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Commission Decision (EU) 2018/680 of 2 May 2018 establishing EU Ecolabel criteria for indoor cleaning services (notified under document C(2018) 2503) (Text with EEA relevance) (revoked)

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. Article 1.(1) The product group ‘indoor cleaning services’ shall comprise the...

  3. Article 2.For the purposes of this Decision, the following definitions shall...

  4. Article 3.(1) In order to be awarded the EU Ecolabel under...

  5. Article 4.The criteria for the product group ‘indoor cleaning services’ and...

  6. Article 5.For administrative purposes the code number assigned to the product...

  7. Article 6.This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

  8. Signature

    1. ANNEX

      EU ECOLABEL CRITERIA AND ASSESSMENT AND VERIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR PRODUCT GROUP ‘INDOOR CLEANING SERVICES’

      1. FRAMEWORK

        1. CRITERIA

          1. Mandatory criteria

            1. Criterion M1: Use of cleaning products with low environmental impact

            2. Criterion M2: Cleaning product dosing

            3. Criterion M3: Use of microfibre products

            4. Criterion M4: Staff training

            5. Criterion M5: Basics of an environmental management system

            6. Criterion M6: Solid waste sorting at the applicant's premises

            7. Criterion M7: Information appearing on the EU Ecolabel

          2. Optional criteria

            1. Criterion O1: High use of cleaning products with low environmental impact (up...

            2. Criterion O2: Use of concentrated undiluted cleaning products (up to 3 points)...

            3. Criterion O3: High use of microfibre products (up to 3 points)

            4. Criterion O4: Use of cleaning accessories with low environmental impact (up to...

            5. Criterion O5: Energy efficiency for vacuum cleaners (3 points)

            6. Criterion O6: EMAS registration or ISO 14001 certification of the service provider...

            7. Criterion O7: Solid waste management at the cleaning sites (2 points)

            8. Criterion O8: Quality of the service (up to 3 points)

            9. Criterion O9: Vehicle fleet owned or leased by the applicant (up to...

            10. Criterion O10: Efficiency of laundry washing machines owned or leased by the...

            11. Criterion O11: Ecolabelled services and other ecolabelled products (up to 5 points)...

            12. Criterion O12: Consumable goods and electric hand air-dryers supplied to the client...

        2. ASSESSMENT AND VERIFICATION

        3. MANDATORY CRITERIA

          1. Criterion M1 — Use of cleaning products with low environmental impact

            1. M1 (a) EU Ecolabel and other ISO type I label products

              1. Assessment and verification

            2. M1(b) Hazardous Substances

              1. Assessment and verification:

          2. Criterion M2 — Cleaning product dosing

            1. Assessment and verification

          3. Criterion M3 — Use of microfibre products

            1. Assessment and verification

          4. Criterion M4 — Staff training

            1. Assessment and verification

          5. Criterion M5 — Basics of an environmental management system

            1. Assessment and verification

          6. Criterion M6 — Solid waste sorting at the applicant's premises

            1. Assessment and verification

          7. Criterion M7 — Information appearing on the EU Ecolabel

            1. Assessment and verification

        4. OPTIONAL CRITERIA

          1. Criterion O1 — High use of cleaning products with low environmental impact (up...

            1. Assessment and verification

          2. Criterion O2 — Use of concentrated undiluted cleaning products (up to 3 points)...

            1. Assessment and verification

          3. Criterion O3 — High use of microfibre products (up to 3 points)

            1. Assessment and verification

          4. Criterion O4 — Use of cleaning accessories with low environmental impact (up to...

            1. O4 (a) Mops (up to 2 points)

            2. O4 (b) Cloths (up to 2 points)

              1. Assessment and verification

          5. Criterion O5 — Energy efficiency for vacuum cleaners (3 points)

            1. Assessment and verification

          6. Criterion O6 — EMAS registration or ISO 14001 certification of service provider (up...

            1. Assessment and verification

          7. Criterion O7 — Solid waste management at the cleaning sites (2 points)

            1. Assessment and verification

          8. Criterion O8 — Quality of the service (up to 3 points)

            1. Assessment and verification

          9. Criterion O9 — Vehicle fleet owned or leased by the applicant (up to...

            1. O9 (a) Vehicles meeting European emission standard Euro 6 (1 point)

              1. Assessment and verification

            2. O9 (b) Zero emission vehicles (2 points)

              1. Assessment and verification

            3. O9 (c) Company transport plan (2 points)

              1. Assessment and verification

          10. Criterion O10 — Efficiency of laundry washing machines owned or leased by the...

            1. O10 (a): Energy label (up to 2 points)

            2. O10 (b): Water efficiency (2 points)

              1. Assessment and verification

          11. Criterion O11 — Ecolabelled services and other ecolabelled products (up to 5 points)...

            1. O11 (a) Ecolabelled services (up to 2 points)

            2. O11 (b) Ecolabelled products (up to 3 points)

              2. Assessment and verification

                1. O11(a) The applicant shall provide appropriate evidence of an ISO type...

                2. O11(b) The applicant shall provide data and documentation (including relevant invoices)...

          12. Criterion O12 — Consumable goods and electric hand air-dryers supplied to the client...

            1. O12 (a) Hand soaps (1 point)

            2. O12 (b) Paper goods (1 point)

            3. O12(c) Textile towel rolls (1 point)

            4. O12(d) Electric hand dryers (1 point)

              1. Assessment and verification

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