EPEAT Conformity
Assurance Manager
EPEAT Conformity
Assurance Manager
Senior Manager,
Ecolabels andResources

112021Senior Manager,
Ecolabels andResources

22Senior Manager,
Ecolabels andResources

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ApproverDirector, EPEAT
ProgramDirector, EPEAT
Program
Senior Director,
Ecolabels andManufacturer
Resources
Vice President,
Ecolabels andManufacturer
Resources
Vice President,
Ecolabels andManufacturer
Resources

Description
Initial release

Approval Date

Effective Date2018 Dec 112018 Dec 11

Reformatting of document. Addition ofstandardized text.

2021 Mar 25

2021 Mar 30

Updated terminology fornonconformances to include“nonconformances” and “minor errors”,
in alignment with revisions to P66.
Updated to reflect new nonconformance
category for CAB inaction or delay

2022 Sep 152022 Sep 30

2023 Mar 24

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