Nordic Ecolabelling of Outdoor furniture and playground equipment

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1 rdic Ecoabeing of Outdoor furniture and payground equipment Version March March 2019 rdic Ecoabeing

2 Content What is rdic Ecoabeed outdoor furniture/payground equipment? 3 Why choose the rdic Ecoabe? 3 What products are eigibe for rdic Ecoabe? 4 How to appy 4 What are the requirements for the awarding of a rdic Ecoabe? 6 1 Materias 6 2 Environmenta requirements Soid wood, wiow and bamboo Panes materias Chemica products and materias Wood preservatives The surface treatment of wood and wood-based panes Maintenance products for wood Meta Pastic and rubber Requirements as regards consumer information, refuseprocessing and recycing systems 20 3 Quaity requirements and the requirements of the authorities Functiona requirements Quaity requirements and the requirements of the authority 22 Marketing 24 Registration 24 The design of the rdic Ecoabe 24 Foow-up inspection 25 The duration of icence 25 New criteria 26 Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Testing and contro Forms 073 Outdoor furniture and payground equipment, version 3.6, 10 December This document is a transation of an origina in danish. In case of dispute, the origina document shoud be taken as authoritative. Addresses In 1989, the rdic Counci of Ministers decided to introduce a vountary officia ecoabe, the rdic Ecoabe. These organisations/companies operate the rdic Ecoabeing system on behaf of their own country s government. For more information, see the websites. Denmark Ecoabeing Denmark Danish Standard Portand Towers Göteborg Pads 1 DK-2150 rdhavn Phone Fax E-mai: info@ecoabe.dk Sweden Ecoabeing Sweden Box SE Stockhom Phone Fax E-mai: svanen@ecoabe.se rway Ecoabeing rway Henrik Ibsens gate 20 NO-0255 Oso Phone Fax E-mai: info@ecoabe.no Finand Ecoabeing Finand Box 489 FIN Hesinki Phone Fax E-mai: joutsen@ecoabe.fi Iceand Ecoabeing Iceand Umhverfisstofnun Suðurandsbraut 24 IS-108 Reykjavik Phone Fax E-mai: svanurinn@ust.is This document may ony be copied in its entirety and without any kind of ateration. It may be quoted from pro- provided that that rdic rdic Ecoabeing is stated is stated as the as the source. source.

3 What is rdic Ecoabeed outdoor furniture/ payground equipment? The purpose of the criteria is to secure ow environmenta impact in the production and use of outdoor furniture and payground equipment. The environmenta requirements have been drawn up from a ife cyce perspective and have been formuated to ensure minimum environmenta impact during production, use and in the waste phase. Requirements have accordingy primariy been imposed with respect to the foowing: a) Wood raw materias from sustainabe forestry operations. b) The use of recyced pastic and meta raw materias and a design that permits the re-use of pastic and meta. c) The use of chemicas with a ower environmenta impact. d) Good performance properties (safety, strength and stabiity). The rdic Ecoabeed product must be accompanied by information on how to maintain the product and recommended maintenance of products. This information must aso incude instructions on how to proceed when the product comes to the end of its usefu ife. Why choose the rdic Ecoabe? The icence-hoder may use the rdic Ecoabe, the Swan, ogo in marketing activities. The rdic Ecoabe enjoys widespread renown and credibiity in the rdic countries. rdic Ecoabeing represents a simpe and cost-effective way of communicating a company s environmenta work and commitment to its customers and suppiers. Embracing environmentay friendy production wi aso prepare the company for the introduction of mandatory environmenta requirements by the authorities. Environmenta issues are compex and earning about specific probems can be time-consuming. rdic Ecoabeing can be used as a guide in this process. The rdic Ecoabe criteria contain more than environmenta requirements, they aso comprise quaity requirements, since quaity and caring for the environment often go hand in hand. This means that the rdic Ecoabe can aso be viewed as a mark of quaity. rdic Ecoabeing of Outdoor furniture and payground equipment (26)

4 What products are eigibe for rdic Ecoabe? Ecoabeing within this product group encompasses outdoor furniture (garden furniture) and payground and park equipment. Outdoor furniture means chairs, tabes, armchairs, benches and sofas that are moveabe. Payground equipment incudes swings, sides, payhouses and other outdoor paying equipment. The product group encompasses payground equipment for domestic use and for pubic paygrounds both conventina and natura paygrounds. Park equipment incudes for exampe wood / bike / bus / too sheds, fences/raiings, fower boxes, fagpoes, waste baskets and outdoor eft outdoors on a permanent basis. The product group does not incude outdoor furniture containing padding or texties. r does it encompass hanging benches and hammocks. Safety surfaces for payground equipment, cyces and toys for outdoor use are not encompassed by the product. How to appy Licence appications may be submitted by manufacturers, importers, whoesaers and deaers. To quaify for an ecoabe a product must meet a the genera requirements as we as reevant product - specific requirements. Each requirement is abeed with the etter R (for requirement) foowed by the reevant number. A information submitted to rdic Ecoabeing wi be treated confidentiay. Suppiers may submit documentation directy to rdic Ecoabeing, where the information wi be kept confidentia with respect to the appicant. Icons used in the text Each requirement is accompanied by a description of the way in which the requirement is to be documented. Various icons are aso used to make this process easier. These icons are: ( Encose. Requirement checked on-site. ; Submit procedures governing environmenta and quaity management system. If the requirement needs an expanation (e.g. footnotes), this shoud be inserted directy after requirement, in itaics (expanatory text). rdic Ecoabeing of Outdoor furniture and payground equipment (26)

