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27 August 2012
Jiannis Stefan Kougoulis
Peter Wolf
Joint Research Centre
Edificio EXPO, C/Inca Garcilaso 3
E – 41092 Seville
Ref: EU GPP revised criteria for Imaging Equipment – 1st revision
Dear Messrs Kougoulis and Wolf,
Thank you for giving us the opportunity to comment on the 1 st revised GPP criteria for
Imaging Equipment. We appreciate your effort to produce these draft criteria as well as the
background report.
You will find detailed comments on the proposed criteria in the attached document. In
addition we wish to highlight some important issues.
Urge for harmonization of criteria with existing instruments
In the proliferation of eco-labels and procurement rules, harmonisation is important.
Examples of suggested GPP criteria and ecolabel harmonisation are Blue Angel RAL
UZ-171 (e.g. noise criteria), EPEAT- IEEE1680.2 (e.g. resource efficiency, end of life
criteria), ErP Lot 26 (e.g. Energy efficiency in Network Standby mode, yet to be
finalised) and ErP Lot 4 VA (e.g. user instructions).
Request for clarity with respect to essential terms
As the majority of the users of these criteria documents are not familiar with the
terminology of the EU public procurement Directives, there is a need to explain the
meaning of award criterion, technical specifications and contract performance clause,
where all technical specifications must be met for a product to be accepted, whilst
award criteria are evaluated and rated, i.e. extra points are awarded during the bid
evaluations. We request that the definitions of the above underlined terms (essential
for understanding the impact of the criteria) are taken up in the GPP criteria
document for informational purposes.
Request for clarity on intended ambition level
Even if there is no legal guidance, our position is that technical specifications should
be used where a market assessment has shown that some 80% of the products
currently on the market comply, whilst for award criteria, some 15-20% product
should be able to comply.
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For imaging equipment, this should be the case in each printer category as well as
printer speed range. We request clarity as to how the commission sees the process
that leads to a verification of the appropriateness of the level of ambition of the
proposed GPP criteria.
In the meantime, we remain at your disposal in case you require additional information.
Yours sincerely,
Sylvie Feindt
Director Environment Policy
Cc:
Pavel Misiga, HoU, DG ENV
Paul Hodson, HoU, DG ENER
Adam Romanowski, DG ENER
Ulrike Nuscheler, DG ENER
Kirsi Erkroth-Manssila (HoU DG ENTER)
Davide Minotti, DG ENVI
Colette Maloney, HoU DG INFSO
The European Union Eco labelling Board Membership and GPP advisory group;
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ABOUT DIGITALEUROPE
DIGITALEUROPE represents the digital technology industry in Europe. Our members
include some of the world’s largest IT, telecoms and consumer electronics companies and
national associations from every part of Europe. DIGITALEUROPE wants European
businesses and citizens to benefit from digital technologies and for Europe to grow, attract
and sustain the world's best digital technology companies.
DIGITALEUROPE ensures industry participation in the development and implementation of
EU policies. DIGITALEUROPE’s members include 60 global corporations and 33 national
trade associations from across Europe. In total, 10,000 companies employing two million
citizens and generating €1 trillion in revenues. Our website provides further information on
our recent news and activities: http://www.digitaleurope.org
THE MEMBERSHIP OF DIGITALEUROPE
COMPANY MEMBERS:
Acer, Alcatel-Lucent, AMD, APC by Schneider Electric, Apple, Bang & Olufsen, BenQ
Europa BV, Bose, Brother, Canon, Cassidian, Cisco, Dell, Epson, Ericsson, Fujitsu, Hitachi,
HP, Huawei, IBM, Ingram Micro, Intel, JVC Kenwood Group, Kodak, Konica Minolta, Kyocera
Document Solutions, Lexmark, LG, Loewe, Microsoft, Mitsubishi Electric, Motorola Mobility,
Motorola Solutions, NEC, Nokia, Nokia Siemens Networks, Océ, Oki, Optoma, Oracle,
Panasonic, Philips, Pioneer, Qualcomm, Research In Motion, Ricoh International, Samsung,
SAP, Sharp, Siemens, SMART Technologies, Sony, Sony Ericsson, Swatch Group,
Technicolor, Texas Instruments, Toshiba, TP Vision, Xerox, ZTE Corporation.
NATIONAL TRADE ASSOCIATIONS:
Belgium: AGORIA; Bulgaria: BAIT; Cyprus: CITEA; Denmark: DI ITEK, IT-BRANCHEN;
Estonia: ITL; Finland: FFTI; France: SIMAVELEC; Germany: BITKOM, ZVEI; Greece:
SEPE; Hungary: IVSZ; Ireland: ICT IRELAND; Italy: ANITEC; Lithuania: INFOBALT;
Netherlands: ICT OFFICE, FIAR; Poland: KIGEIT, PIIT; Portugal: AGEFE, APDC;
Romania: APDETIC; Slovakia: ITAS; Slovenia: GZS; Spain: AMETIC, Sweden:
IT&Telekomföretagen; United Kingdom: INTELLECT
Belarus: INFOPARK; Norway: IKT NORGE; Switzerland: SWICO; Turkey: ECID, TESID,
TÜBISAD; Ukraine: IT UKRAINE.
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