South German Group Experts Explain Europe'S New Footwear Eco Standard

The ultimate goal of establishing the eco label system in the EU is to give affirmation and encouragement to the enterprises that have made outstanding contributions in the field of ecological protection, so as to enhance the awareness of ecological protection of all kinds of consumer products manufacturers in the EU, so that the product will not bring harm to the ecological environment from the design, production, sale to use until the final processing. The eco label is also a promise made by the manufacturer to consumers, indicating that the product meets the environmental protection standards stipulated by the European Union, and is recognized by the European Union and encourages consumers to buy "green products".

For encouragement

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.

To help relevant enterprises to change this, experts from T V South Deutsche group, a world-renowned testing and certification body, explain the content and impact 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.

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.

The standard drawn up by the European eco labelling Committee (EUEB) is valid until July 4, 2013.

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.

TUV TUV SUD has been doing business in China for nearly 20 years.

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