5 Appication Appications must be submitted to rdic Ecoabeing in the country in which the furniture/fitment is produced/wi be on sae, see the address ist on page 2. The appication documents comprise an appication form and documentation showing that the requirements are fufied. They can be downoaded from the home pages of the nationa secretariats. Further information and assistance with the appication process is avaiabe on the websites of the individua countries or by contacting one of the secretariats. Saes in other rdic countries Registering the icence in the other rdic countries aows the rdic Ecoabe to be used on a arger market. To do so, the foowing documents must be submitted to the secretariats in the countries in question: A competed form for registration for saes in the country in question. Instructions for use in the anguage in question. Documentation evidencing compiance with nationa reguations. Documentation of membership of system for recycing products and packaging. Registration is free of charge, but an annua fee based on turnover is payabe in accordance with the reguations in force in the individua countries. On-site inspections Before a icence is granted, rdic Ecoabeing wi conduct an on-site inspection to verify that the requirements have been fufied. During the inspection, the data used in cacuations, origina copies of submitted documentation, measurement certificates, purchasing statistics and the ike confirming adherence to the requirements must be avaiabe for examination. Costs An appication fee is payabe by companies appying for a icence. In addition, an annua fee is payabe based on the saes of the rdic Ecoabe furniture/ fitments. Inquiries rdic Ecoabeing wi be happy to answer any queries you may have. Pease see the address ist on page 2. rdic Ecoabeing of Outdoor furniture and payground equipment (26)

6 What are the requirements for the awarding of a rdic Ecoabe? A requirements must be fufied in order for a rdic Ecoabe icence to be awarded. 1 Materias Where mutipe product types are produced with different compositions of materias, the materias in the products may be approved on the basis of a producer-specific ist of materias. Nevertheess, a cacuation must be performed for each product to ensure that a requirements are fufied. Some requirements may be documented on an annua basis at factory eve. For exampe, an outdoor furniture manufacturer may document the requirement appicabe to wood from certified forestry operations (R4) on the basis of the proportiona content based on one year s consumption for the rdic Ecoabe product/products. The foowing requirements may be documented on an annua basis: R2, R4, R8, R9, R10, R11 and R23. R1 The composition of the outdoor furniture and payground equipment The appicant must describe the materias contained in the product. Enter the weight in kiograms for each materia. Sma detais ike screws, brackets and hinges do not weighed. Provide an overview of the different materias and their suppiers. Use Tabe 1 to obtain an overview of what requirements are appropriate. Materias in respect of which no requirements are imposed (e.g. composite materias, stone and ceramics) must not make up more than 5 weight-% of the product. In tota, the product may consist of maximum 10 weight-% of materias for which no requirements are imposed. ( Materia composition of the product with a specification of ingoing materias. Sma parts such as screws, fittings and hinges need not be weighed. A specification must be provided of the proportion (%) that the individua materias make up of the tota weight of the product (materias must be specified in terms of weight and weight %). Compete tabe 1 and form 1 in appendix 2, based on information on materia combinations. Are the requirements met? rdic Ecoabeing of Outdoor furniture and payground equipment (26)

7 Tabe 1: Overview of materias and the requirements for which documentation must be provided Materia Leve Requirement Form Quantity Reevant Wood Genera R2 R4 2a-2c Wood-based panes Genera (more than 5 weight-%) More than 10 weight-% R5 R8 3 R9 R11 2a-2c and 5 Chemica products Genera R12 R16 3 Wood preservative Genera R17 3 Surface treatment of wood and woodbased panes Maintenance products for wood t outdoors permanenty Outdoors permanenty R18 3 R19 3 Genera R20 3 Genera R21 3 Meta Genera R22 6 Surface treatment of metas More than 50 weight-% R23 6 Genera R24 R25 3 and 6 Pastic Genera R26 R29 3 and 7 More than 10 weight-% R30 7 Other requirements Genera R31-R Environmenta requirements 2.1 Soid wood, wiow and bamboo The requirements encompass wood, wiow and bamboo present in a product, excuding sma wooden parts such as wedges and the ike. Are the requirements met? R2 Traceabiity/wood raw materias This requirement concerns a product parts containing wood, wiow or bamboo. The appicant must state the type of raw materia (for exampe pine or bamboo), atin name, quantity, geographic origin (country/state and region/ provins) and suppiers for the wood, wiow or bamboo raw materias. The icence hoder must have written procedures covering sustainabe wood suppies and a documented system for tracing the origin of raw materias. The rdic Ecoabe may request further documentation in the event of uncertainty about the origin of the raw materia. Wood, wiow and bamboo must not originate in: Protected areas or areas treated by means of an officia procedure with a view to achieving protected status. Areas in which rights of tite or of use are unresoved. Unawfuy harvested wood and fibre raw materias. Geneticay modified trees and pants. rdic Ecoabeing of Outdoor furniture and payground equipment (26)

