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Introduction of t he EU Flower C riteria for T elevision

Introduction of t he EU Flower C riteria for T elevision. Li Jiang,Lijiang@sepacec.com Environment Development Center （ EDC ） of MEP ，China. Learning Objectives. information on product group definition and their evolution

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Introduction of t he EU Flower C riteria for T elevision

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  1. Introduction of the EU Flower Criteria for Television Li Jiang,Lijiang@sepacec.com Environment Development Center （EDC）ofMEP，China

  2. Learning Objectives information on product group definition and their evolution eco-label criteria for TVs, test methods and assessment/verification how to prepare an application award of licences tools to promote the eco-label

  3. Programme Introduction Application process Eco-label criteria for TVs Making an application exercise Questions and further discussion

  4. EU Flower Criteria: Television • EU Eco-Label Website and Key References • Criteria • Commission Decision of 12 March 2009 establishing the revised ecological criteria for the award of the Community Eco-label to televisions. • Background document • Revising the Eco-label Criteria for Televisions. Final Report. April 2008. • Revision led by UK Competent Body. • Technical support: AEA technology.

  5. EU Flower Criteria: Television • EU Eco-Label Website and Key References • EU Eco-label Website http://ec.europa.eu/environment/ecolabel/index_en.htm

  6. EU Flower Criteria: Television • EU Eco-Label Website and Key References • EU Eco-label Website • ECOLABEL MENU • About Eco-label • Eco-labelled products • Meetings corner • Contacts • Frequent Asked Questions (FAQ) • Useful links • Brochures and promotional materials

  7. EU Flower Criteria: Television • EU Eco-Label Website and Key References • Contacts • Eco-label Helpdesk • Competent Bodies • Interest groups: • Industry • Retailers • Environmental organizations • Consumers • Trade unions • TV product group contacts: • Catalan Competent Body (Spain) • UK Competent Body • Swedish Competent Body

  8. EU Flower Criteria: Television • EU Eco-Label Website and Key References • Green Store http://www.eco-label.com

  9. EU Flower Criteria: Television Study criteria Licence of the company (Verify the legality) Check products Compile Require documentation Do the tests documentation to providers Fulfil the Application Pack SEND THE APPLICATION TO THE COMPETENT BODY • Introduction to EU Eco-Label Application Process • Process Steps

  10. EU Flower Criteria: Television • Introduction to EU Eco-Label Application Process • Who can applyManufacturer Importer Service provider Trader or retailer (products marked under their own brand names) • Which CB to apply to - Competent Body of the country or region where the products is manufactured. - When the product originates in the same form in several member states, the applicant can choose a CB in one of those stats (CB will consult those other member states). - When the product is made out the European Community the application must be made in a country in which the product has been placed on the market.

  11. EU Flower Criteria: Television • Introduction to EU Eco-Label Application Process • New applications Application may refer to a product placed or a range of products placed on the market. • Renewing the contract • Modifications to eco-labelled products, and adding new products

  12. EU Flower Criteria: Television • Introduction to EU Eco-Label Application Process • Forms: • Application pack and dossier: • Part 1: Details of the applicant and product. • Part 2: Compliance with the criteria. • Verification form (if it is needed) Verification process could be made by: • Competent Body • Independent third party

  13. EU Flower Criteria: Television • Introduction to EU Eco-Label Application Process • Contents of the Application Pack a. The applicant Name of the applicant / Address / Contact name / Contact details / Website / In what capacity company applying for the Eco-label b. The product • Trade name of product • Internal reference number • Type of product • Main composition • Name and address of manufacturing site • Confirmation that product is place on the market in the EU • EU countries in which this product is manufactured in the same form • EU countries in which this product is sold • Rough estimate of annual number of articles produced (units) • Rough estimate value of annual sales in European Economic Area (€)

  14. EU Flower Criteria: Television • Introduction to EU Eco-Label Application Process • Contents of the Application Pack c. This application • Is the first application for the EU Eco-label for this product? • Is this an application to add a new product to a licence for a product range already covered by an Eco-label? • Other environmental labelling schemes under which the product has already been registered, such as the Nordic Swan. • Assessment and certification method used (certified self-assessment / independent third party assessment): • Approved test centre • Fee reduction that company claims • Model of applicant declaration • Check list of the criteria and the documentation to deliver in the Dossier • Legal compliance

  15. EU Flower Criteria: Television • Introduction to EU Eco-Label Application Process • Licensing • Award registration and notification to the European Eco-label Helpdesk. • Notification form information: • Details of CB • Details of licence holder • Details of Retailer selling own brand Eco-labelled products • Details of application • Specifications • Product description • Important marketing information • Licence validity: end of the validity of the criteria.

