EUEB and CBs meeting in Brussels

On 20-22 November 2018 a meeting of the European Union  Ecolabelling Board (EUEB) was held in Brussels.

During the EUEB forum, representative of the PCBC, Joanna Tkaczyk, coordinator for the EU Ecolabel presented activities carried out in 2018 in Poland to promote the Community eco-label award scheme. The presentation met with considerable interest from other member states.

Currently, the European Commission is working on a new development strategy of the EU Ecolabel in the European Union and its directions, taking into account the better use of the EU Ecolabel as a tool to achieve the goals of the circular economy.

News:

• On 13 November 2018 new Ecolabel criteria for lubricants were published, which will be valid until 31 December 31 2024.
• New EU Ecolabel criteria for tissue and paper products have been developed – publication planned in the first half of December 2018.
• Criteria for a new group of services “Green Financing” are under development.
• Criteria for a new product group “Solar photovoltaic modules, inverters and systems” are under development.

More about EU Ecolabel – here