1、BRITISH STANDARD Environmental labels and declarations - General principles The European Standard EN 14020:2001 has the status of a British Standard ICs 13.020.50 BS EN IS0 14020:ZOOl NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMIITED BY COPYRIGHT LAW BS EN IS0 14020:2001 National foreword This B
2、ritish Standard is the official English language version of EN IS0 14020:2001. It is identical with IS0 14020:2000 The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee ES/3, Environmental labelling, which has the responsibility to: - - aid enquirers to understand the text; pr
3、esent to the responsible internationallEuropean committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed; monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK. - A list of organizations represented on this committee c
4、an be obtained on request to its secretary. Cross-references The British Standards which implement international or European publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Standards Catalogue under the section entitled “International Standards Correspondence Index”, or by using th
5、e “Find” facility of the BSI Standards Electronic Catalogue. A British Standard does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users of British Standards are responsible for their correct application. Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity from
6、 legal obligations. This British Standard, having been prepared under the direction of the Management Systems Sector Policy and Strategy Committee, was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 12 November 2001 Summary of pages This document comprises a front co
7、ver, an inside front cover, the EN IS0 title page, the EN IS0 foreword page, the IS0 title page, ii to iv, pages 1 to 5 and a back cover. The BSI copyright date displayed in this document indicates when the document was last issued. Amendments issued since publication Amd. No. (Date I Comments O BSI
8、 12 November 2001 ISBN O 580 38681 3 EUROPEAN STANDARD NORME EUROPENNE EUROPISCHE NORM EN IS0 14020 October 2001 ICs 13.020.50 English version Environmental labels and declarations - General principles (IS0 14020:2000) Etiquettes et dclarations environnementales - Principes gneraux (IS0 14020:2000)
9、Umweltkennzeichnungen und -deklarationen - Allgemeine Grundstze (IS0 14020:2000) This European Standard was approved by CEN on 30 September 2001. CEN members are bound to comply with the CENEENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a
10、national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the Management Centre or to any CEN member. This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in
11、any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the Management Centre has the same status as the official versions. CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germa
12、ny, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom. EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION COMIT EUROPEEN DE NORMALISATION EUROPISCHES KOMITEE FR NORMUNG Management Centre: rue de Stassart, 36 B-1050 Brussels 0 2001 CEN All r
13、ights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CEN national Members. Ref. No. EN IS0 14020:2001 E EN IS0 14020:2001 Foreword The text of the International Standard from Technical Committee ISO/TC 207 “Environmental management“ of the International Organization for Standard
14、ization (ISO) has been taken over as an European Standard by CMC. This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by April 2002, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by
15、 April 2002. NOTE FROM CMC: The foreword is susceptible to be amended on reception of the German language version. The confirmed or amended foreword, and when appropriate, the normative annex ZA for the references to international publications with their relevant European publications will be circul
16、ated with the German version. According to the CENKENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembo
17、urg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Endorsement notice The text of the International Standard IS0 14020:2000 has been approved by CEN as a European Standard without any modification. INTERNATIONAL STANDARD EN IS0 14020:2001 IS0 14020 Second edition
18、2000-09-1 5 Environmental labels and declarations - General principles they shall address only nontrivial environmental aspects related to the actual circumstances of natural resource extraction, manufacture, distribution, use or disposal associated with the product or service. A periodic review of
19、the basis for environmental labels and declarations should occur to account for innovation. Information should be gathered at a frequency consistent with the pace of innovation. Environmental labels and declarations shall be understandable and not likely to mislead the intended purchaser of the prod
20、uct or service. 4.3 Principle 2 4.3.1 Statement Procedures and requirements for environmental labels and declarations shall not be prepared, adopted, or applied with a view to, or with the effect of, creating unnecessary obstacles to international trade. 4.3.2 Specific considerations For guidance on
21、 the above principle, the applicable provisions and interpretations of the World Trade Organization should be taken into account. 4.4 Principle 3 4.4.1 Statement Environmental labels and declarations shall be based on scientific methodology that is sufficiently thorough and comprehensive to support
22、the claim and that produces results that are accurate and reproducible. 4.4.2 Specific considerations The information supporting environmental labels and declarations shall be gathered and assessed using methods that are recognized and widely accepted in scientific or professional disciplines or are
23、 otherwise scientifically defensible. The methods should follow recognized standards that have international acceptability (these may include international, regional or national standards) or be industry or trade methods which have been subjected to peer review, where such standards or methods exist
24、. The methods used shall be appropriate to the claim and shall provide information that is relevant and necessary to support the claim as well as accurate and reproducible. 2 EN IS0 14020:ZOOl 4.5 Principle 4 4.5.1 Statement Information concerning the procedure, methodology, and any criteria used to
