Document ID: 31998D0094

COMMISSION DECISION of 7 January 1998 establishing the ecological criteria for the award of the Community eco-label to tissue-paper products (Text with EEA relevance) (98/94/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 880/92 of 23 March 1992 on a Community eco-label award scheme (1), and in particular Article 5 thereof,
Whereas Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 880/92 provides that the conditions for the award of the Community eco-label shall be defined by product group;
Whereas Article 10(2) of Regulation (EEC) No 880/92 states that the environmental performance of a product shall be assessed by reference to the specific criteria for product group;
Whereas, by Decisions 94/924/EC (2) and 94/925/EC (3), the Commission established ecological criteria for the award of the Community eco-label for toilet paper and kitchen rolls, which according to respectively Article 3 thereof, are valid until 14 November 1997;
Whereas it is appropriate to adopt a new decision establishing criteria for these product groups, which will be valid for a further period of three years after the expiry of the period of validity of the previous criteria;
Whereas it is appropriate to revise the criteria which were established by Decisions 94/924/EC and 94/925/EC in order to reflect the developments in the market;
Whereas the ecological criteria for toilet paper, kitchen rolls and other tissue-paper products shall be combined in one document;
Whereas Article 5 of Regulation (EEC) No 880/92 further provides that product groups, the specific ecological criteria for each product group and their respective periods of validity shall be established in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 7 following the consultation procedure provided for in Article 6;
Whereas in accordance with Article 6 of Regulation (EEC) No 880/92 the Commission has consulted the principal interest group within a consultation forum;
Whereas the measures set out in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee set up pursuant to Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 880/92,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The product group 'tissue paper products` (hereinafter referred to as 'the product group`) shall mean:
'Sheets or rolls of tissue paper fit for use for personal hygiene, absorption of liquids and/or cleaning of soiled surfaces. The tissue product normally consists of creped or embossed paper in one or several plies. Laminated tissue products are excluded from the product group.`
Article 2
The environmental performance of the product group as defined in Article 1 shall be assessed by reference to the specific ecological criteria set out in the Annex.
Article 3
The product group definition and the specific ecological criteria for the product group shall be valid from 1 January 1998 until 31 December 2000.
Article 4
For administrative purposes, the product group code number assigned by the Commission to this product group shall be '004`.
Article 5
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 7 January 1998.

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