China Green Product (CGP) label: certification implementation rules of “Refrigerators, air-conditioners and washing machines” and “tyres” released on March 18, 2022.

      The Certification and Accreditation Administration of the People’s Republic of China (CNCA) issued the 3rd Batch of China Green Product (CGP) certification implementation rules on March 18, 2022 (CNCA Announcement No. 5 of 2022). This, joined by the 1st and 2nd batches of CGP certification implementation rules, make CGP certification cover as [...]

China RoHS Conformity Assessment: 12 product categories affected after November 1, 2019

12 product categories (listed below) are subject to China RoHS conformity assessment if put into China’s market after November 1, 2019. An early-published official document (shortened-name as ‘Implementation Arrangements’) has finally confirmed two conformity assessment routes: one is ‘voluntary certification’ and the other is ‘self-declaration’. Providers of products in 12 categories shall take either route[.....]

China adjusted its government green procurement policy in 2019

The policy of China government green procurement was adjusted in early 2019 aiming to ‘simplify the implementation mechanism’. Previously relevant China’s governmental departments would jointly publish a long and exhaustive list for energy conservation products (CECP) and environmental labelling products (CELP). Product model no. as well as corresponding certificate no. were specifically shown in that[.....]

China’s 22nd government procurement List for environmental labelling products released

On 13 Aug 2018, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) and Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) of China jointly issued ‘22nd government procurement List for Environmental Labelling Products’. The list comprises of all product modes with valid CELP certificate and therefore priority over other similar products without certificate in any bid for public-fund procurements nationwide.[…..]