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Ref.: EIC 230/4/1
6 December 2016
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 902/2016
European Union (EU)* : Community Eco-Label Award Scheme (Furniture; Footwear; as well as Personal, Notebook and Tablet Computers)
Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 1152/2015 dated 4 December 2015, the European Commission has adopted three Decisions to establish revised sets of ecological criteria for the award of the EU Ecolabel for furniture; footwear; as well as personal, notebook and tablet computers. Details are set out in Commission Decisions (EU) 2016/1332, 2016/1349 and 2016/1371 respectively, which can be accessed through the following links:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32016D1349&from=EN
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32016D1332&from=EN
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32016D1371&from=EN
ENQUIRIES
2.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5556.
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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