China Environmental Labelling, known as Ten-Ring Certification, is an influential environmental certification approved by the Ministry of Environmental Protection, now the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, for products with low life-cycle impacts.
Certification Overview:
China Environmental Labelling, commonly known as Ten-Ring Certification, is an influential environmental certification in China. It was approved by the Ministry of Environmental Protection, now the Ministry of Ecology and Environment. The circular mark has a green cross-shaped design at its center and is known as the Ten-Ring Mark. It certifies environmental performance, indicating that a product has a low negative environmental impact throughout its life cycle.
Main Certification Service Scope:
Video cameras, printers, fax machines and multifunction devices, vacuum cleaners, video disc players, televisions, digital voice recorders, paper shredders, telephones, network servers, portable hard drives, projectors and lighting products
Application Documents:
1. Application form;
2. Copies of business licenses for the certification applicant, producer and manufacturing enterprise;
3. Copy of the manufacturing enterprise's production license, where applicable;
4. Copy of the producer's trademark or brand ownership documentation;
5. If the certification applicant and producer differ, provide evidence of their authorization relationship;
6. If the producer and manufacturing enterprise differ, provide evidence of their contract manufacturing relationship;
7. Environmental compliance documentation, such as the environmental impact assessment report or form, assessment approval, acceptance report under the Three Simultaneities system, and pollutant discharge testing report for the manufacturing enterprise;
8. Description of differences between product models when multiple models are included in one application unit;
9. The manufacturing enterprise's management documents relating to China Environmental Labelling product assurance measures;
10. Management system certificates, if available;
11. Other documents required by the application form appendices.
Certification Process:
Application → Initial factory inspection → Product testing → Evaluation and approval of certification results → Post-certification surveillance → Recertification at certificate expiry
