Chapter One: General Principles
Item One The Genuine Leather Mark (GLM) is a
certification trademark（18th,20th,25th,27th Category） registered in State
Administration for Industry & Commerce and international trade organization,
which insures the quality and aftersales service of leather and leather
products. GLM is protected internationally. Eco-leather Mark is extended from GLM,
refers to the title used for finished leather (18th category trademark)
that is qualified for the certification of GLM.
Item Two To protect the good fame of natural leather
in foreign and domestic market, to insist on the quality of natural leather and
leather products that are provided in the market, to protect the rights of
consumers and enterprises, to promote the concept of environment friendly
leather processing and products, and to provide high quality natural leather
for downstream industry, based on the Regulations
of Genuine Leather Mark (GLM), the Regulations
on Eco-leather Mark is established.
Chapter Two: Requirements for the Eco-leather
Mark
Item Three Companies registered in China with
commitment of civil obligation and involved in producing or trading leather can
apply to use the Eco-leather Mark.
Item Four The Eco-leather Mark should have the
requirements as follows:
1. It should be genuine leather;
2. It should meet state and industry quality
standards, as well as relevant requirements and regulations in the Specifications on Eco-leather Mark;
3. Cleaning technology are encouraged to be used in
leather-making,the cleaner production assessment should reach level Ⅱ or
above of the System of Evaluation
Indicators for Cleaner Production in the Leather Making Industry，the harmful chemicals in
finished leather should under the requirements of the Specifications on Eco-leather Mark;
4. The waste treatment should reach the
relevant environmental protection requirement of the nation.
5. For the split leather with
coating, the coating should be less than0.15mmand one third of total thickness of leather.
Item Five Company applying
for Eco-leather Mark should possess following conditions:
1. Production history over five years;
2. Company should build management system in reference
to GB/T19001 (ISO-9001) or GB/T24001 (ISO-14001) and operates effectively;
3. Effective aftersales service system;
4. Annual sales not less than RMB50 million;
5. Possess advanced
processing technology and good testing equipments. The enterprises without testing
equipments should establish long-term and stable cooperation with state or
local testing authorities;
6. Environmental protection facilities
should be complete and effective,the enterprise should obtain the Pollutant discharge Permit; the
treatment of sewage,exhaust gas and solid waste should meet Technical specification for application and
issuance of pollutant discharge permit in leather and fur making industry;sewage
discharge should meet Discharge standard
of water pollutants for leather and fur making industry(GB 30486) or local standard
of water pollutants for leather making industry;
7. Obey related laws strictly, and guarantee
the workers’ rights, labor income, welfare, social security and healthy work
environment;
8. Respect the intellectual
property right of others and the right of consumers, and maintain the healthy market
environment with fair competition.
Chapter Three: The Process of Applying
for Eco-leather Mark
Item Six Company applying for Eco-leather Mark should submit
the application to China Leather Industry Association (CLIA), and fill in the
form of "Application Table for Eco-leather Mark".
Item Seven Company applying
for Eco-leather Mark should submit following documents and materials to CLIA
together with “Application Table for Eco-leather Mark”:
1. One copy of industrial and commercial registration
certificate;
2. One copy of
trademark registration certificate;
3. Copies of testing reports of leather from the state
or local testing authorities (effective within six months from testing date);
4. Copies of major award certificates, technological achievement
certificates, and patent certificates respectively;
5. Copies of testing report of main
leather chemicals from chemicals trader or tannery such as chrome tanning agent,
dyestuffs, and synthetic retanning agent;
6. Addresses and contact methods of five consumers at
least;
7. Illumination of leather manufacturing and sewage
treatment technology;
8. One copy of certificate of ISO-9001 or ISO-14001
(if passed).
Item Eight The certification should
be carried out by third-party unit within three months since the application is
received:
Item Nine CLIA will make a
conclusion whether the company get the qualification of Eco-leather Mark,and
send the result to the applied tanneries and require them to:
(1) Sign the contract to use Eco-leather Mark and
transact relevant procedures;
(2) Take the certificate and eco-leather seal;
Item Ten After the company has
signed the contract to use Eco-leather Mark and completed other procedures,
CLIA will make an announcement on the public media.
