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Ref. : EIC 230/4/1
19 July 2022
Dear Sirs,
Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 94/2019 dated 31 January 2019, the European Commission has adopted a Decision to establish the EU Ecolabel criteria for growing media and soil improvers. Details are set out in Commission Decision (EU) 2022/1244, which can be accessed through the following link:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32022D1244&from=EN
2.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at 2398 5556.
Yours faithfully,
(Miss Serena YUEN)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry
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