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The Japan Environment Association (JEA) administers
the Eco Mark Program; JEA Eco Mark Office ('Office') administers
general affairs. In order to precise operation, JEA have consultative
bodies such as "Steering Committee", "Planning and Strategy
Committee", "Criteria Deliberation Committee" and "Product
Certification Committee", and Product Category-based Criteria
Development Committees (hereafter referred to Criteria Development
Committees)" are to be organized to formulate a draft criteria
for each proposed product category whenever required. In addition,
the Eco Mark meeting composed of specialists in various fields
is to be held to listen to opinions of the people about the
Eco Mark Program. |
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Steering Committee
Consisted of representative from industries, consumer groups, academics, governmental organizations and so on.
Deliberation of project planning and other important policies related to the Eco Mark Program.
Planning and Strategy Committee
Consisted of representative from industries, consumers and
experts from neutral organizations, academies and so on. Deliberation
on deliberates on selection of the Eco Mark product categories and the establishment of Eco Mark certification criteria
as well as items concerning the revision of these.
Criteria Deliberation Committee
Consisted of members form experts in environmental conservation, LCA, resource recycling, chemical substances,
biological diversity and intellectuals in the administrative organs concerned and the consumer affairs, and investigates and verifies the draft certification criteria from a technical standpoint in order for establishment of certification criteria
Criteria Development Committee
Consisted of representative from industries, consumer
groups and experts from neutral organizations, academies and
so on. Deliberation on on the life cycles of the products as a whole and decide on the proposal for certification criteria
Product Certification Committee
Consisted of experts from neutral organizations, academies and so on. Deliberation on the certification of the Eco Mark products
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