Press Release: Environment: New Working Plan for the ‘Flower’

A new Working Plan for 2002-2004 for the EU eco-label scheme (the 'Flower') was adopted by the European Commission on 10 January 2002. The Working Plan sets out objectives for increased market penetration and promotion of the Flower, for increasing the number of product groups to be brought within the scope of the scheme and for co-ordination and co-operation between the scheme and other eco-label award schemes in the Member States. The fundamental aim is to make the eco-label a more successful and effective instrument for improving the environmental quality of products and services, contribute to making consumption more sustainable and make the most effective use of the resources allocated to the scheme by the Commission, Member States and the interested parties. The Flower scheme will be reviewed in 2005.

http://ec.europa.eu/comm/environment/ecolabel/ http://ec.europa.eu/comm/environment/ecolabel/

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