8 ( Name (in atin and in a rdic anguage), quantity and geographica origin (country/state and region/province/municipaity) of the wood and fibre raw materias used. Form 2a is to be fied in by the wood suppier and form 2b by the producer/appicant. rdic Ecoabeing may request further documentation in the event of uncertainty about the origin of the raw materia. ( A written procedure describing how the requirement is met. The procedures must incude an updated ist of a suppiers of wood and fibre raw materias used in the product. Form 2b is to be fied in by the producer/appicant. R3 Soid wood - Biocides After feing wood must not be treated with insecticides cassified by WHO as type 1A and type 1B. This requirement appies to the treatment of timber after feing. WHO cassification: An overview can be found at: ipcs/pubications/pesticides_hazard/en, The WHO recommended cassification of pesticides by hazard and guideines to cassification 2009 or by contacting one of the secretariats. ( Information from the suppier of the timber on the insecticides that are used and decaration in accordance with Form 2a for each individua product. R4 Wood from certified forestry The requirement encompasses soid wood and veneer. It does not appy to wiow and bamboo. 70 weight-% on an annua basis of a purchased soid wood and veneer in the product to which the appication for a rdic Ecoabe appies must derive from certified forestry. Certification must be performed by a third party in accordance with a current forestry standard that fufis the requirements appicabe to standards and certification system, cf. Form 2c. ( Specification of the proportion of incoming wood from certified forestry operations on an annua basis and the basis for cacuation. Producer may use Form 2c. ( Description of the system used to secure the traceabiity of the wood. ( Copy of the certificate(s) duy signed and approved by a certification body. rdic Ecoabeing may request additiona documentation for the purpose of assessing whether the requirements appicabe to standards, certification systems and certified proportion have been fufied. This might, for exampe, incude a copy of the approva report drafted by the certification body, a copy of the forestry standard incuding the name, address and teehone number of the organisation responsibe for drafting the standard and reference to persons representing parties and interest groupings invited to participate in the deveopment of the forestry standard. 2.2 Wood, wiow and bamboo panes The requirements of this chapter incudes panes of soid wood, aminating wood, soid wood panes (pywood and parae aminated veneer), wood-based panes and HPL panes (high pressure aminate). Wood-based panes incude chipboard, fibreboard, MDF panes, OSB and veneer boards (pywood and parae aminated veneer). The requirement aso encompasses equivaent products made of wiow and bamboo. Other equivaent raw materias may be incuded by submitting a request to rdic Ecoabeing. The requirement appies ony to panes present in the products in quantities in excess of 5 weight-%. Are the requirements met? rdic Ecoabeing of Outdoor furniture and payground equipment (26)

9 R5 Ecoabeed panes If the pane is Ecoabeed, the requirements of Chapter 2.2 (R6 R11) wi have been fufied. ( If the pane is Ecoabeed, the pane type and manufacturer and icence number must be specified. R6 Chemica product and additives in the pane (e.g. surface treatment) Chemica products for the surface treatment of wood must compy with the foowing requirements and the requirements of Chapter 2.3 (R12 R15). The requirement reates to the chemica products and their chemica composition at the time at which they are added to the pane. However, this requirement incudes an exemption from R12 as regards cassification as an environmenta hazard (N with R50, R50/53 or R51/53 or/ with R59). The tota quantity of ingoing chemica substances cassified by the chemica suppier as environmentay harmfu in accordance with the Dangerous Substances Directive 67/548/EEC as adapted to REACH in accordance with Directive 2006/121/EC and the Dangerous Preparations Directive 1999/45/EC a with subsequent amendments and adaptations must be < 0.5g/kg of pane. The requirement appies to the chemica products with their chemica composition at the time they are added to the pane materia. Ammonia in excess of 24% is not incuded in this quantity. ( For each chemica product in the pane documentation must be submitted by the chemica suppier in accordance with Form 3. The pane manufacturer must account for the tota quantity of ingoing substances as g/kg of pane materia cassified by the chemica suppier as environmentay harmfu. R7 Formadehyde in wood based panes In the case of panes that contain formadehyde-based additives or where the surface treatment incudes formadehyde one of the foowing two requirements must be fufied: 1) The average content of free formadehyde must not exceed 5 mg formadehyde/100 g dry product for MDF panes and 4 mg/100 g dry product for a other panes as determined by the current version of EN 120 (the perforator method) of simiar methods approved by the rdic Ecoabe (se point 3, Appendix 1). The requirements appy to wood panes with a moisture content of H = 6.5%. If the panes have a different moisture content within the range 3 10%, anaysed perforator vaue must be mutipied by Factor F derived from the foowing formuae: For chipboard panes: F = H For MDF: F = -0,121 H ) Average emissions of formadehyde must not exceed mg/m 3 air for MDF panes and 0.07 mg/m 3 air for a other panes as determined by the current version of EN of simiar methods approved by the rdic Ecoabe (specified in Appendix 1). ( Anaysis report describing measurement methods, measurement resuts and measurement frequency. It sha ceary be stated which method is used, who has performed the anayses and be documented that the test institution is an independent third party. rdic Ecoabeing of Outdoor furniture and payground equipment (26)

