CELEX: 32017R1941
Language: en
Date: 2017-10-24 00:00:00
Title: Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1941 of 24 October 2017 amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 66/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the EU Ecolabel (Text with EEA relevance. )

25.10.2017   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 275/9
            
         COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2017/1941
   of 24 October 2017
   amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 66/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the EU Ecolabel
   (Text with EEA relevance)
   THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
   Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 66/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the EU Ecolabel (1), and in particular Article 15 thereof,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               Regulation (EC) No 66/2010 provides general guidance on the form of the EU Ecolabel logo. Specific guidance shall be given in a separate document after consulting the competent bodies in Member States and the EU Ecolabelling Board.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee set up by Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 66/2010,
            
         HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
   Article 1
   Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 66/2010 is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.
   Article 2
   This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
   
      This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
      Done at Brussels, 24 October 2017.
      
         
            For the Commission
         
         
            The President
         
         Jean-Claude JUNCKER
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 27, 30.1.2010, p. 1.
   
      ANNEX
      ‘
            ANNEX II
            
               Form of the EU Ecolabel
            
            The EU Ecolabel shall take the following form:
            
                         
                     
                     
                        Label:
                        
                           
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        Optional label with text box (the possibility for the operator to use this text box and the text used shall be that specified in the relevant product group criteria):
                        
                           
                     
                  
                         
                     
                     
                        The EU Ecolabel registration number shall also appear on the product. It shall take the following form:
                        
                           
                        Where “xxxx” refers to the country of registration, “yyy” refers to the product group and “zzzzz” refers to the number given by the competent body.
                     
                  The European Commission will provide further instructions on the design and use of the EU Ecolabel Logo after consulting the EUEB in a separate guidance document.
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