Eco Mark Product Category No.156“Sanitary wares such as toilet bowls, etc. Version1.3”
Certification Criteria- Applicable ScopeA. Toilet bowls
B. Urinals
C. Automatic washing apparatus with flow control for a urinal.

Established:
Last revised:
Expiration Date:

January 1, 2016
March 15, 2024
December 31, 2027

Japan Environment Association
Eco Mark Office

NOTE: This document is a translation of the criteria written in Japanese.
of dispute, the original document should be taken as authoritative.

In the event

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Eco Mark Product Category No.156“Sanitary wares such as toilet bowls, etc. Version1.3” Certification Criteria
Japan Environment Association
Eco Mark Office
1. Purpose of Establishing Criteria
Omitted.

2. Applicable Scope
Applicable scope of this product category is listed in the Table 1.
Table1 Applicable scope
Product type
AToilet bowls

BUrinalsC

Automatic washing apparatus with flow control for a urinal.

Note)

1 Toilet bowls are handled as a complete set with a tank and a flush
valve or a valve
2 Toilet bowls shall include those incorporated with the toilet seats withwashing function

3. Terminology
Automaticwashingapparatus withflow controlFlush watervolume

Sensor-type

flushequipment

withafunction

toautomatically control flush water flow according to use
frequency and duration
Actual water volume that flows at one-time flushing

The “water supply equipment” shall mean the water pipe
bifurcated from the drainpipe installed by a water utility
Water supply

company to supply consumers with water as well as theequipment

water supply fittings directly connected to them (suchfittings should be the faucets, etc. structurally connectedto the water pipe which are not easily to be removed and2/11

156V1criteriaenable to supply water with the water pressure being
maintained; devices which are connected but can be easily
removed, such as hoses, shall not be included).
A material component added for the intended purpose of
Prescribedgiving certain characteristics to a product. Impurities of

constituent

0.1wt% or less that are technically unavoidable in themanufacturing process are not included.

4. Certification Criteria and Certification Procedure
4-1. Environmental Criteria and Certification Procedure
4-1-1 Resource Saving and Resource Recycling(1) Regarding water-saving performance, criteria items set by each product type intable2 shall be met.
Table 2 criteria items for water-saving performance
The toilet bowl shall satisfy all the requirements a)-c)
mentioned below. In addition, the toilet bowl for which water
is supplied with the flush valve system shall also satisfy all ofd)-g).
a) Washing water shall be 5 liters or less per one flushb) The flushing and discharging performance shown in JIS A
5207 shall be metc) The transportation performance of a toilet bowl shown in
the BLT WC-11 shall be met. In addition, in order to avoid
A: Toilet

such troubles as the clogging of water pipes, points of notebowls

in installation, concerning the diameter, length andinclination of drainpipes, etc., shall be described in theexplanatory documents for construction companies, etc.
d) Deviation in discharge volume at one flush action (in thecondition that the lever is kept pressed) shall be within±15% of the discharge volume set for a supply pressure of0.2 MPa.
e) The structure shall be easy to control discharge volume.
f) The flush valve shall meet a) even when the valve is kept
depressed.

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156V1criteriag) The spout performance of a flush valve shall meet therequirements of JIS B 2061.
All the following requirements a)-c) shall be met.
a) a) The mode which automatically controls, in accordancewith the use situation, the amount of washing water to belimited below 2 liters per flush shall be equipped.
B: Urinalsb) The flushing and discharging performance shown in JIS A
5207 shall be metc) In case there is no use of urinal for a while, the structure
shall be to conduct automatically washing for the purpose
to protect sealing water of urinal trap.
All the following requirements a)-c) shall be met.
a) The mode which automatically controls, in accordance withthe use situation, the amount of washing water to belimited below 2 liters per flush shall be equipped.

C:

However, if the urinal is the type of the manual flush valve

Automaticmodel with a retrofitted device or the exchange type, inwashingaccordance with the use situation, may have the mode

apparatus
with

flow

control for aurinal.

automatically limiting the washing water below 4 liters
per flush.
b) This device shall meet the washing and discharge
performance shown in JIS A 5207 when set in a urinal.
c) In case there is no use of urinal for a while, the structure
shall be to conduct automatically washing for the purpose
to protect sealing water of urinal trapNote)

1. The amount of washing water of the toilet bowls shall bemeasured pursuant to the method shown in JIS A 5207, section
8.2.1.7 “Washing Water Measurement Test.” Conformity with thecriteria shall be judged pursuant to the concept shown in theexplanatory part of JIS A 5207 while taking into consideration
the fluctuation of water amounts due to the variations in pottery
and water supplying parts. More specifically, the actual
measurement shall be judged while the margin of error for thecriteria of 5 liters or less per flush (manufacturer’s nominal
amount of water) is supposed to be +0.5 liters or less.
2.The transportation capacity of the toilet bowls shall be tested