10 R8 Uncertified wood raw materia in the pane This requirement concerns a panes containing wood, wiow, bamboo or fibre products thereof. The icence hoder must have written procedures covering sustainabe wood and fibre raw materia suppies and a documented system for tracing the origin of fibre raw materias. Wood and fibre raw materias must not originate in: Protected areas or areas treated by means of an officia procedure with a view to achieving protected status. Areas in which rights of tite or of use are unresoved. Unawfuy harvested wood and fibre raw materias. Geneticay modified trees and pants. Sawdust/wood chips and/or waste wood and/or untreated demoition wood and/or recyced fibres from other industria activities, such as sawmis, are covered by this requirement but must meet ony the ast part of the documentation requirement (written procedures). ( Name (in atin and in a rdic anguage), quantity and geographica origin (country/state and region/province/municipaity) of the wood and fibre raw materias used. This does not incude sawdust/wood chips and/or waste wood and/or untreated demoition wood and/or recyced fibres from other industria activities, such as sawmi. rdic Ecoabeing may request further documentation in the event of uncertainty about the origin of the raw materia. Form 2a is to be fied in by the wood suppier and form 2b by the producer/appicant. ( A written procedure describing how the requirement is met. Sawdust/wood chips and/or waste wood and/or untreated demoition wood and/or recyced fibres from other industria activities, such as sawmi are incuded in this criteria By more than 10 weight-% wood-based pane R9 Certified wood raw materia in the pane The requirement does not encompass wood fibre panes. The requirement incudes soid wood, aminated wood and veneer. Minimum weight 50% of a purchased raw wood materia to the pane must annuay come from certified forests. The requirement can be documented as wood raw materia purchased annuay and sha be cacuated for the different woods used. Certification must be performed by third party pursuant to appicabe forestry standards which meets the standard and certification see Form 2c. Wiow, bamboo, sawdust, waste wood, non demoition wood and recyced fibers from other industria production is not covered by this requirement. ( Presentation of the proportion of wood from certified forestry annuay and base. Form 2a may be used by suppiers. ( Description of the system used to ensure traceabiity of the wood. Form 2b may be used. ( Copy of the certificate which is signed and approved by a certifying body. The ecoabeing organization may coect additiona evidence to assess the requirements for standard certification system and that certified percentage is met. Eg. copy of the certification approva report, copy of the standard of forest incuding name, address and teephone number of the organization which has designed the standard, as we as references to persons who represent parties and interest groups who are invited to participate in the deveopment of forestry standard. Are the requirements met? rdic Ecoabeing of Outdoor furniture and payground equipment (26)

11 R10 Energy consumption and raw materia origins The requirement appies to a panes as described in Chapter 2.2 Wood, wiow and bamboo panes. The requirement consists of two parts. One part consists of a formua where a specific points score must be achieved by dividing the various environmenta parameters by a factor and adding them together. In order to fufi the requirement, the score for the pane must exceed a threshod vaue.the other part is specific requirements/threshod vaues imposed on the parameters in the formua. Energy consumed in the production of the wood-based pane must be ess than or equa to the requirements stated in the foowing tabe for eectricity and fue consumption. Tabe 2 Environment parameter A = Wood raw materia from certified sustainabe forestry (%) B = Proportion of recyced raw materia (%) Max requirement C = Proportion of renewabe fue (%) D = Eectricity consumption (kwh/m 2 ) E = Fue consumption (kwh/m 2 ) Max 1 kwh/kg Max 3,4 kwh/kg Overa score P cacuated with environmenta parameters from the tabe above must be cacuated with the formua beow. P = A + B + C + (4 - D ) + (4 - E ) ,25 0,85 For requirement is to score: P must be at east 9.5 in the case of chipboard P must be at east 8.0 in the case of wood fibre/veneer and aminated panes. Origin of raw materias In the case of buiding panes made of wood, the use of wood from certified sustainabe forestry operations is rewarded. The proportion of wood from certified sustainabe forestry operations is cacuated as an annua average. Secondary products such as wood chips and sawdust from other production processes can aso be incuded in the certified part if documented. The same fibre fraction can cacuated certified and reused. Panes which uses secondary products or inorganic materias are rewarded if the raw materias are reused. Reused materies are defined as production waste from other industia production or reused materias from used products (post consumer). The raw materia can aso be without any documentation proving either certified or reused origin. The cacuation of portion of certified or reused materias are cacuated on the basics of the tota amount of raw materias. Energy consumption (eectricity and fue) The requirement rewards ow energy consumption and the use of renewabe fues. Renewabe fues are defined as fue that is not fossi fue (peat is defined as fossi fue). Energy consumption is cacuated as an annua average. Energy consumption cacuated as kwh/kg of pane must encompass the primary pane production and the production of the ingoing raw materias in question. Primary raw materias are raw materias present in quantities in excess of 5 weight-% of the finished pane. Energy consumption in extracting the raw materias is not incuded. rdic Ecoabeing of Outdoor furniture and payground equipment (26)

12 In the case of pane production, energy cacuations must be based on data from and incuding raw materia processing (ingoing conveyor bet on the production ine) up to and incuding the finished product before surface treatment, where appicabe. Energy consumed during surface treatment must not be incuded. As regards the production of chemica products, e.g. adhesives, the energy account must be based on production. The energy content of raw materias must not be incuded. In exceptiona cases, a standard vaue for gue of 15 MJ/kg (soution in use) may be used, divided by 12 MJ/kg for fue and 3 MJ/kg for purchased eectricity (4:1). rdic Ecoabeing has chosen the unit of kwh per kg or m 3, but conversion to MJ (1kWh=3.6MJ) may aso be used. The energy content of various fues can be found in Form 5. If the manufacturer has a surpus of energy and ses this energy in the form of eectricity, steam or heat, the quantity sod must be subtracted from the fue consumption figure. Ony fue used in connection with buiding pane production must be incuded. Eectricity consumption is eectricity purchased from an externa suppier. ( Submit the cacuation of P in accordance with the above formua. ( Wood raw materias are documented as shown in R9. ( Specify the proportion of recyced raw materias in the buiding pane and the type of raw materias in question. ( Specify the type of fue used in the production of the pane over the ast year and the fue types are renewabe. Form 5 contains standard vaues for various types of fue. Specify the amount of eectricity used and the number of buiding panes (kg or m 3 ), produced in the ast year. R11 Emissions to water In the case of pane materia produced using wet processes (e.g. MDF) COD emissions to water 20 g COD/kg product (unfitered sampe). ( Methods of anaysis, see Appendix 1. Samping programme for waste water emissions, incuding measurement methods, measurement resuts for the ast 12 months and measurement frequency. 2.3 Chemica products and materias Requirements encompass a chemica products added to the product or used in the factory/production site or by subcontractors, incuding surface treatment. The requirements appy to products such as gue, varnish, stains, fier, primer, oi, soap, seaant, joint fier, coour products, binding agents, pigments, beaching chemicas and the ike. Auxiiary substances such as ubricants and ceaning products are not encompassed by the requirements. Are the requirements met? Metas and foi of meta (metaizing) is excepted from R12-R16. Pastic is excepted from R12-R16 but excipient in pastic sha fufi R15. R12 Ecoabeed chemica products For chemica products that are rdic Ecoabeed the requirements R13, R14, R15 and R16 can be skipped. ( Name, producer and icensenumber of the chemica product. rdic Ecoabeing of Outdoor furniture and payground equipment (26)

