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Commission Decision of 14 November 2012 establishing the ecological criteria for the award of the EU Ecolabel for Industrial and Institutional Laundry Detergents (notified under document C(2012) 8055) (Text with EEA relevance) (2012/721/EU) (repealed)
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Article 1
The product group ‘Industrial and Institutional Laundry Detergents’ shall comprise: laundry detergent products performed by professional users in the industrial and institutional sector.
Included in the product group are multi-component-systems constituting of more than one component used to build up a complete detergent or a laundering program for automatic dosing system.
This product group shall not comprise products for obtaining textile attributes such as water-repellent, waterproof or fireproof, etc. Furthermore, the product group shall not comprise products that are dosed by carriers such as sheets, cloths or other materials, as well as washing auxiliaries used without subsequent washing, such as stain removers for carpets and furniture upholstery.
Consumer laundry detergents are excluded from the scope of this product group.
Article 2
In order to be awarded the EU Ecolabel under Regulation (EC) No 66/2010, an item of laundry detergent shall fall within the product group ‘Industrial and Institutional Laundry 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 Laundry 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 Laundry Detergents’ shall be ‘039’.
Article 5
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 14 November 2012.
For the Commission
Janez Potočnik
Member of the Commission
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