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Ref. : EIC 230/2/12
31 January 2019
Dear Sirs,
Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 1067/2018 dated 27 November 2018, the European Commission has adopted a Decision to establish the EU Ecolabel criteria for graphic paper, tissue paper and tissue products. Details are set out in Commission Decision (EU) 2019/70 which can be accessed through the following link:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32019D0070&from=EN.
2.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5556.
Yours faithfully,
(LAU Lap)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry
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