COMMISSION DECISION
of 14 November 2012
establishing the ecological criteria for the award of the EU Ecolabel for Industrial and Institutional Automatic Dishwasher Detergents
(notified under document C(2012) 8054)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2012/720/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 66/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the EU Ecolabel (1), and in particular Article 8(2) thereof,
After consulting the European Union Eco-labelling Board,
Whereas:
(1)
Under Regulation (EC) No 66/2010, the EU Ecolabel may be awarded to those products with a reduced environmental impact during their entire life cycle.
(2)
Regulation (EC) No 66/2010 provides that specific EU Ecolabel criteria are to be established according to product groups.
(3)
The new criteria, as well as the related assessment and verification requirements, should be valid for four years from the date of adoption of this Decision.
(4)
The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 66/2010,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The product group ‘Industrial and Institutional Automatic Dishwasher Detergents’ shall comprise single and multi-component dishwasher detergents, rinse and pre-soaks, designed for use in professional dishwashers.
The following products are excluded from the scope of this product group: consumer automatic dishwasher detergents, detergents intended to be used in washers of medical devices or in special machines for cleaning industrial equipment, including in special machines for the food industry.
Sprays not dosed via automatic pumps are excluded from this product group.
Article 2
In order to be awarded the EU Ecolabel under Regulation (EC) No 66/2010, an item of automatic dishwasher detergent shall fall within the product group ‘Industrial and Institutional Automatic Dishwasher Detergents’ as defined in Article 1 of this Decision and shall comply with the criteria as well as the related assessment and verification requirements set out in the Annex to this Decision.
Article 3
The criteria for the product group ‘Industrial and Institutional Automatic Dishwasher Detergents’, as well as the related assessment and verification requirements, shall be valid for four years from the date of adoption of this Decision.
Article 4
For administrative purposes the code number assigned to the product group ‘Industrial and Institutional Automatic Dishwasher Detergents’ shall be ‘038’.
Article 5
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 14 November 2012.