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following the testing of transportation capacity of toilet bowls
shown in “Methods of Testing Capacity of Superior House
Components (Toilet Bowls)” (BLT WC-11) of the Center for Better
Living.
3. The amount of washing water of the urinals shall be measured
pursuant to the method shown in JIS A 5207, section 8.2.2.5 “Testfor measuring the washing water amount of dedicated washingvalve type.”[Certification Procedure]
The statement that the device is in compliance with the water saving
standards shown in Table 2 shall be included in the attached certificate. Inaddition, a certificate showing the results of measurement by a third-party
organization or by the applicant shall be submitted.
(2) Maintenance and repair subcontract systems shall be available, and repairs
shall be carried out as requested by the users. Supply of the spare parts shallbe ensured for 6 years after production of the product stops[Certification Procedure]Compliance with this item shall be indicated in the attached certificate. Inaddition, the applicant shall submit copies of product documentation
indicating the matters related to this item.
(3) The product design shall be devised so that the product will easily be recycled
after use (e.g.: indication of features of materials; unification of materials; being
easily dismantled into different material components).
[Certification Procedure]Compliance with this item shall be indicated in the Attached Certificate. In
addition, the applicant shall submit explanatory documents such as adrawing or design specification to confirm a recycle-conscious design.
4-1-2 Prevention of Global Warming(4) Concerning the toilet bowls incorporated with toilet seats with warm water
washing function, energy consumption efficiency of the toilet seat with warm
water washing function shall not exceed the formula for each category listed inTable.
Table 3 Standard Energy Consumption Efficiency for Warm-water-shower toilet

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seat
Availability of the water tankStandard Energy Consumption
Efficiency

Warm-water storage type (With awarm-water tank)
Instantaneous type (Without awarm-water tank)

17287Note) Energy consumption efficiency is calculated according to “3 Energy
Consumption Efficiency Measurement Methods (2),” based on “Criteria forjudgment of manufacturers of energy consuming equipment etc. related toimprovement of energy consumption performance of electric toilet seats(Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Notification No.288 of 2007).
[Certification Procedure]
Annual amount of power consumption shall be indicated in the attachedcertificate. Test results conducted by a third party institution or by theapplicant’s own company shall be submitted.
4-1-3. Restriction and Control of Hazardous Substances(5) The product packaging and packing shall be made as simple as possible andsufficient attention shall be paid to the easiness of recycling and the reductionof environmental burdens at the time of disposal. In addition, plastic materials
used in product packaging and packing shall not be added plastic containing
halogen to the polymer backbone.
[Certification Procedure]
Product packaging material and a packaging method shall be specificallyindicated in the attached certificate. Whether or not any plastics containing
halogens in the polymer backbone for the product packaging and packing
shall be stated in the Attached Certificate.
(6) The content rate of lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium compounds,Polybrominated biphenyl (PBB) or Polybrominated diphenylether (PBDE) in theelectric and electronic parts of the product shall comply with Annex II (Table 4)of the amended RoHS Directive (2011/65/EU). However, this does not apply tothose substances specified in Annex III.
In addition, the product shall have no flame retardant of short-chain chlorinatedparaffin (the number of chained C is 10 to 13 and contained chloride
concentration is 50% or over) added as prescribed constituents.

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T able 4. Content rate

Material

Content rate[wt%]
 0.1
 0.1
 0.01
 0.1
 0.1
 0.1

Lead and its compounds
Mercury and its compounds
Cadmium and its compounds
Hexavalent chromium compounds
Polybrominated biphenyl (PBB)
Polybrominated diphenylether (PBDE)* The content rate refers to the content proportion in a homogeneous substance (minimum
unit that can be separated by rule with totally uniform composition) .

[Certification Procedure]Compliance with this item shall be indicated in the Attached Certificate. Inaddition, it is recommended that checking is performed based on JIS Z 7201
“Management of chemical substances in products- Principles andguidelines”.
(7) A battery built in the product shall comply with the EU Directive 2013/56/EU(Table 5).
Table 5 Criteria for heavy metals in batteries
mercury [wt%]cadmium [wt%]≦0.0005≦0.002

Content rate

[Certification Procedure]Compliance with this item shall be indicated in the Attached Certificate.
(8) In case an antimicrobial finishing is made in the product, the product shall be
registered with such as the SIAA Mark of Society of Industrial technology for
Antimicrobial Articles or Registration system for the use of antimicrobial
performance criteria of Japan Construction Material & Housing Equipment
Industries Federation, etc.
[Certification Procedure]Compliance with this item shall be indicated in the Attached Certificate. In
the case of using antimicrobial agents, a copy of a certificate that certifies
the registration with the SIAA Mark of Society of Industrial technology for
Antimicrobial Articles or Registration system for the use of antimicrobial
performance criteria of Japan Construction Material & Housing Equipment