Item Eleven The company,
whose qualification of Eco-leather Mark is abolished by China Leather
Association, should go through rectification period for over one year and
attain the requirements of the Regulations
on Eco-leather Mark before reapplying for Eco-leather Mark. Two times of
such applications are allowed at most for one company.
Chapter Four: Privileges of Eco-leather
Mark
Item Twelve The typeface of Eco-leather Mark and
eco-leather seal can be used on trade of the corresponding leather, which is
protected by law.
Item Thirteen CLIA takes the responsibility to harmonize
and arbitrate on disputes about the technology and the quality of leather
honored Eco-leather Mark, and CLIA accepts any complaints from customers about
eco-leather.
Item Fourteen The Eco-leather companies have the
priority to take part in any domestic and overseas activities for economic,
trading and technology organized or coor-ganized by CLIA.
Item Fifteen The Eco-leather Mark can be certifying of
the leather quality in any domestic and overseas economic, trading and
technological activities.
Item Sixteen The companies honored Eco-leather Mark
have priority to take part in any activities involved in GLM and get all services
from CLIA.
Item Seventeen CLIA will collect the information of
quality and sales for the leather honored Eco-leather Mark, and feeds back the
information to those companies after analysis, which will be released by CLIA
to the public media to broaden the influence of companies and their finished
leather honored Eco-leather Mark.
Item Eighteen Every
authorized company have an unique eco-leather code and mark, the typeface of Eco-leather
Mark and its mark can be printed on the package of finished leather gaining
qualification of Eco-leather Mark.
Item Nineteen The leather
products can be explained that they are made by Eco-leather Mark if the leather
products do be completely made by Eco-leather Mark.
Chapter Five: Obligation of Eco-leather
Mark
Item Twenty The companies
which get the qualification of Eco-leather Mark should print on the package ‘Eco-leather
Mark’ for the top-layered leather and ‘ Eco-leather Mark split leather’ which
can be distinguished from top-layered leather.
Item Twenty-one The trademark and the finished leather
used Eco-leather Mark should be the same as that of application. The company will
have to reapply based on the Item Six if the trademark of leather honored Eco-leather
Mark change. The company must transact the mark-extension if the leather with
different trademark apply to CLIA for using Eco-leather Mark according to relevant
rules made by CLIA.
Item Twenty-two Companies which are using the Eco-leather
Mark should accept the inspections including the inspections of leather quality,
enterprise management systems and after-sales service.
Item Twenty-three Companies honored Eco-leather Mark
have the following responsibilities:
1. The production and examination of leather should
match the relevant national standard, the industry standard, and the standard
of the Inspections on Eco-leather Mark;
2. The figures and documents controlling the quality
of the Eco-leather should be kept on file;
3. The companies using Eco-leather Mark and the
distributors should take joint responsibility for after sales services;
4. Eco-leather companies should cooperate with CLIA to
deal with the leather testing and supervise the usage of Eco-leather Mark in leather
products factories.
Item Twenty-four Special person in charge of Eco-leather
Mark, who is put on records in CLIA, should be arranged, and this person is
committed by the CLIA to make use of the mark and ensure that it is not out of
control, misappropriated or taken away.
Item Twenty-five The eco-leather mark is the only
identification to Eco-leather Mark.
Item Twenty-six Companies must not fabricate
Eco-leather mark themselves, and cannot transfer, sell and give the mark to
anyone else.
Item Twenty-seven Eco-leather companies should supervise and cooperate with the consumers to reflect the usage of Eco-leather
Mark in the leather products and should not make exaggerating or false advertisement.
Chapter Six: Management of the Eco-leather
Mark
Item Twenty-eight The GLM managing system, which
includes by third-party unit and social supervision, is built in CLIA. The
system takes responsibility for controlling and managing the work of Eco-leather
Mark.
