The "Low Carbon Product Certification Management Measures (Interim)" and related technical documents jointly formulated by the Mainland Development and Reform Commission and the National Certification and Accreditation Administration will be released in the near future. By then, mainland China will implement a nationwide, voluntary low-carbon product certification system.
It is understood that mainland China has multiple certification systems for energy-saving products, environmentally friendly products and future low-carbon products. According to mainland quality inspection system experts, for consumers, energy-saving products focus on saving energy costs, environmentally friendly products focus on reducing the emission of toxic and harmful substances, and low-carbon products focus ongreenhouse gasesreduce emissions.
In this regard, Qian Guoqiang, a mainland carbon emission reduction expert who participated in the Kyoto Protocol negotiations as an attaché of the mainland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, believes that in fact, although mainland China has multiple certifications for energy-saving, environmentally friendly, and low-carbon products, they are not mutually exclusive. It is not exclusive, but who can win the enterprise voluntary certification in the future will have a greaterMainframeThey will be able to win support policies such as government procurement priority, financial subsidies, and tax exemptions from the mainland finance and taxation departments. Whoever can win the mutual recognition of low-carbon labels from international authoritative organizations and advanced countries will be able to expand the scope of use of their products.
In addition, China Quality Certification Center (CQC) undertook the research work of the "Special Project to Address Climate Change - Research on Mainland's Low-Carbon Certification System" jointly implemented by the National Development and Reform Commission and the National Certification and Accreditation Administration. Tian Xiaofei, director of the Low Carbon and Energy Efficiency Department of CQC, revealed that mainland China will establish a unified low-carbon product certification system.
It is understood that in the future, mainland China will implement a unified low-carbon product catalog and plan for unified national standards, certification technical specifications and certification rules, and unified certification certificates and certification marks. The national low-carbon product certification product catalog will be formulated, adjusted and released by relevant national departments, which includes the "Low Carbon Product Certification Technical Specifications" and "Low Carbon Product Carbon Emission Reduction Evaluation Indicators".
According to relevant units, according to the preliminary design, the low-carbon product certification certificate is valid for three years, and it is stipulated that no organization or individual may forge, alter, fraudulently use, buy, sell or transfer low-carbon product certification certificates and certification marks.
In addition, CQC stated that since low-carbon products are different from energy-saving and environmentally friendly products, they refer to comparisons with similar products or products with the same function, and the carbon emission value of the product complies with the national standards or technology for such products. The relevant low-carbon evaluation index requirements products in the specification.
Source: MoneyDJ Financial knowledge base (2012-10-3
