Document ID: 32010D0018

COMMISSION DECISION
of 26 November 2009
on establishing the ecological criteria for the award of the Community Ecolabel for wooden floor coverings
(notified under document C(2009) 9427)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2010/18/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
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)
Regulation (EC) No 1980/2000 provides that specific eco-label criteria, drawn up on the basis of the criteria drafted by the European Union Eco-labelling Board, are to be established according to product groups.
(2)
The ecological criteria, as well as the related assessment and verification requirements, should be valid for four years from the date of notification of this decision.
(3)
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,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The product group ‘wooden floor coverings’ shall comprise wood- and plant-based coverings: including wood and timber coverings, laminate floorings, cork coverings and bamboo floorings which are made, for more than 90 % in mass (in the final product), from wood, wood powder and/or wood/plant-based material. It does not apply to wall coverings, where properly indicated, or coverings for external use or for coverings with a structural function.
This product group will not include any covering treated with biocidal products at any stage of the production process, except where those biocidal products are included in Annex IA to Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) and where the active substance is authorised for the use in question according to Annex V to Directive 98/8/EC.
Article 2
In order to be awarded the Community Ecolabel under Regulation (EC) No 1980/2000, wooden floor coverings must fall within the product group ‘wooden floor coverings’ as defined in Article 1, and must comply with the ecological criteria set out in the Annex to this Decision.
Article 3
The ecological criteria for the product group ‘wooden floor coverings’, as well as the related assessment and verification requirements, shall be valid for four years from the date of notification of this decision.
Article 4
For administrative purposes the code number assigned to the product group ‘wooden floor coverings’ shall be ‘35’.
Article 5
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 26 November 2009.

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