Item Twenty-nine CLIA is the supreme organization for
approving and making policies governing the Eco-leather Mark. CLIA takes
responsibility for writing and revising the “Specifications on Eco-leather Mark” and “regulations on Eco-leather Mark” and other regulations, and
assessing applying companies' qualification for using the Eco-leather Mark,
CLIA is also responsible for investigating cases of the fake mark and other
problems.
Item Thirty The Industry Departmentis the organization
responsible for routine work of the Eco-leather Mark, and carries out the CLIA’s
decisions and routine work of Eco-leather Mark, including - consultation, document
management, inspection, and usage of Eco-leather Mark, etc.. This office also
solves disputes and other problems on Eco-leather Mark, and organizes overall
examinations to the Eco-leather companies, and reconfirmation of the
qualification of the Eco-leather companies will be done within triennium.
Item Thirty-one The qualified leather testing centers
at home and overseas are entrusted by CLIA to carry out the examination of common
physical and chemical indexes and special four chemical indexes. CLIA is
responsible to make out the quality controlling and testing plan on Eco-leather
Mark.
Item Thirty-two For assuring "scientificity, justness and
authority" of the Eco-leather Mark, a comprehensive supervision system is
formed by the relevant departments and other social circles.
Chapter Seven: Protection Measurement
of Eco-leather Mark
Item Thirty-three The Eco-leather Mark is protected by
law, and anyone or companies who counterfeit it will prosecuted by CLIA, and
anyone who gives evidence will get the reward from CLIA.
Item Thirty-four Anyone or companies who use the
counterfeit Eco-leather Mark, legal action should be employed to them by the State
Administration for Industry & Commerce base on "Law of Trade Mark".
Item Thirty-five If Eco-leather company violates the
regulations of " Law of the Products
Quality ", CLIA will stop the agreement with the company to use Eco-leather
Mark.
Item Thirty-six If company using Eco-leather Mark
violates the regulations of Chapter Five, CLIA will make the inspection
forcefully, cancel the agreement on Eco-leather Mark or even take legal action.
Chapter Eight: Supplement.
Item Thirty-seven Payment
for the Eco-leather Mark is mainly used for the inspections, consulting, supervision
and examination of leather honored Eco-leather Mark, handling complaints and
investigating cases about the Eco-leather Mark and promoting the Eco-leather
Mark, protecting the reputation of the Eco-leather Mark and the rights of
companies and consumers. The income and expenditure of Eco-leather Mark is supervised
by the national financial and tax department.
Item Thirty-enght The normal inspection method on Eco-leather
Mark is made out by CLIA.
Item Thirty-nine Based on the Chapter Six, CLIA
standardize scientific inspection program to support key tanneries and carry
out strategy of famous brand.
Item Forty Regulations
on Eco-leather Mark is instituted by CLIA, and is approved by the State
Administration for Industry & Commerce.
Item Forty-one CLIA takes the responsibilities for explaining
this regulation.
Appendix
1. When China Leather Industry
Association registered the certification trademark of Genuine Leather Mark(GLM)
in State Administration for Industry & Commerce in 1994, the certification
trademark covered genuine leather and fur, therefore they are within the category
of GLM and used this trademark.
2. Eco-Leather
Mark, which is extended from Genuine Leather Mark, refers to the title
used for finished leather that is qualified for the certification of Genuine
Leather Mark. Eco-leather Mark stresses the environment protection of tannery
and the healthy performance of finished leather. In addition to essential
qualifications for the Genuine Leather Mark, the leather must meet state and
industry quality standards, as well as relevant requirements and regulations in
the Specifications on Eco-leather Mark,
which address the four special chemical indexes of the leather industry related
to environment (hexavalent chrome, prohibited azo dyes, pentachlorophenol and
formaldehyde).
3. Regulations
of Genuine Leahter Mark(GLM) definitely regulated that GLM products include
leather, fur and products made from leather or fur. According to the Item
Forty-Five of Regulations of Genuine Leather Mark(GLM), Regulations
on Eco-leather Mark are formulated to set out concrete regulations on Eco-leather
Mark, which is served as the supplementary file of Regulations of Genuine Leather Mark(GLM).
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