13 R13 Cassification of chemica products Chemica products used in production must not be cassified in accordance with the tabe beow. Exceptions: In the case of additives in wood based panes, R6 grants an exemption from the requirement concerning environmenta hazard. See the specific requirements for buiding panes in R6. Exemptions are aso given for cassification R40 (category 3)/H351 (category 2) for cassified adhesives that contain isocyanate and/or formadehyde. Chemica products used in high pressure aminates and cassified as harmfu for heath. Such substances may be present in unreacted form, but if so documentation must be provided that these substances are not found in the finished aminate. Anaytica method must be specified. Wood preservative for products eft outdoors permanenty are exempted from this requirement. See R19 in chapter 2.4 for the requirements appicabe to cassification of these products. Wood preservative for products not eft outdoor permanenty and containing biocides are exempted from the environmenta hazard requirement. R20 Requirements as to surface treatment grants en exemption as regard cassification as an environmenta hazard. Tabe 3 Cassification Environmenta hazard Associated hazard symbo and R-phrases* N with R50, R50/53, R51/53 and/or R59. Highy toxic Tx (T+ in rway) with R26, R27, R28 and/or R39 Toxic Carcinogenic T with R23, R24, R25, R39 and/or R48 T with R45 or R49. Or Xn with R40 CLP-reguation 1272/2008* H400 very toxic to aquatic ife H410 very toxic to aquatic ife with ongasting effects H411 toxic to aquatic ife with ongasting effects and/or EUH059 harzardous to the ozone ayer H330 fata to inhae H310 Fata in contact with skin H300 fata if swaowed and/ or H370 Causes damage to organs H331 Toxic if inhaed H311 Toxic in contact with skin H301 Toxic if swaowed H370 causes damage to organs and/or H372 causes damage to organs through proonged or repeted exposure H350 May cause cancer H350i may cause cancer by inhaation or H351 Suspected to cause cancer Mutagenic T with R46 or Xn with R68 H340 May cause genetic defects H341 Suspected to causing genetic defects Toxic for reproduction T with R60 and/or R61. Or Xn with R62 and/or R63. H360F May damage fertiity and /or H360D may damage the unborn chid H361f Suspected to damaging fertiity And/or H361d Suspected to damaging the unborn chid The cassification appies in accordance with the Dangerous Substances Directive 67/548/ EEC with subsequent amendments and adaptations and/or the CLP reguation 1272/2008 with subsequent amendments. During a transition period, unti 1st June 2015 both types of cassification can be used. After the transition period ony cassification according to the CLPreguation appies, see above tabe. ( Decaration in accordance with form 3 in Appendix 2 by the raw materias manufacturer or raw materias suppier. ( Product safety data sheets/product sheets in accordance with the current egisation in the country of appication e.g. Appendix II of REACH (1907/2006/EC). rdic Ecoabeing of Outdoor furniture and payground equipment (26)

14 ( If the product is rdic Ecoabeed specifying name, producer, and icense number of the chemica product. R14 The content of free formadehyde in chemica products The quantity of free formadehyde chemica products used in the production of rdic Ecoabeed furniture/fitments may be up to 0.2 weight-% (2000 ppm), with the exception of adhesive witch is mixed with a hardener. For adhesives mixed with a hardener the imit of 0.2 weight-% (2000 ppm) free formadehyde is for the fina mixture. ( Product safety data sheets/product sheets in accordance with the current egisation in the country of appication e.g. appendix II of REACH (1907/2006/EC) and the decaration from the chemica producer (form 3). ( If the product is rdic Ecoabeed specifying name, producer, and icense number of the chemica product. R15 Contents and additives in chemica products The requirements concerns chemica products used in the productions of rdic Ecoabeed outdoor furniture or payground equipment (e.g. wood preservatives, surface treatment of wood, buiding panes, gue, meta and pastic.) Exception: Wood preservative for furniture or payground equipment eft outdoors on a permanent basis is exempted from this requirement. See instead R19 for specific requirements appicabe to these products. The foowing must not be added to 1 the chemica product or materia: Haogenated organic compounds. For exampe: PVC, organic choroparaffins, fourine compounds, fame-retardants and organic beaching agents 2. The biocid CMIT in combination with MIT is exemted and has it s own imits, se beow PFOA (perfurooctanic acid and sats/esters thereof) and PFOS (perfuoroctysufonic acid and compounds thereof) Biocide chorfenoer (their sats and esters) and dimethyfumerat The content of isothiazoin concentration exceeds 0.05 weight-% Mixture (3:1) of CMIT / MIT (5 Choro-2-methy-4-isothiazoin-3-one Cas , / 2-methy-4-isothiazoin-3-one Cas ) must not be higher than weight-% Bispheno A compounds Phthaates Azidirine and poyazidirines Carcinogenic, mutagenic and reproduction damaging compounds (CRM) (category 1 and 2) Pigments and additives based on copper, ead, boron, creosote, tin, camium, chromiumvi and mercury and their compounds. The contents of akyphenoethoxsyates and other akypheno derivatives 3. The content of voatie organic sovents 4 must not exceed 5 weight-% in gue and wood preservatives for products that are not eft outdoors permanenty. The aromatic content of sovents must not exceed 5 weight-% in adhesives and wood preservatives for products that are not eft outdoors permanenty. 1 It is accepted that ingoing substances may contain traces of substances that woud otherwise be excuded in the requirements of the criteria. These are substances deriving from impurities. The trace quantity of the individua substance must not exceed 100 ppm (100 mg/kg, 0.01 weight-%) in the raw materia. 2 te the nationa egisations concerning PFOA in the rdic countries. In rway PFOA is reguated in «Forskrift om begrensning i bruk av hese- og mijøfarige kjemikaier og andre produkter (produktforskriften)», Akypheno derivaties are defined as substances that shed akyphenos during degradation. 4 Voatie organic sovents are defined as sovents with a boiing point <250 C at 101,3 kpa (1 atm) rdic Ecoabeing of Outdoor furniture and payground equipment (26)

