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Ref : EIC 230/4/1

21 June 2013

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 485/2013

European Union (EU)* : Community Eco-Label Award Scheme

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 453/2013 dated 6 June 2013, the European Commission (the Commission) has adopted a Decision to prolong the validity periods of the ecological criteria, as well as the related assessment and verification requirements for the award of the EU Eco-label with regard to the following products:

1. outdoor paints and varnishes; indoor paints and varnishes; textile products; and bed mattresses to 30 June 2014;

2. televisions to 31 October 2014;

3. soil improvers; growing media; wooden furniture; and light sources to 31 December 2014;

4. footwear; and tissue paper to 30 June 2015;

5. campsite service; and tourist accommodation service to 30 November 2015;

6. textile floor coverings; and wooden floor coverings to 31 December 2015; as well as

7. hard coverings to 30 November 2017.

2.Details are set out in Commission Decision 2013/295/EU, which can be accessed through the following link:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2013:167:0057:0059:EN:PDF

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3.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5556.

Yours faithfully,
 

(Miss Anita WONG)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry

* The EU includes Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.