"Administrative Measures for the Use of Green Product Marks"

Measures for the Administration of the Use of Green Product Marks

Chapter I General Provisions

Article 1 in order to speed up the construction of the ecological civilization system and standardize the use of green product labels, these measures are formulated in accordance with the relevant requirements of the relevant national laws, administrative regulations, the general plan for the reform of the ecological civilization system (no 25 [2015]), and the opinions of the general office of the state Council on the establishment of a unified green product standard, certification and labeling system (no 86 [2016] of the state Council), and in accordance with the principle of "market orientation, openness and sharing, and social governance".

Article 2 The General Administration of Market Supervision shall uniformly issue green product logos, build and manage a green product logo information platform (hereinafter referred to as the information platform), and supervise and manage the use of green product logos.

According to the actual situation of the establishment of the green product certification system, relevant certification bodies and certified enterprises will voluntarily use the green product logo as required. When using green product identification, relevant requirements specified in these Measures shall be observed.

Article 3 Scope of Application of Green Product Marks.

(1) Certification activities 1: Certification activities carried out by certification institutions for products listed in the national unified green product certification catalogue, in accordance with the standards in the list of green product evaluation standards, and in accordance with the green product certification rules uniformly formulated and issued by the General Administration of Market Supervision;

(2) Certification Activity 2: The General Administration of Market Supervision jointly implements a unified certification system involving green attributes such as resources, energy, environment and quality (such as environmental protection, energy conservation, water conservation, recycling, low carbon, regeneration, organic and hazardous substances, etc., hereinafter referred to as green attributes), and certification activities carried out by certification bodies in accordance with the certification rules and evaluation basis specified in the relevant systems;

(3) conformity assessment activities such as self-declaration involving green attributes jointly implemented by the general administration of market supervision and relevant departments of the state Council (hereinafter referred to as other conformity assessment activities for green attributes).

Chapter II Patterns of Green Product Marks

Article 4 The basic pattern of the green product logo is as follows.

When using this logo for certified products or their accompanying documents, the certification authority logo shall be marked on the right side of the green product logo at the same time; When the same product obtains the green attribute certification issued by two or more certification agencies, all the corresponding certification agency marks shall be marked.

The green product logo style for certification activity 1 is:

The green product logo style for certification activity 2 is:

For certification activity 2, if other identification information needs to be marked on the basic pattern, it must be specified in the corresponding system plan.

Other green attribute conformity assessment activities, such as the use of green product identification, shall be clearly defined in the corresponding system plan.

Fifth green product logo basic pattern vector diagram can be downloaded on the information platform. The green product logo can be scaled up or down, and should be legible after labeling.

Chapter III Use of Green Product Marks

Article 6 Except as otherwise required by relevant system schemes or certification institutions, enterprises can choose any manufacturing process (such as printing, molding, etc.) to use or display the green product logo on the product body, nameplate, packaging, accompanying documents (such as instructions, certificates, etc.), operating system, electronic sales platform, etc.

The color of the green product logo should be white background and green pattern.

Article 7 Certification institutions engaged in certification activities I and II mentioned in these Measures shall be approved by the General Administration of Market Supervision, and shall engage in certification activities and use green product labels within the approved scope.

Approved certification bodies shall, in combination with the requirements of these Measures, formulate and publish their own management requirements for the use of green product labels. When the certification institution authorizes the certified enterprise to use the green product logo, it shall complete the submission of certification information on the information platform (www.chinagreenproduct.cn), including product and enterprise information, certification mode, certification/inspection and testing institution information, certification certificate information, evaluation basis for green attributes of products, evaluation items, limit indicators, etc.

Article 8 Where the same product has obtained green attribute certification certificates issued by two or more certification agencies, the information platform shall integrate and issue all green attribute certification information related to the product through enterprise data and product model.

Article 9 After the certification information is submitted, the information platform will generate a two-dimensional code containing all the green attribute information of the corresponding product and provide a download link. Enterprises can voluntarily mark the two-dimensional code in the appropriate position of the corresponding product (e.g. product body, nameplate, packaging, attached documents, operating system, electronic sales platform, etc.) for policy acceptance or consumption identification selection.

Article 10 If other green attribute conformity assessment activities use green product identification, the specific use method and compliance information submission requirements shall be specified in the corresponding system plan.

Chapter IV Supervision and Management of Green Product Marks

Article 11 Users of green product labels (certification bodies, certified enterprises, etc.) shall establish specific management measures to ensure the correct use and labeling of green product labels in accordance with these Measures.

Article 12 The illegal use of green product labels in conformity assessment activities such as certification and self-declaration shall be punished according to relevant laws and regulations. Information on administrative punishment of enterprises involved will be publicized to the public through the national enterprise credit information publicity system according to law.

Chapter V Supplementary Provisions

Article 13 The General Administration of Market Supervision shall be responsible for the interpretation of these Measures.

Article 14 These Measures shall be implemented as of June 1, 2019.