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Ref. : EIC 230/4/1
21 November 2017
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 1028/2017
European Union (EU)* : Amendment to Decision on EU Eco-Label Award Scheme for Converted Paper Products
Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 485/2013 dated 21 June 2013, the European Commission has adopted a Decision to amend Decision 2009/607/EC to prolong the validity of the ecological criteria for the award of the EU Ecolabel to hard coverings. Details are set out in Commission Decision (EU) 2017/2076, which can be accessed through the following link:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32017D2076&from=EN
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Yours faithfully,
(Charles LO)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry
* The EU member countries are Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, 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.
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