  16. EU Flower Criteria: Television • Introduction to EU Eco-Label Application Process • Register code • It provides information about the product group, the competent body which has awarded the Eco-label and the numeration of the application. • SHARP’s register code: ES-CAT/022/001 • SONY’s register code: ES-CAT/022/002 • SAMSUNG’s register code: SE/022/001

  17. EU Flower Criteria: Television • Introduction to EU Eco-Label Application Process • Costs FeesMinimum Maximum Reductions Application fee 300 € 1.300 € ≥ 25% SME ≥ 25% Applicants from developing countries Annual fee 500 € 25.000 € ₌ 15% EMAS / ISO 14001 0,15% of annual ≥ 25% SME volume of sales ≥ 25% Applicants from developing countries ≤ 25% First 3 applicants in a product group ≤ 30% Other Eco-labels Testing expenses

  18. EU Flower Criteria: Television • Televisions product group definition • Product group definition process • Evolution • COMMISSION DECISION of 25 March 2002 establishing the ecological criteria for the award of the Community eco-label to televisions. (Current criteria). • Commission Decision of 12 March 2009 establishing the revised ecological criteria for the award of the Community Eco-label to televisions. Into force on 1st November 2009 Valid until 31 October 2013

  19. EU Flower Criteria: Television Energysavings Mercury content of Fluorescent Lamps Life-time extension Design for disassembly Heavy Metals and Flame Retardants User instructions Information appearing on the Eco-label • The Criteria • Scope Mains powered electronic equipment, the primary purpose and function of which is to receive, decode and display TV transmissions signals. Televisions code number: 022. • Introduction of the criteria

  20. EU Flower Criteria: Television • Energy Savings • Passive Standby Passive Standby consumption ≤ 0,3 W or For TV with an easily visible hard off-switch (consumption in off option ≤ 0,01 W) ≤ 0,5 W • Maximum energy consumption Energy consumption in on-mode ≤ 200 W

  21. EU Flower Criteria: Television • Energy Savings • Energy Efficiency Until 31 December 2010 On-mode power consumption ≤ 0,64 · (20 W + A · 4,3224 W/dm2) From 1 January 2011, until 31 December 2012 On-mode power consumption ≤ 0,51 · (20 W + A · 4,3224 W/dm2) From 1 January 2013 On-mode power consumption ≤ 0,41 · (20 W + A · 4,3224 W/dm2) A = visible screen area expressed in dm2

  22. EU Flower Criteria: Television Assessment and verification: Test report. Test according to the revised IEC 62087 standard. Conditions of the test: On mode consumption in its condition as delivered to the consumer. (Or if TV has a forced menu upon initial star up, the default shall be the setting which is recommended by the manufacturer for normal home use). Photographic evidence regarding the hard off-switch. Using the dynamic broadcast video signal (Methods of Measurement for the Power Consumption of Audio, video and Related Equipment). Energy Savings

  23. EU Flower Criteria: Television • Assessment and verification: • Test report. Laboratories: • Tests can be carried out in-house (CB approval) • Test can be carried out in • Laboratory approved by the Competent Body • Laboratory that meet the requirements expressed in standard EN ISO 17025 Energy Savings

  24. EU Flower Criteria: Television Related legislation Directive EuP Directive 2005/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2005 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-using products and amending Council Directive 92/42/EEC and Directives 96/57/EC and 2000/55/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council. Televisions. Lot 5 30th March 2009. Regulatory Committee adopted minimum performance and labelling requirements for TVs. The Paragraph 1 of the Annex I of the Commission Regulation implementing Directive 2005/32/EC is closely related with criterion 1.c) of the EU Eco-label for televisions. It sets that the on-mode power consumption shall not exceed the following limits: Full HD resolution: 20 W + A · 1,12 · 4,3224 W / dm2 All other resolutions: 20 W + A · 4,3224 W /dm2 From 1 April 2012 the limits will be: All resolutions: 16 W + A · 3,4579 W / dm2 The Paragraph 2 (2)(a) of the Annex I of the Commission Regulation implementing Directive 2005/32/EC is closely related with criterion 1.a) of the European Eco-label. The Paragraph 2 sets the following limits: a) Power consumption in “off mode” < 0,3 W Exception: TVs with an easily visible switch (consumption ≤ 0,01 Watts) < 0,5 W Energy Savings

  25. EU Flower Criteria: Television • Mercury Content of Fluorescent Lamp • Total amount of mercury Hg ≤ 75 mg (visible screen diagonal ≤ 40 inches) Hg ≤ 99 mg (visible screen diagonal > 40 inches)

