2008/962/EC: Commission Decision of 15 December 2008 amending Decisions 2001/405/EC, 2002/255/EC, 2002/371/EC, 2002/740/EC, 2002/741/EC, 2005/341/EC and 2005/343/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(2008) 8442) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2008-12-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: computer, computer systems, eco-label, polishing and scouring preparations, pulp and paper industry, television

19.12.2008

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 340/115

COMMISSION DECISION

of 15 December 2008

amending Decisions 2001/405/EC, 2002/255/EC, 2002/371/EC, 2002/740/EC, 2002/741/EC,
2005/341/EC and 2005/343/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(2008) 8442)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/962/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Commission Decision 2001/405/EC of 4 May 2001
establishing the ecological criteria for the award of the
Community eco-label to tissue-paper products (2) expires
on 4 May 2009.

Commission Decision 2002/255/EC of 25 March 2002
establishing ecological criteria for
the
Community
eco-label
expires on
31 March 2009.

to televisions (3)

the award of

Commission Decision 2002/371/EC of 15 May 2002
establishing the ecological criteria for the award of the
Community eco-label to textile products (4) expires on
31 May 2009.

Commission Decision 2002/740/EC of 3 September
2002 establishing revised ecological criteria for
the
to bed mattresses
award of the Community eco-label
expires on
and
28 February 2009.

amending Decision 98/634/EC (5)

(5)

Commission Decision 2002/741/EC of 4 September
the
2002 establishing revised ecological criteria for

(1) OJ L 237, 21.9.2000, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 142, 29.5.2001, p. 10.
(3) OJ L 87, 4.4.2002, p. 53.
(4) OJ L 133, 15.5.2002, p. 29.
(5) OJ L 236, 4.9.2002, p. 10.

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

the Community eco-label

award of
to copying and
graphic paper and amending Decision 1999/554/EC (6)
expires on 28 February 2009.

Commission Decision 2005/341/EC of 11 April 2005
establishing the
related
assessment and verification requirements for the award
of the Community eco-label to personal computers (7)
expires on 30 April 2009.

ecological

and the

criteria

Commission Decision 2005/343/EC of 11 April 2005
establishing the
related
assessment and verification requirements for the award
of the Community eco-label to portable computers (8)
expires on 30 April 2009.

ecological

and the

criteria

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

it

is

appropriate

set out. The period of

Given the different stages of the revision process for
those Decisions,
to prolong the
the ecological criteria and the
periods of validity of
related assessment and verification requirements which
they
should be
prolonged for a period of 7 months for Decisions
2002/255/EC and 2002/371/EC,
a period of
8 months for Decision 2001/405/EC, for a period of
10 months for Decision 2002/740/EC, for a period of
and
13 months
Decisions
2005/343/EC, and for a period of 15 months
for
Decision 2002/741/EC.

2005/341/EC

validity

for

for

(10) Decisions 2001/405/EC, 2002/255/EC, 2002/371/EC,
2002/740/EC,
and
2002/741/EC,
2005/343/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.

2005/341/EC

(11)

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,

(6) OJ L 237, 5.9.2002, p. 6.
(7) OJ L 115, 4.5.2005, p. 1.
(8) OJ L 115, 4.5.2005, p. 35.

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19.12.2008

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 5

Article 1

Article 5 of Decision 2002/741/EC is replaced by the following:

Article 3 of Decision 2001/405/EC is replaced by the following:

‘Article 5

‘Article 3

The ecological criteria for the product group “tissue paper
products”, as well as the related assessment and verification
requirements, shall be valid until 4 January 2010.’

The ecological criteria for the product group “copying and
graphic paper”, as well as the related assessment and verifi­
cation requirements, shall be valid until 31 May 2010.’
Article 6

Article 2

Article 3 of Decision 2005/341/EC is replaced by the following:

Article 4 of Decision 2002/255/EC is replaced by the following:

‘Article 3

‘Article 4

The ecological criteria for the product group “televisions”, as
well as the related assessment and verification requirements,
shall be valid until 31 October 2009.’

The ecological criteria for the product group “personal
computers”, and the related assessment and verification
requirements, shall be valid until 31 May 2010.’

Article 7

Article 3

Article 3 of Decision 2005/343/EC is replaced by the following:

Article 5 of Decision 2002/371/EC is replaced by the following:

‘Article 3

‘Article 5

the product group “textile
The ecological criteria for
products”, as well as the related assessment and verification
requirements, shall be valid until 31 December 2009.’
Article 4

Article 5 of Decision 2002/740/EC is replaced by the following:

‘Article 5

the product group “portable
The ecological criteria for
computers”, and the related assessment and verification
requirements, shall be valid until 31 May 2010.’

Article 8

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 15 December 2008.

criteria

ecological

group “bed
The
for
mattresses”, as well as the related assessment and verifi­
cation requirements, shall be valid until 31 December
2009.’

the product

For the Commission

Stavros DIMAS
Member of the Commission