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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2009-967/annex/division-1/division-2",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2009/967",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 30 November 2009 on establishing the ecological criteria for the award of the Community Ecolabel for textile floor coverings (notified under document C(2009) 9523) (Text with EEA relevance) (2009/967/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2009-967",
  "path": "annex/division/1/division/2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Assessment and verification requirements",
  "text": "The specific assessment and verification requirements are indicated within each criterion.\nThis product group includes the family of carpets, defined as ‘floor covering, usually of woven, knitted, or needle-tufted fabric; commonly installed with tacks or staples, or by adhesives’.\nIt does not apply to wall coverings or that for external use. Loose mats and rugs are excluded.\nThe definition of the textile floor coverings product group accords to the DIN ISO 2424 norm.\nThe European Textile floor coverings industry determines its technical position in the European commission of normalisation CEN/TC 134.\nThe functional unit, to which inputs and outputs should be related, is 1 m2 of finished product.\nWhere appropriate, test methods other than those indicated for each criterion may be used if their equivalence is accepted by the Competent Body assessing the application.\nWhere possible, testing should be performed by appropriately accredited laboratories or laboratories that meet the general requirements expressed in standard EN ISO 17025.\nWhere appropriate, Competent Bodies may require supporting documentation and may carry out independent verifications.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2009/967/annex/division/1/division/2",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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