  26. EU Flower Criteria: Television Assessment and verification: Self declaration with the compliance with the criteria. Suppliers lamps declarations with the number of lamps and the total mercury content of the lamps. Mercury Content of Fluorescent Lamp

  27. EU Flower Criteria: Television • Life-time extension • Commercial guarantee ≥ 2 years • Availability of compatible electronic parts ≥ 7 years

  28. EU Flower Criteria: Television Assessment and verification: Information included in the User manual. Life-time extension

  29. EU Flower Criteria: Television Related legislation Directive 1999/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 May 1999 on certain aspects of the sale of consumer goods and associated guarantees. “Article 5 Time limits 1. The seller shall be held liable under Article 3 where the lack of conformity becomes apparent within two years as from delivery of the goods. If, under national legislation, the rights laid down in Article 3(2) are subject to a limitation period, that period shall not expire within a period of two years from the time of delivery.” Life-time extension

  30. EU Flower Criteria: Television • Design for disassembly • Television easily dismantled: • Fixtures shall allow for its disassembly. • Plastics parts shall be of one polymer or be compatible polymers for recycling. • Not use of metal inlays that cannot be separated. • Data on nature and amount of hazardous substances in the television shall be gathered.

  31. EU Flower Criteria: Television Assessment and verification: Disassembly report (written or audiovisual format) including a diagram of the television labelling the main components and identifying any hazardous substances in components. Design for disassembly

  32. EU Flower Criteria: Television Related legislation The International Standard: ISO 11469 Plastics – Generic identification and marking of plastics products, specifies a system of uniform marking of products that have been fabricated from plastics materials. Provision for the process or processes to be used for marking is outside the scope of this standard. The marking system is intended to help identify plastics products for subsequent decisions concerning handling, waste recovery or disposal. Generic identification of the plastics is provided by the symbols and abbreviated terms given in ISO 1043, parts 1 to 4. Design for Disassembly

  33. EU Flower Criteria: Television Related legislation Directive 2006/121/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 amending Council Directive 67/548/EEC on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances in order to adapt it to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) and establishing a European Chemicals Agency. According this Directive a Classification and Labelling Inventory will be developed based on the notifications by industry of dangerous substances and on the information on classification and labeling included in the REACH registration dossiers. Any manufacturer or importer who places on the market a dangerous substance requiring registration under REACH, must notify the Agency of the following: a) identity of the manufacturer or importer; b) identity of the substance(s); c) hazard classification of the substance(s); d) hazard label of the substance(s); e) specific concentration limits. The Agency will create and maintain this inventory in the form of a database, which shall be publicly accessible. Design for Disassembly

  34. EU Flower Criteria: Television Related legislation The "Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS)", addresses classification of chemicals by types of hazard and proposes harmonized hazard communication elements, including labels and safety data sheets. It aims at ensuring that information on physical hazards and toxicity from chemicals be available in order to enhance the protection of human health and the environment during the handling, transport and use of these chemicals. The GHS also provides a basis for harmonization of rules and regulations on chemicals at national, regional and worldwide level, an important factor also for trade facilitation. Design for Disassembly

  35. EU Flower Criteria: Television • Heavy Metals and Flame Retardants • Prohibition: Cd, Pb, Hg, Cr6+ • PBBs and PBDEs < 0,1 % • Prohibition of use of Flame retardants with the risk phrases in plastic parts: R40, R45, R46, R50, R51, R52, R53, R60, R61, R62, R63

  36. EU Flower Criteria: Television Assessment and verification: Applicant declaration. Declaration signed by the plastic and flame retardant suppliers. Relevant safety data sheets about materials and substances. Identification of the flame retardant used. Heavy Metals and Flame Retardants

  37. EU Flower Criteria: Television Related legislation Directive RoHS Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 2003 on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment. “Article 4. Prevention 1. Member States shall ensure that, from 1 July 2006, new electrical and electronic equipment put on the market does not contain lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) or polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE). National measures restricting or prohibiting the use of these substances in electrical and electronic equipment which were adopted in line with Community legislation before the adoption of this Directive may be maintained until 1 July 2006.” Heavy Metals and Flame Retardants

  38. EU Flower Criteria: Television • User instructions • Information included into the User Manual and in the website. • Power consumption • On • Off • Passive standby • Information on energy savings possible in different modes • Average annual energy consumption • Advantages about energy efficiency

