Experts Interpret New European Footwear Eco Standards

The ultimate goal of establishing an eco label system in the EU is to give

In order to encourage the production and consumption of "green products" in Europe, the European Union issued an eco label system in 1992, which involves 19 types of products, including textiles, clothing, mattresses and footwear. The definition of eco shoes is also derived from the footwear eco label in the system.

In the European textile and apparel market, the products labeled with "green" label are higher than the price of the same kind of ordinary textiles and clothing in the circulation field 20%-30%, and can be more favored by the EU importers. Therefore, further understanding of the eco textile labels will help to increase the added value and technical content of the products and enhance the product quality.

At present, the European Commission's new ecological standards and related assessment and verification requirements (2009/563/EC) have come into force and have been issued "Ecolabel" for footwear.

In order to help the relevant enterprises to change this, the experts from TV, the world famous testing and certification institution, explained the content and influence of this standard.

The 2009/563/EC resolution effectively replaced the 2002/231/EC resolution.

The footwear eco label application submitted between July 1, 2009 and March 31st -2010 can be based on any of the above resolutions.

However, since April 1, 2010, only the criteria in the 2009/563/EC resolution can be used to evaluate and award the EU eco label for footwear products.

The review of the standard is carried out in accordance with the regulations (EC) 1980/2000, which stipulates that the licensing standard of each product group must be revised within the validity period.

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For ease of management, the footwear product group is numbered as "017".

Impact on footwear manufacturers

The purpose of the new standard is to promote more durable and less environmentally friendly footwear in the European Union.

The occupational safety footwear shall be in accordance with the directives of the Council 89/686/ EEC, with the EC logo, while all other footwear shall meet the requirements of flexural resistance, tear strength, abrasion resistance, color fastness and toxic chemicals. These requirements are stated in resolution 2009/563/EC.

According to the new regulation, the EU eco label only grants products that do not contain any electrical or electronic components. In addition, the product must comply with the specific restrictions on the emissions of toxic residues and volatile organic compounds according to the new regulations of TUV.

In addition, manufacturers must declare the amount of energy consumed for the production of footwear and at least 75% of recyclable materials (carton packaging and 100% recycling) in the final product package.

The resolution allows the competent authorities to consider the implementation of approved environmental management plans, such as environmental management audit rules (EMAS) or ISO 14001, when evaluating the application of eco labels and compliance with monitoring standards.

Attention should be paid to the hot spots of international EU inspections at any time, and timely understanding of new laws and regulations will be focused on.

Before testing, enterprises can simulate the European Union's testing methods for self-test.

For certain test items, special attention should be paid if the result is more casual.

Pay attention to the application of coating and glue, try to avoid the huge losses caused by the infiltration of harmful substances. To make more use of environmental protection materials and materials to ensure the high quality of materials and avoid the market of inferior products and materials exile are the specific measures for enterprises to implement the eco label standards.

TUV how will the South Deutsche group help you develop?

TUV South Deutsche group has been assisting footwear manufacturers in implementing the evolving eco label standard of the European Union (the first European Union eco label scheme was issued in 1999).

By providing testing, testing and knowledge services to help manufacturers obtain the famous EU eco label.

TUV South Deutsche group was founded in Germany 140 years ago. It is one of the world's leading technology services companies, covering a wide range of areas including testing, certification, inspection, information and expert guidance.

The company has more than 600 representative offices around the world, employs about 15000 people, and strives to provide customers with technology, system and optimization services in actual operation.

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So far, it has provided more than 10000 customers with corresponding services.