15 ( For each chemica product present in the outdoor furniture or payground equipment a decaration is required from the chemica suppier, c.f. form 3. ( Decaration from the producer of the outdoor furniture or payground equipment form 3. ( If the product is rdic Ecoabeed specifying name, producer, and icense number of the chemica product. R16 Nanomaterias In the case of nanometas, nanomineras, nanocarbon compounds and/or nanofourine compounds activey added to chemica products and used in the production of rdic Ecoabeed outdoor furniture or payground equipment, the icence appicant must submit documentation showing that the use of the nanomaterias in question wi not cause probems in terms of heath and the environment. Nanopartices are defined here as microscopic partices with dimensions of ess than 100 nm. Nanometas incude nanosiver, nanogod and nanocopper. Traces of nano-sized partices not added to achieve a specific function in the product are not encompassed by the requirement. ( Form 3 with decaration that nanomaterias are not used. If nanomaterias are used, documentation must be submitted showing that the use of the nanomateria in question wi not cause environmenta or heath probems. ( If the product is rdic Ecoabeed specifying name, producer, and icense number of the chemica product. 2.4 Wood preservatives Wood preservatives products must fufi the foowing requirements (R17, R18 and R19) and their requirements provided for in chapter 2.3 (R13, R14 and R16). If the durabe wood is rdic Ecoabeed then skip the rest of the requirements in chapter 2.4. Are the requirements met? R17 Durabiity The product must have ong durabiity, i.e. be resistant to funga attack. This requirement can be met as described beow either by choosing the right sort of wood with natura ong durabiity, constructive wood preservation, impregnation, heat treatment or surface treatment. Wood with natura ong durabiity (durabiity cass 1 or 2 according to EN 350-2) must not be treated with wood preservatives. One of the foowing types of sustainabiity must be met: Wood with natura durabiity, defined as (durabiity cass 1 or 2 according to EN 350-2) meets the requirement. Constructive wood as risk cass 2 see standard EN is achieved. Treatment of wood such as impregnation, heat treatment, coating or other modification of the wood in accordance with the scope, as defined according to risk casses specified in the standard EN ( Wood with natura durabiity: Describe the type of wood and the durabiity cass. ( Constructive wood preservation: Description of the constructive wood pre servation (cf. risk cass 2, EN 335-1) and submission of fungicidtest according to EN 113 for bioogica testing for risk cass 2 performed on the product. The tree must grow od with appropriate method, eg. EN 73 or EN 84. rdic Ecoabeing of Outdoor furniture and payground equipment (26)

16 ( By impregnation, heat treatment or assaut treatment submitted evidence of compiance risk cass see the scope specified in EN And: submission of a fungicidtest according to EN 113 for bioogica testing of the reevant risk cass conducted on the product. The tree must grow od with appropriate method, eg. EN 73 or EN 84. ( If rdic Ecoabeed durabe wood is used then indicate commercia name, manufacturer and icense number of the durabe timber. R18 Wood preservatives for products that are not eft outdoors on a permanent basis The active ingredients (biocides) in maintenance products must not be potentiay bioaccumuabe cf. the foowing definition: If a substance has been tested for bioaccumuabiity on fish in accordance with OECD 305 A-E and the bioconcentration factor (BCF) is > 500, the substance is viewed as bioaccumuabe. If there is no BCF vaue, the substance is viewed as bioaccumuabe if the substance ogk ow 4.0 in accordance with OECD 107, 117 or 123 Guideines for Testing of Chemicas (ISBN ) or simiar, uness proven otherwise. If the owest measured BCF 500 the substance is not regarded as bioaccumuabe even if ogk ow 4.0. OECD test guideine 107 cannot be used in the case of surface active substances that have both fat and water soube properties. Based on what we know today, documentation with a high degree of certainty must be presented to show that these substances and their degradation products do not represent any hazard to water-borne organisms in the onger time perspective. Computer modes (such as BIOWIN) wi be accepted, but if the resuts of modeing are cose to the threshod vaue, or if rdic Ecoabeing has conficting data, more secure information must be obtained. ( Using form 3 the chemica producer must provide a decaration that the requirements appicabe to the specific chemica products are fufied in the case of each individua chemica product. R19 Wood preservatives for products that are outdoors permanenty (e.g. payground and park equipment) This requirement appies to products such as payground equipment and park and street furniture intended to be eft outdoors permanenty 4. Impregnation Cass A and Cass M (according to the rdic Wood Preservation Counci s cassification) are not permitted in risk cass 4. The impregnation of the product with biocides, such as heavy metas must fufi Cass B or AB according to the rdic Wood Preservation Counci s cassification scheme (Cass AB corre-sponds to Cass B NP5/HC3 and Cass B corresponds to Cass NP3/HC3 according to the European Standard EN 335 and EN 351). See ist of approved products on Active ingredients must not be based on arsenic, chromium, organotin compounds or creosote oi. For parts of the rdic Ecoabeed product that is in risk cass 4, is aowed impregnation with NTR-Cass A. ( Using form 3 the chemica producer must provide a decaration that the requirements appicabe to the specific chemica products are fufied in the case of each individua chemica product. 4 A product is concidered permantey outdoors if it is boted to the ground or otherwise not mobie. rdic Ecoabeing of Outdoor furniture and payground equipment (26)