25、 support environmental labels and declarations shall be available and provided upon request to all interested parties. 4.5.2 Specific considerations The information shall include underlying principles, assumptions and boundary conditions. This information should be sufficient and reasonably comprehe
26、nsible to allow purchasers, potential purchasers and other interested parties to evaluate and compare environmental labels and declarations in terms of scientific principles, relevance and overall validity, and to assess whether an environmental label or declaration is consistent with the applicable
27、 standards within the IS0 14020 series. This information shall also clearly indicate whether the environmental label or declaration is a self-declared environmental claim or is based on independent validation. The means of obtaining this information shall be made known to purchasers and potential pu
28、rchasers wherever the product or service is marketed. This can be achieved by the various means discussed in 4.10. There may be limits to the availability of specific information due to confidential business information, intellectual property rights or similar legal restrictions. 4.6 Principle 5 4.6
29、.1 Statement The development of environmental labels and declarations shall take into consideration all relevant aspects of the life cycle of the product. 4.6.2 Specific considerations The life cycle of a product or service ranges from activities associated with the production and delivery of raw ma
30、terials or generation of natural resources to the final disposal. Consideration of the life cycle of a product or service allows a party developing an environmental label or declaration to take into account a range of factors that impact on the environment. It further allows that party to identify t
31、he potential for one impact to be increased in the process of decreasing another. Consideration should be given to the life cycle of a product or service in order to help identify appropriate and relevant characteristics and criteria for environmental labels and declarations or to determine the sign
32、ificance of an environmental claim. The extent to which the life cycle is considered may vary depending on the type of environmental label or declaration, the nature of the claim and the product category. This does not necessarily mean that a life cycle assessment should be undertaken. 4.7 Principle
33、 6 4.7.1 Statement Environmental labels and declarations shall not inhibit innovation which maintains or has the potential to improve environmental performance. 4.7.2 Specific considerations Requirements shall be expressed in terms of performance rather than design or descriptive characteristics. Th
34、is approach leaves maximum flexibility for technical or other innovation. Prescriptive design criteria or implicit preference for a technology should be avoided because, of the possibility of restricting or discouraging improvements in products or services which do not affect conformance to applicab
35、le environmental criteria or which could lead to significant environmental improvement. 3 EN IS0 14020:2001 4.8 Principle 7 4.8.1 Statement Any administrative requirements or information demands related to environmental labels and declarations shall be limited to those necessary to establish conform
36、ance with applicable criteria and standards of the labels and declarations. 4.8.2 Specific considerations All organizations, regardless of size, should have equal opportunity to use environmental labels and declarations. Involvement should not be hindered by extraneous factors or requirements such a
37、s procedural complexity or unreasonable information or administrative demands. 4.9 Principle 8 4.9.1 Statement The process of developing environmental labels and declarations should include an open, participatory consultation with interested parties. Reasonable efforts should be made to achieve a co
38、nsensus throughout the process. 4.9.2 Specific considerations The process for developing standards and criteria shall be open to all interested parties. The parties shall be invited to participate and encouraged to become involved through timely and adequate notification. Parties may choose to parti
39、cipate directly or through other means such as written or electronic correspondence. Comments and input shall be responded to in a meaningful way that addresses the substance of the comment or input. For self-declared environmental claims developed in accordance with IS0 14021, consultation is regar
40、ded as having occurred during the development of that International Standard. NOTE For further guidance see ISO/IEC Guide 2 and ISO/IEC Guide 59. 4.10 Principie 9 4.10.1 Statement Information on the environmental aspects of products and services relevant to an environmental label or declaration shal
41、l be available to purchasers and potential purchasers from the party making the environmental label or declaration. 4.1 0.2 Specific considerations Ultimately, the effectiveness of environmental labels and declarations depends on their ability to enable purchasers and potential purchasers to take re
42、sponsibility for, and make informed choices about, the environmental aspects of their purchasing decisions and to influence purchasers and potential purchasers in their selection of products or services. This, in turn, is related to the degree of acceptance and understanding purchasers and potential
43、 purchasers have of the information provided about environmental aspects. Therefore, parties using environmental labels and declarations have an incentive and a responsibility to provide their purchasers and potential purchasers with access to information so that the purchaser and potential purchase
44、r may understand the meaning of any claim, symbol or term. This can be accomplished through various means, such as advertising, explanatory panels at the retail level, free telephone numbers, and education programmes, among others. The information provided shall be appropriate and sufficient to the
45、nature and scope of the environmental claim being made. 4 EN IS0 14020:2001 Bi bl iog ra p h y 1 J IS0 14021 I Environmental labels and declarations - Self-declared environmental claims (Type Il environmental labelling). 2 IS0 14024, Environmental labels and declarations - Type I environmental label
46、ling - Principles and procedures. 3 ISOITR 14025, Environmental labels and declarations - Type 111 environmental declarations. 4 5 6 IS0 14040, Environmental management - Life cycle assessment - Principles and framework. ISO/IEC Guide 2, Standardization and related activities - General vocabulary. I
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