Granting of licenses
A product to be classified according to EMICODE® shall fulfil the fowolling criteria, established by the Technical Advisory Council in the “GEV Classification Criteria“:
- EMICODE®-labelled products are always solvent-free. Exceptions are surface treatment products for wooden floors as well as lacquers, impregnation agents and oils for mineral floors as well as lacquers for resilient floor coverings which, for technical reasons, may contain solvents as film-forming agent. If products in Germany are assigned to a GISCODE product group, this must be stated.
- A safety data sheet is prepared for all licensed products, provided that there is an obligation to do so under local law. It is recommended to list the EMICODE® classification in the safety data sheet under point 15, e.g. “EMICODE® EC1 – very low emission”.
- Substances included in the so-called “candidate list” according to REACH Regulation Art. 57 and Art. 59(1) must not be actively used in EMICODE® products (for details and exceptions see “GEV Classification Criteria“).
- Substances that have been identified under REACH as carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic to reproduction (“CMR substances” of categories 1A and 1B) shall not be actively used (for details and exceptions see “GEV Classification Criteria“). Emissions of all volatile organic carcinogenic substances of categories 1A and 1B must not exceed a total limit value of 10 µg/m³ after 3 days and an individual limit value of 1 µg/m³ after 28 days.
- Products that have been classified in categories 1, 2 or 3 according to European Hazardous Substances Regulations on account of acute toxic properties (CLP: Part 3: 3.1 Acute Toxicity) are excluded from the EMICODE® classification system.
- Methyl ethyl ketoxime (MEKO) and methyl isobutyl ketoxime (MIBKO) as well as acetone oxime must not be added or released during the curing process for reasons of occupational safety and odor nuisance.
- Testing has to be performed according to the predefined “GEV test method”. The tests shall be performed by a laboratory that has been accredited for testing according to ISO 17025, including tests as per GEV test method or EN 16516. Documentation of the test results is carried out by the manufacturer himself according to in-house guidelines. Please click here for a list of recommended laboratories.
- Classification into EMICODE® classes is carried out according to the product group after all requirements from the tables mentioned under “Limit values” have been fulfilled. The appropriate EMICODE® class must be used for product labelling.
Granting of licenses
A product to be classified according to EMICODE® shall fulfil the fowolling criteria, established by the Technical Advisory Council in the „GEV Classification Criteria“:
- EMICODE®-labelled products are always solvent-free. Exceptions are surface treatment products for wooden floors as well as lacquers, impregnation agents and oils for mineral floors as well as lacquers for resilient floor coverings which, for technical reasons, may contain solvents as film-forming agent. If products in Germany are assigned to a GISCODE product group, this must be stated.
- Products that have been classified in categories 1, 2 or 3 according to European Hazardous Substances Regulations on account of acute toxic properties (CLP: Part 3: 3.1 Acute Toxicity) are excluded from the EMICODE® classification system.
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