17 2.5 The surface treatment of wood and wood-based panes Chemica products for the surface treatment of wood must compy with the foowing requirements and the requirements of Chapter 2.3 with the exception of the requirement appicabe to cassification as an environmenta hazard. The requirement reates to the composition of the products at the time they are appied to the wood. The surface treatment requirements appy to primer, varnish, coour/stain, oi, wax, fim and aminate. Are the requirements met? R20 Surface treatment requirements The surface treatment must compy with one of the foowing requirements: 1) Products for surface treatment must not be cassified as an environmenta hazard (N, with R50, R50/R53, R51/R53 and/or R59) or according to the CLP- statutory (Dangerous to the water environment category acute 1 H200, category: Chronica 1 H410, category: Chonica 2 H411 and/or EUH 059) and may as a maximum contains 7 weight-% x effectiveness of the organic sovent. The aromatic content of the sovent must not exceed 5 weight-%. 2) Appications of substances cassified as an environmenta hazard (N, with R50, R50/R53, R51/R53 and/or R59) or according to the CLP- statutory (Dangerous to the water environment category acute 1 H200, category: Chronica 1 H410, category: Chonica 2 H411 and/or EUH 059) may as a maximum be appied 14g/m 2 of surface. For surface treatment, the quantity of organic sovent must not exceed 35 g/m 2 of surface. The aromatic content of the sovent must not exceed 5 weight-%. The cassification appies in accordance with the Dangerous Substances Directive 67/548/ EEC with subsequent amendments and adaptations and/or the CLP reguation 1272/2008 with subsequent amendments. During a transition period, unti 1st June 2015 both types of cassification can be used. After the transition period ony cassification according to the CLP-reguation appies. Voatie compounds are defined as compounds with a boiing point of < 250 C at kpa (1 atm). The foowing degrees of effectiveness are used for the purpose of cacuation of the quantities appied (See tabe 4). The degrees of effectiveness are standard vaues and must be adapted. If other degrees of effectiveness can be shown to appy, they may be used instead if documentation can be provided. Tabe 4 Efficiencies of different coatings Spray varnishing without recycing 50% Spray varnishing with recycing 70% Spray varnishing, eectrostatic 65% Spray varnishing, bes/disc 80% Roer varnishing 95% Banket varnishing 95% Vacuum varnishing 95% Dipping 95% Rinsing 95% Exampe: If the product is surface treated with the aid of spray varnishing without recycing, the product may as a maximum contain 3.5% organic sovents (7 x 50%). ( The chemica producer must decare in Form 3 that the requirement appicabe to the specific chemica products is fufied for each chemica product. ( Specify surface treatment method. ( If the requirement is documented using Aternative 2, information must be submitted to permit the cacuation of the quantity suppied in surface treatment. The quantity of surface treatment used per surface (g/m 2 ) must be specified. rdic Ecoabeing of Outdoor furniture and payground equipment (26)

18 2.6 Maintenance products for wood The foowing requirements appy to maintenance products recommended by the producer/suppier for products made of wood. Are the requirements met? R21 Maintenance Products Chemica products for maintaining wood must meet the requirements specified in R13, R14, R15, R16 and R18. The manufacturer sha specify the trade name of the recommended product. ( The chemica producer of maintenance products must decare on Form 3 that the requirement is fufied in the case of the recommended product. ( The icensee sha abandon trading name on the recommendation of date product. 2.7 Meta Exemptions are made from the requirements R22 to R25 for meta parts that weights ess than 50 grams. The exception does not appy to coating with cadmium in R25 which is aso prohibited by the rdic authorities. Are the requirements met? Re-use R22 Scope for recycing Meta parts in the product must be separabe from other materias in the product without the use of specia toos to faciitate reuse. ( Description of how meta parts can be separated from other materias in the product. R23 More than 50 weight-% meta in the product Product, with more than 50 weight-% meta in the product, sha either fufi aternative a or b in this requirement. Aternative a: At east 50 weight-% of auminum and 20 weight-% of other metas in the product must comprise recyced meta. Aternativey, the smeting pant that suppies the meta must utiise at east 50% recyced auminum and 20% recyced meta (other) in production on an annua basis. Recyced meta is defined here as both pre-consumer and post consumer as defined by ISO Aternative b: Auminum and other metas in combination sha meet the foowing requirements for recyced meta: re A * kg A + re Me * kg Me 0,5 * kg A + 0,2 * kg Me Where: kg A og kg Me are the weight of auminum and other metas in kg respectivey. re A og re Me are the proportion of recyced auminum and other metas respectivey. This is to be given as a number between 0 and 1 (corresponds to 0% to 100%). The proportion of recyced materia can be documented for the actua share or on an annua basis. If decared on an annua basis the meting pant, that suppies the auminum/meta, sha decare the recycing rate. Recyced meta is defined here as both pre-consumer and post-consumer as defined by the ISO standard ( Decaration (Form 6) from the producer of the product. ( Decaration (Form 6) from the suppier of meta parts. rdic Ecoabeing of Outdoor furniture and payground equipment (26)

