Contaminants in recycled wood, cork and bamboo
EU Ecolabel·clause 4.a·p.9
The requirement
The publisher’s words are shown on request, below the limits.
What the product must meet
The document’s own listing
Arsenic (As): 25 mg/kg dry recycled material; Cadmium (Cd): 50 mg/kg dry recycled material; Chromium (Cr): 25 mg/kg dry recycled material; Copper (Cu): 40 mg/kg dry recycled material; Lead (Pb): 90 mg/kg dry recycled material; Mercury (Hg): 25 mg/kg dry recycled material; Fluorine (F): 100 mg/kg dry recycled material; Chlorine (Cl): 1,000 mg/kg dry recycled material; Pentachlorophenol (PCP): 5 mg/kg dry recycled material; Tar oils (benzo(a)pyrene): 0.5 mg/kg dry recycled material
The document’s own compact listing of the limits, as harvested.
The publisher’s words
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How it is proven
- Evidence required
- The applicant shall provide to the competent body: — a declaration from the manufacturer or the panel supplier, as appropriate, that no recycled wood, cork, bamboo or their fibres or chips were used in the floor covering, or — a declaration from the manufacturer or the panel supplier, as appropriate, that all recycled wood, cork, bamboo or their fibres or chips used have been representatively tested in accordance with the EPF standard for delivery conditions of recycled wood or with another equivalent standard that has equal or stricter limits, supported by test reports that demonstrate compliance of the recycled samples with the limits specified in Table 4.1.
- Who checks it
- Independent body verifies — a certifier, auditor or verifier with no stake
How Klar Cite classifies it
Klar Cite’s reading of the clause, not the scheme’s own claim.
- What it asks
- Meet — a limit, condition or outcome the product must satisfy
- Standing
- Required — must be met for the credential
- Impact area
- Human Health — the CMF area the clause addresses
- Refers to
- Table 4 — places elsewhere in the document
Cite this clause
EU Ecolabel · Wood-, cork- and bamboo-based floor coverings · version 32017D0176 · clause 4.a · page 9 · build 2026-10-05-0439 · https://klarcite.com/r/94be1b83f4251ba2
Record details
Page 9. Read in build 2026-10-05-0439, harvested 2026-10-05.
uid 94be1b83f4251ba2 · document 3f7b26c2f0ad9278 · fidelity verbatim · published 2017-01
Other clauses in this standard
| Clause | Name |
|---|---|
| 2.2.2017 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 28/57 | Energy consumption calculation activities |
| 2.2.2017 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 28/58 | Energy consumption declaration and documentation |
| 3.a | Restriction of SVHCs |
| 3.b | Restriction of CLP classified substances or mixtures used in the floor covering |
| 4.b | Biocidal products |
| 4.c | Heavy metals in paints, primers and varnishes |