After checking on the Eco-Labelling Program homepage whether the product can be certified, i.e., whether the product is an Eco-Labelling target product, prepare the required documents and submit them to KEITI.

One copy of business registration certificate

One copy of Eco-Label Certification application form

One copy of product environmentality data

One copy of product quality data

Evidence document to check conformity to the certification criteria
(for a recognized body's test result, however, submit after consultation with the person in charge at KEITI)

After the staff member in charge at KEITI extracts samples in the market or production site and seals them, the applicant needs to request for the testing of the sealed samples to any of the following testing agencies and to submit the original copy of the test result to KEITI:

KEITI prepares a certification deliberation request after reviewing the following with regard to the applicant product:

Within 30 days of the application receipt date (test analysis period not included), a meeting of the Eco-Label Deliberation Commission consisting of 7 or more experts is held. Here, a decision on Eco-Label Certification is made concerning the applicant product.

The certification of Eco-Label use for the applicant product is decided by the unanimous approval of the Deliberation Commission members by reviewing and checking the deliberation request drawn up by KEITI and various relevant evidence documents.

Holding the Eco-Label Certification Deliberation Commission meeting: Hold every third Thursday of the month as a rule (The schedule is subject to change for special reasons attributable to KEITI.) Hold deliberation targeting the product, for which all the required documents (test result, etc., on the sealed sample at the time of on-site audit by KEITI staff) have been submitted, 7 days before the deliberation held.

Listen to the opinions of the applicant or policy-related officials of the related ministry and reflect them, if necessary.

Notify the applicant of the certification deliberation results; when certification is deemed unsuitable, a notice should be served with the concrete reason specified.

When certification is rejected as a result of certification deliberation, re-application is possible after improving the product.

An applicant whose Eco-Label use certification is approved should submit a plan to use the Eco-Label and sign an Eco-Label use contract within one month of the certification decision date.

Contract period: 2 years

Eco-Label use fee: Pay the use fee for the contract period (2 years) (annual Eco-Label use fee x 2 years).

For the product for which an Eco-Label use contract is signed, KEITI issues an Eco-Label certificate.

An English certificate is issued at a client's request.

To publicize Eco-Label and target products, as much as possible, products bearing the Eco-Label should be presented to KEITI.

The Eco-Label needs to be used for certified products and PR materials only. The Eco-Label use regulations and method must be observed. At the bottom and top parts of the Eco-Label, the top part wording of the product in question and the certification reason must be specified.

The following should be examined to secure consumer reliability for Eco-Label use-certified products:

Examine whether the certification criteria for Eco-Label-certified products are satisfied.

Examine whether the certification criteria for an Eco-Label-certified product's environmentality and quality are satisfied.

Investigate whether the marking or advertising of the Eco-Label is appropriate and whether the design regulations are observed.

Investigate whether the Eco-Label is illegally used.

When the Eco-Label design is attached to a product that has not acquired Eco-Label Certification, and the product is distributed.

The Eco-Label certification is assigned per product. Therefore, in case some products are produced by the same producer, if their brand names and materials are different, the Eco-Label for one product cannot be used for the others.

When the Eco-Label is attached to a product whose Eco-Label Certification has expired, and the product is distributed.

When a person or a company wants to continue using the Eco-Label after the expiration of the Eco-Label use period, such person or company should renew the agreement to use the label by checking whether the product in question conforms to the current certification criteria before the expiration date.

Renewal period: Two years

The Eco-Label use fee used for the operation and PR of the Eco-Labelling Program is calculated and imposed based on the annual sales amount of the certified product (product's annual sales amount means the previous year's annual sales amount).
When the previous sales period is less than one year, forecast of the sales amount for one year based on the previous year's sales amount is applied.

For two or more models, the annual sales amount is calculated by adding each product's annual sales amount.

In case of two or more certified products, however, KRW 100,000 is additionally imposed annually per product.

In case the use fee is KRW 2 million or more, payment in two installments is allowed.

VAT should be paid additionally.