2005/783/EC: Commission Decision of 14 October 2005 amending Decisions 2001/689/EC, 2002/231/EC and 2002/272/EC in order to prolong the validity of the ecological criteria for the award of the Community eco-label to certain products (notified under document number C(2005) 4102)   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-10-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: eco-label, floor coverings, footwear industry, household electrical appliance

11.11.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 295/51

COMMISSION DECISION

of 14 October 2005

amending Decisions 2001/689/EC, 2002/231/EC and 2002/272/EC in order to prolong the validity of
the ecological criteria for the award of the Community eco-label to certain products

(notified under document number C(2005) 4102)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2005/783/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(5)

the

light of

criteria and
review of
In the
requirements,
three cases to
is appropriate in all
prolong the period of validity of the ecological criteria
and the requirements for a period of one year.

those

it

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1980/2000 of
the
European Parliament and of the Council of 17 July 2000 on
a revised Community eco-label award scheme (1), and in
particular the second subparagraph of Article 6(1) thereof,

After consulting the European Union Eco-labelling Board,

Whereas:

(6)

(7)

(8)

Since the review obligation pursuant to Regulation (EC)
No 1980/2000 concerns only the ecological criteria and
assessment and verification requirements,
is appro-
priate that Decisions 2002/231/EC and 2002/272/EC
remain in effect.

it

Decisions 2001/689/EC, 2002/231/EC and 2002/272/EC
should therefore be amended accordingly.

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

The product group definition and the ecological criteria
in Commission Decision 2001/689/EC of 28
set out
August 2001 establishing ecological criteria for
the
to dishwashers (2)
award of
expire on 28 August 2006.

the Community eco-label

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Commission Decision 2002/231/EC of 18 March 2002
establishing revised ecological criteria for the award of
the Community eco-label
to footwear and amending
Decision 1999/179/EC (3) expires on 31 March 2007.

Commission Decision 2002/272/EC of 25 March 2002
establishing the ecological criteria for the award of the
Community eco-label to hard floor coverings (4) expires
on 31 March 2007.

Pursuant
to Regulation (EC) No 1980/2000 a timely
review has been carried out of the ecological criteria, as
well as of
related assessment and verification
requirements, established by those Decisions.

the

(1) OJ L 237, 21.9.2000, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 242, 12.9.2001, p. 23.
(3) OJ L 77, 20.3.2002, p. 50.
(4) OJ L 94, 11.4.2002, p. 13.

Article 1

Article 3 of Decision 2001/689/EC is replaced by the following:

‘Article 3

The ecological criteria for the product group dishwashers, as
well as the related assessment and verification requirements,
shall be valid until 28 August 2007.’

Article 2

Article 5 of Decision 2002/231/EC is replaced by the following:

‘Article 5

The ecological criteria for the product group footwear, as well
as the related assessment and verification requirements, shall
be valid until 31 March 2008.’

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

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Article 3

Article 4

Article 4 of Decision 2002/272/EC is replaced by the following:

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

‘Article 4

The ecological criteria for the product group hard floor
coverings, as well as the related assessment and verification
requirements, shall be valid until 31 March 2008.’

Done at Brussels, 14 October 2005.

For the Commission

Stavros DIMAS
Member of the Commission