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Regulation No. 261 concerning the Approval of the Procedure for Issuing Estonian Ecolabels.

País/Territorio
Estonia
Tipo de documento
Reglamento
Fecha
1997
Fuente
FAO, FAOLEX
Materia
Alimentación y nutrición
Palabra clave
Envasado/etiquetado Eco-productos/ecoprocesos
Área geográphica
Europa, Europa y Central Asia, Países de la Unión Europea, Europa Septentrional
Resumen

The Estonian ecolabel shall mean a label issued by the Estonian Ecolabel Committee to environmentally sound products on the basis of voluntary applications, thus making it possible to distinguish these products from other products used for the same purpose but having a stronger negative impact on the environment. For the purpose of this Procedure, products shall mean movable goods or their packaging manufactured for consumption, resale or use in a production process by any other party. Ecolabels shall not be issued to foodstuffs or medicines; however they may be issued to the packaging of foodstuffs or medicines if the properties of the packaging are environmentally more sound than those of other similar packaging. Criteria for issuing ecolabels must ensure that environmentally sound properties of products are continuously improved by encouraging the application of low-waste, low-energy and clean technological production processes, the use of secondary raw materials, reuse of products or parts thereof, and attainment of the longest possible service life of products. The criteria established for a product group shall be reviewed every three years. An application for obtaining an ecolabel for a product shall be submitted by the manufacturer or importer of the product, who shall also submit all documents required for making the decision, including the results of analyses and tests. Data on ecolabelled products and on enterprises applying for, and using, an ecolabel are filed in the Register of the Estonian Ecolabel.

Texto completo
Inglés
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