Decision 2010/709 - 2010/709/EU: Commission Decision of 22 November 2010 establishing the EU Ecolabelling Board (notified under document C(2010) 7961)

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  1. Current status
  2. Key information
  3. Key dates
  4. Legislative text
  5. Sources and disclaimer
  6. Full version
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Current status

This decision has been published on November 24, 2010 and entered into force on October  1, 2010.

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Key information

official title

2010/709/EU: Commission Decision of 22 November 2010 establishing the European Union Ecolabelling Board (notified under document C(2010) 7961) Text with EEA relevance
 
Legal instrument Decision
Number legal act Decision 2010/709
CELEX number i 32010D0709

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Key dates

Document 22-11-2010
Publication in Official Journal 24-11-2010; Special edition in Croatian: Chapter 15 Volume 023,OJ L 308, 24.11.2010
Effect 01-10-2010; Application See Art 5
End of validity 31-12-9999
Notification 24-11-2010; {titleAndReference.draft.disclaimer.new|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_365/titleAndReference.draft.disclaimer.new}

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Legislative text

24.11.2010   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 308/53
 

COMMISSION DECISION

of 22 November 2010

establishing the European Union Ecolabelling Board

(notified under document C(2010) 7961)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2010/709/EU)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 66/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the EU Ecolabel (1), and in particular Article 5 thereof,

Whereas:

 

(1)

Under Regulation (EC) No 66/2010, the EU Ecolabel criteria are to be established with the assistance of a European Union Ecolabelling Board (hereinafter referred to as ‘EUEB’).
 

(2)

For the acceptance of the EU Ecolabel scheme by the general public, it is essential that organisations such as environmental non-governmental organisations and consumer organisations be members of the EUEB as interested parties together with the competent bodies of the Member States.
 

(3)

Commission Decision 2000/730/EC of 10 November 2000 establishing the European Union Ecolabelling Board and its rules of procedure (2) should be replaced,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The European Union Ecolabelling Board, hereinafter referred to as ‘EUEB’, is hereby established.

Article 2

  • 1. 
    The members of the EUEB shall be appointed by the Commission.
  • 2. 
    The EUEB shall be composed of the representatives of the Competent Bodies of each Member State, of the representatives of the Member State of the European Economic Area and of the representatives of the following organisations:
 

(a)

Bureau Européen des Consommateurs (BEUC);
 

(b)

EUROCOOP;
 

(c)

European Environmental Bureau (EEB);
 

(d)

Business Europe;
 

(e)

European Association of Craft, Small & Medium-sized Enterprises (UEAPME);
 

(f)

EUROCOMMERCE.
  • 3. 
    The Commission may amend the membership of the EUEB as appropriate.

Article 3

  • 1. 
    Each member of the EUEB shall designate a contact person.
  • 2. 
    The meetings of the EUEB shall be chaired by its President.
  • 3. 
    The EUEB shall adopt its rules of procedure in consultation with the Commission.
  • 4. 
    The Commission shall reimburse travel and, where appropriate, subsistence expenses for members in connection with the EUEB’s activities within the limits of the annual budget allocated to such expenditure.

Article 4

Decision 2000/730/EC is repealed.

Article 5

This Decision shall apply from 1 October 2010.

Article 6

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 22 November 2010.

For the Commission

Janez POTOČNIK

Member of the Commission

 
 

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