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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11606

23 August 2016
SECTORAL POLICIES / Environment
EU eco-label to apply to computers, furniture and shoes
Brussels, 22/08/2016 (Agence Europe)

The EU eco-label, a voluntary application system allowing the products that use it to display their excellent environmental performance throughout their life-cycle, will now apply to personal computers, portable computers and tablets, furniture and shoes.

The ecological criteria these products must meet in order to be eligible for the label were formally adopted by the Commission on 10 August, the institution announced on Wednesday 17 August, following the green light of the Council of the...