19 2.7.2 Surface treatment of meta R24 Chemica products for the surface treatment of meta Chemica products for the surface treatment of meta must compy with requirement R13 and R16 in chapter 2.3. Exceptions are given for R13- R16 in the meta production and the coating of the meta (metaisation). ( Account of the chemica substances used for surface treatment in accordance with Form 3. R25 The surface treatment of meta Metas must not be pated with cadmium, chromium, nicke, zinc or compounds thereof. In exceptiona cases, pating with chromium, nicke or zinc may be accepted in the case of sma parts (screws, bots, mechanisms etc.) if this is necessary on the grounds of heavy physica wear or parts that need to cose tighty, are exposed to heavy wear or require pating for reasons of safety (for exampe tabe egs, chair egs and the ow-bearing parts of payground equipment). The exception does not appy to parts that are in frequent contact with the skin of users (e.g. armrests). The chrome pating process must be based on trivaent chromium and no hexavaent chromium must be used in any pre or post treatment processes. Chrome pating, nicke pating and zinc pating processes must use treatment processes, iron exchange processes and membrane processes or equivaent processes enabing chemica products to be reused insofar as this is possibe. Emissions from surface treatment processes must be re-used and destroyed. The system must be cosed and without emissions, with the exception of zinc where the maximum emission must not exceed: Zink: 0.5 mg/ Samping method for zinc: EN ISO Samping frequency: Emission to water is cacuated as year effective average and based on at east on representative 24 hours measuring per week. Samping: Sampes of the process water taken after externa ceaning and the anyizes have to be carried out on unfitered sampes. Aternativy a sampe frequence as appointed by authorites is accepted. ( Decaration from the furniture producer or suppier of surface treated meta, Form 6. ( In the case of surface treatment with chromium, nicke or zinc: The need for this surface treatment must be documented with the aid of tests or a report showing that the meta surface is exposed to very heavy physica wear, is a part that needs to cose tighty or needs the coating for safety reasons (pay equipment). 2.8 Pastic and rubber Sma pastic parts (e.g. screws, pins and dowes) are not incuded for the purpose of cacuating the weight proportion and are not encompassed by the foowing requirements. Are the requirements met? R26 Materia description and abeing of pastics A description must be provided of the types of pastic, fiers and reinforcements in pastic parts. Parts made of pastic and weighing more than 50 g must be visiby abeed in accordance with ISO Parts of PVC may not be used (except sma parts). ( Decaration (Form 7) from producer or suppier of pastic. rdic Ecoabeing of Outdoor furniture and payground equipment (26)

20 R27 Requirements as to cassification and surface treatment For requirements appicabe to chemica substances used as additives or for surface treatment, see R15. Documentation as described in R15 and Form 3. ( Statement by the pastic manufacturer about chemica substances in additives and coatings in accordance with Form 2. R28 Nitrosamines in rubber The content of nitrosamines or nitrosamine soube substances must not exceed 0.01 mg/kg and 0.1 mg/kg of vucanised rubber respectivey. ( Statement by the rubber manufacturer about chemicas in the admixtures according to Tabe 2. R29 Surface treatment of pastic Surface treatment is permitted if it can be shown that this wi not undermine the possibiity of re-using the pastic and that the surface treatment process fufis the requirements contained in R15. ( A description showing that surface treatment wi not undermine the possibiity of re-using the pastic. Statement that shows that the surface treatment fufis requirement R15. Form 3 may be used Requirements that appy if there is more than 10 weight-% of pastic in the product Different types of pastic materias present in quantities in excess of 1 weight-% of the weight of the pastic materias must be added. If in tota they make up more than 10 weight-%, the foowing requirements must be fufied: R30 Recyced/recovered pastic In the case of products composed of more than 10 weight-% pastic, at east 50% of the pastic must consist of recyced materia. Recovered pastic means pastic from decommissioned pastic products or post consumer packaging or production waste from the production of an externa suppier. Recyced pastic must not contain haogenated fame-retardants. However, a eve of poutants of up to 100 ppm is permitted. ( Decaration (Form 7) from the producer or suppier of pastic. 2.9 Requirements as regards consumer information, refuse processing and recycing systems Are the requirements met? R31 Information for the consumer The producer/suppier must inform the consumer of how best to use, maintain and store the product. The information must be made avaiabe in the officia anguage in the country in which the rdic Ecoabeed product is marketed. The product must be accompanied by written instructions specifying: The area of use/end users for which the product is intended. How the product must be stored during the period of the year in which it is not in use (the winter season). This requirement appies to outdoor furniture not intended for permanent outdoor use. rdic Ecoabeing of Outdoor furniture and payground equipment (26)