Voluntary Ecolabelling Regulation Adopted

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine recently adopted the Technical Regulation on Ecolabelling, based on the new EU Ecolabel Regulation (Regulation (EC) No. 66/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the EU Ecolabel).

This Regulation establishes procedures governing use of voluntary ecolabelling in Ukraine, as well the development of applicable environmental criteria.

The Regulation applies to goods or services which are supplied for distribution, consumption or use on Ukraine's market whether in return for payment or free of charge, except for:

• Medicinal products for human use;
  
  
• Veterinary products;
  
  
• Medical devices; and
  
  
• Goods containing substances or preparations/mixtures meeting the criteria for classification as toxic, hazardous to the environment, carcinogenic, mutagenic (except for certain categories of goods with concentration of hazardous substances not higher than 0,1 % of product weight).