2014/345/EU: Commission Decision of 6 June 2014 amending Decision 2012/481/EU establishing the ecological criteria for the award of the EU Ecolabel for printed paper (notified under document C(2014) 3590)  Text with EEA relevance

11.6.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 170/64
COMMISSION DECISION
of 6 June 2014
amending Decision 2012/481/EU establishing the ecological criteria for the award of the EU Ecolabel for printed paper
(notified under document C(2014) 3590)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2014/345/EU)
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 8(2) thereof,
After consulting the European Union Eco-Labelling Board,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Decision 2012/481/EU (2) excludes board substrates above 400 g/m2 from the scope, as that Decision requires that printed paper products are printed only on paper bearing the EU Ecolabel as established in Commission Decision 2011/333/EU (3) or in Commission Decision 2012/448/EU (4). However, certain product categories, such as pads, notebooks, exercise books, spiral-bound notebooks and calendars with covers, included in the scope of Decision 2012/481/EU, entail the use of paperboard substrates which exceed 400 g/m2. Therefore, the implementation of the criteria for certain products has been impossible.
(2) The scope of Commission Decision 2014/256/EU (5) includes stationery paper products that consist of at least 70 % by weight of paper, paperboard or paper-based substrates and establishes requirements for board substrates with a basis weight higher than 400 g/m2.
(3) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee set up by Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 66/2010.
(4) Decision 2012/481/EU should therefore be amended accordingly,