  39. EU Flower Criteria: Television • User instructions • Information included into the User Manual and in the website. • How to reduce power consumption • Un-plugging TV when it is not being used for a long time (0 kWh) • Using the hard off-switch (almost 0 kWh) • Using the stand-by mode reduce the consumption • Reducing the brightness of the screen will reduce energy • Position of the hard off-switch • Who is qualified to repair TVs • End-of-life instructions for the proper disposal of TVs • Information about the Eco-label: http://www.ecolabel.eu

  40. EU Flower Criteria: Television Assessment and verification: Declaration of the applicant. Copy of the Instruction manual. User instructions

  41. EU Flower Criteria: Television Related legislation Directive WEEE Directive 2002/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 2003 on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) ‘Article 5. Separate collection 2. For WEEE from private households, Member States shall ensure that by the 13 August 2005: (a) systems are set up allowing final holders and distributors to return such waste at least free of charge. Member States shall ensure the availability and accessibility of the necessary collection facilities, taking into account in particular the population density; (b) when supplying a new product, distributors shall be responsible for ensuring that such waste can be returned to the distributor at least free of charge on a one-to-one basis as long as the equipment is of equivalent type and has fulfilled the same functions as the supplied equipment. Member States may depart from this provision provided they ensure that returning the WEEE is not thereby made more difficult for the final holder and provided that these systems remain free of charge for the final holder. Member States making use of this provision shall inform the Commission thereof; (c) without prejudice to the provisions of (a) and (b), producers are allowed to set up and operate individual and/or collective take back systems for WEEE from private households provided that these are in line with the objectives of this Directive;’ Life-time extension

  42. EU Flower Criteria: Television Related legislation Directive WEEE Directive 2002/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 2003 on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) ‘Article 6. Treatment 1. Member States shall ensure that producers or third parties acting on their behalf, in accordance with Community legislation, set up systems to provide for the treatment of WEEE using best available treatment, recovery and recycling techniques. The systems may be set up by producers individually and/or collectively. To ensure compliance with Article 4 of Directive 75/442/EEC, the treatment shall, as a minimum, include the removal of all fluids and a selective treatment in accordance with Annex II to this Directive.’ Life-time extension

  43. EU Flower Criteria: Television • Information appearing on the Eco-label • Text included into the box 2 of the Eco-label: • High energy efficiency • Reduced CO2 emissions • Designed to facilitate repair and recycling

  44. EU Flower Criteria: Television Assessment and verification: Declaration of the applicant. Copy of the packaging and documentation where the Eco-label appears. Information appearing on the Eco-label

  45. EU Flower Criteria: Television Making an Application. Exercise 1 Purpose of the exercise: Learn how to make an application in practice. Introduction of the exercise: Televisions’ manufacturer: Company ‘A’. Multinational company certified with ISO 14001 and registered into the EMAS’ register. The company is located in China and the main part of the production is done there, for that the products are labelled as ‘Made in China’.

  46. EU Flower Criteria: Television Making an Application. Exercise 1 Introduction of the exercise: Products: Three products of the same family: TV1-32”, TV2-42”, TV3-46”. The three models have the same components; the only difference is the size. (TV1-32” = 32 inches, TV2-42” = 42 inches, TV3-46” = 46 inches). These televisions are LCD (Liquid Crystal Displays) with an IRD (Integrated digital Receiver/Decoder). These products are sold around the world, also in all the European countries.

  47. EU Flower Criteria: Television Making an Application. Exercise 1 Questions: 1. Where to deliver the application? 2. Which reductions could the company apply for? 3. Documentation needed to justify the fulfilment of each criterion. 4. How to obtain this information.

  48. EU Flower Criteria: Television • Exercise 1. Solutions • Where to deliver the application? • According article 7, paragraph 3.c of the Regulation (EC) No 1980/2000 • of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 July 2000 on a • revised Community eco-label award scheme, the application may be • presented to any European competent body.

  49. EU Flower Criteria: Television To know the exact percentage of reduction it is necessary to contact with the Competent Body. [1] COMMISSION DECISION of 10 November 2000 establishing the application and annual fees of the Community Eco-label (2000/728/EC) [2] COMMISSION DECISION of 22 May 2003 amending Decision 2000/728/EC establishing the application and annual fees of the Community eco-label (2003/393/EC) Exercise 1. Solutions 2. Which reductions could the company apply for?

  50. EU Flower Criteria: Television Exercise 1. Solutions 3. Documentation needed to justify the fulfilment of each criterion. 4. How to obtain this information? Criteria No 1. Energy savings a. Passive Standby b. Maximum Energy Consumption c. Energy Efficiency Documentation: Test reports done in an accepted laboratory. It is necessary 3 test one for every television model: TV1-32”, TV2-42” and TV3-46” because the consumption increase with the size.

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