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Industries Federation, etc. shall be submitted.
(9) In manufacturing the applied product, related environmental laws andregulations and pollution control agreement (hereinafter referred to as the“Environmental Laws, etc.”) must be followed with respect to air pollution,water contamination, noise, offensive odor, and emission of hazardous
substances in the area where the plant performing the final manufacturing
process is located.
In addition, the state of compliance with the Environmental Laws, etc. for thepast five years from the date of application (whether there is any violation) must
be reported. If there is any violation, proper remedies and preventive measures
shall have been already taken, and the related Environmental Laws, etc. must
thereafter be followed appropriately.
[Certification Procedure]With respect to the compliance with the Environmental Laws, etc. in the area
where the plant performing the final manufacturing process is located, acertificate issued by the representative of the business of manufacturing theapplied product or the relevant plant manager (entry or attachment of a listof names of the Environmental Laws, etc.) must be submitted.
In addition, the applicants shall report whether there is any violation in thepast five years, including a violation subject to administrative punishment
or administrative guidance, and if there is, the following documents in a andb must be submitted:
a. With respect to the fact of violation, guidance documents fromadministrative agencies (including order of correction and warning) andcopies of written answers (including those reporting causes and results ofcorrection)

tosuchdocuments(clearlyindicating

aseriesofcommunication);b. Following materials (copies of recording documents, etc.) concerning themanagement system for compliance with the Environmental Laws, etc. in1)-5):
1) List of the Environmental Laws, etc. related to the area where the plant
is located;
2) Implementation system (organizational chart with roles, etc.);
3) Bylaws stipulating retention of recording documents;
4) Recurrence prevention measures (future preventive measures);5) State of implementation based on recurrence prevention measures

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inspection).
4-1-4 Information Provision to users(10) Information a)-d) mentioned below shall be indicated in users manuals,
catalogs, website, etc. in an easy-to-read manner.
a) Information about the amount of washing water.
b) Regarding toilet bowls with warm water washing function incorporated,
explanation of energy-saving function of the toilet seats with warm water
washing function as well as the functions of various kinds (such as automatedopening and closing of the lid, automated washing, and deodorizing apparatus),
their factory default settings and how to change them.
c) Regarding the products consuming electricity, information on the use ofenergy (such as power consumption).
d) Matters to be noted concerning maintenance (such as necessity for regularinspections).
[Certification Procedure]
Copies of a corresponding part in the instruction manual, catalog and web
site, etc. that indicate information to users shall be submitted.
4-2. Quality Criteria and Certification Procedure(11) The quality of the Product shall conform to corresponding Japanese Industrial
Standards (JIS) or other related quality standards. Regarding a water supply
equipment, the product quality shall meet Article 5, ordinance of Water Work
Law “Standard for structure of domestic water supply equipment”.
[Certification Procedure]
A certificate certifying the conformity with the corresponding JIS, Article 5,ordinance of Water Work Law “Standard for structure of domestic watersupply equipment”, etc. or a certificate such as quality test results conductedby a third party institute or applicant’s own shall be submitted.

5. Considerations
In manufacturing products, it is desirable to consider the following, although they
are not requirements for certification. The conformance to the individual criteria
item shall be indicated in the Attached Certificates.

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156V1criteria(1) The life cycle assessment (LCA) has been conducted for the applied products
and similar representative products. The effect of reducing environmental
burdens has been confirmed and the results have been publicly released.
(2) The toilet bowls are designed to allow easy cleaning and sweeping on a daily
basis and not to be easily stained, so that they can be used in a clean
condition for a long time.
(3) Recycled parts taken out from already used products are used in the sea ts withwarm water washing function as many as possible; if plastic parts are used,
the recycled plastics are used as far as possible.
(4) The system for recovery, reuse or recycle of packaging materials, etc. isestablished.

6. Product Classification, Indication and Others(1) Products shall be classified (applying unit) by product type shown in theapplicable scope (Table 1), by product name and by the method of water supply(tank type, washing valve type and dedicated washing valve type) defined inJIS.
(2) Regarding products which correspond to designated procurement items underthe "Law Concerning the Promotion of Procurement of Eco-Friendly Goods andServices by the State and Other Entities Authorities (Green Purchasing Law)",
conformity status for evaluation criteria will be announced by a certification
number on the website of the Eco Mark Office.
(3) In principle, Eco Mark shall be indicated on the product. The Eco Mark
Utilization Contractors who own the Eco Mark products shall also be allowed toindicate the description and the certification number as before.

(Note for the indication)*For indicating the logo, Eco Mark certification number (eight -digit number) or
the name of the licensee using the logo shall be appeared.
* Such expression as “Eco Mark product” can be used following the 2.(2) of the

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Guide to Eco Mark Usage.
“Eco Mark product”, “#Eco Mark”, “www.ecomark.jp”, “Eco Mark Certificate”* In accordance with “Environmental Labeling Guidelines” of the Ministry of theEnvironment of Japan, etc., the environmental claims of certified products may
be indicated in association with Eco Mark(https://www.env.go.jp/policy/hozen/green/ecolabel/guideline/).
*The Guide to Eco Mark Usage shall be followed for any cases not listed above.
(https://www.ecomark.jp/office/guideline/guide/)

January 1, 2016
March 1, 2018
April 1, 2019
March 1, 2021
December 15, 2022
March 15, 2024
December 31, 2027

Established (Version1.0)
Revised (4.(4) Version1.1)
Revised (5.(3) Mark indication)
Extension of expiration
Revised (4.(1),(5) Version1.2)
Revised (4.(4) Version1.3)
Expiration date

The Certification Criteria for the Product Category will be revised when necessary.

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