2000/728/EC: Commission Decision of 10 November 2000 establishing the application and annual fees of the Community Eco-label (notified under document number C(2000) 3279) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2000-11-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: administrative formalities, eco-label, environmental tax, industrial production, turnover

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 10 November 2000

establishing the application and annual fees of the Community Eco-label

(notified under document number C(2000) 3279)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2000/728/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community and in particular Article 175(1) thereof,

(8)

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1980/2000 of the Euro-
pean Parliament and of the Council of 17 July 2000, on a
revised Community Eco-label award scheme (1), and in partic-
ular Article 12 and Annex V thereof,

procedure laid down in Article 17 of the said Regula-
tion.

The measures provided for in this Decision are in
accordance with the opinion of the Committee set up
pursuant to Article 17 of Regulation (EC) No 1980/
2000,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 1980/2000 provides
that every application for the award of an Eco-label
should be subject to payment of a fee relating to the
costs of processing the application and that the use of
Eco-label should entail payment of an annual fee by the
applicant.

Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 1980/2000 provides
that the level of application and annual fees should be
established by the Commission in accordance with
Annex V and under the procedure laid down in Article
17 of the said Regulation.

Annex V of Regulation (EC) No 1980/2000 provides
that a minimum and a maximum application fee should
be fixed, and that
in the case of SMEs (2) and also
product manufacturers as well as service providers of
the application fee should be
developing countries
reduced by at least 25 %.

Annex V of Regulation (EC) No 1980/2000 provides
that the annual fee should be calculated in relation to
the annual volume of sales within the Community of the
product awarded the Eco-label, and that a minimum and
a maximum fee should be fixed.

Article 1

1.
An application for the award of a label will be subject to
payment of a fee relating to the costs of processing the applica-
tion.

The minimum application fee shall be EUR 300. The

2.
maximum application fee shall be EUR 1 300.

3.
In the case of SMEs, and also product manufacturers as
well as service providers of developing countries, the applica-
tion fee shall be reduced by 25 %. Both reductions shall be
cumulative and shall also apply to the minimum and
maximum application fee.

Article 2

1.
Each applicant who has been awarded an Eco-label will
pay an annual fee for the use of the label to the competent
body which has awarded the label.

The period covered by the fee will begin with the date of

2.
the award of the Eco-label to the applicant.

Annex V of Regulation (EC) No 1980/2000 provides
that in the case of SMEs, and also product manufacturers
as well as service providers of developing countries, the
annual fees should be reduced by at least 25 %.

3.
Figures for the annual sales volume shall be based on
ex-factory prices when the product that has been awarded the
Eco-label is a good. They shall be based on delivery price when
related to services.

Annex V of Regulation (EC) No 1980/2000 provides
that applicants who have already received certification
under EMAS or ISO 14001 may be granted additional
reductions on the annual fee.

Annex V of Regulation (EC) No 1980/2000 provides
that further reductions could be considered under the

The figure for the annual fee shall be 0,15 % of the
4.
annual volume of sales within the Community of the product
awarded the Eco-label.

The minimum annual fee shall be EUR 500 per product
fee shall be

5.
group per applicant. The maximum annual
EUR 25 000 per product group per applicant.

(1) OJ L 237, 21.9.2000, p. 1.
(2) SMEs as defined in Commission Recommendation 96/280/EC (OJ L

107, 30.4.1996, p. 4).

6.
In the case of SMEs, and also product manufacturers as
well as service providers of developing countries, the annual fee
shall be reduced by 25 %. Both reductions shall be cumulative.

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The annual fee shall be reduced by 15 % for applicants
7.
that are EMAS registered and/or ISO 14001 certified. This
reduction shall be subject to the condition that the applicant
explicitly commits itself in its environmental policy to ensure
full compliance of its Eco-labelled products with the Eco-label
criteria throughout the period of validity of the contract and
that this commitment is appropriately incorporated into the
detailed environmental objectives. Those applicants with ISO
14001 shall demonstrate annually the implementation of this
commitment. Those with EMAS shall forward a copy of their
annually verified environmental statement.

8.
Competent Bodies may grant reductions of up to 25 %
for up to the first three applicants in each Member State that
are awarded the Eco-label for a given product group.

9.
All of the above reductions shall be cumulative and shall
also apply to the minimum and maximum annual fee, but shall
not exceed in total 50 %.

Products for which intermediates have already been
10.
subject to the payment of an annual fee shall only be subject to
payment of a fee corresponding to the annual sales of the
products after deduction of the cost value of such intermedi-
ates.

licence holder be modified to take into account the provisions
of this Decision.

Article 5

Community adoption or revision of EU Eco-label product
groups, in accordance with the procedure set in Article 6 of
Regulation (EC) No 1980/2000, may lead to modifications in
the application of the current Decision fixing the costs and fees
to a particular product group. Such modifications should be
expressly provided for in the Decision establishing the ecolog-
ical criteria for that particular product group.

Article 6

Commission Decision 93/326/EEC of 13 May 1993 estab-
lishing indicative guidelines for the fixing of costs and fees in
connection with the Community Eco-label (1)
is hereby
repealed.

Article 7

The Commission may review and evaluate the implementation
of this Decision within two years, and may propose to adapt it
as appropriate.

Article 3

Article 8

Neither the application fee nor the annual fee will include any
cost towards testing and verification which may be necessary
for products which are the subject of applications. Applicants
will meet the cost of such testing and verification themselves.

Article 4

Contracts for the use of the Eco-label concluded before the
entry into force of this Decision may at the request of the

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 10 November 2000.

For the Commission

Margot WALLSTRÖM

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 129, 27.5.1993, p. 23.