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Commission Decision (EU) 2017/175 of 25 January 2017 on establishing EU Ecolabel criteria for tourist accommodation (notified under document C(2017) 299) (Text with EEA relevance)Text with EEA relevance

Commission Decision (EU) 2017/175 of 25 January 2017 on establishing EU Ecolabel criteria for tourist accommodation (notified under document C(2017) 299) (Text with EEA relevance)Text with EEA relevance

Article 1

1.

The product group ‘tourist accommodation’ shall comprise the provision of tourist accommodation services and campsite services and any of the following auxiliary services under the management of the tourist accommodation provider:

  1. food services;

  2. leisure or fitness facilities;

  3. green areas;

  4. premises for singular events such as business conferences, meetings or training events;

  5. sanitary facilities, washing and cooking facilities or information facilities available to campsite tourists, travellers and lodgers for collective use.

2.

Transportation services and pleasure voyages are excluded from the product group ‘tourist accommodation’.

Article 2

For the purpose of this Decision, the following definitions shall apply:

  1. ‘tourist accommodation services’ means the provision, for a fee, of sheltered overnight accommodation in rooms, including at least a bed, and of private or shared sanitary facilities, offered to tourists, travellers and lodgers;

  2. ‘campsite services’ means the provision, for a fee, of pitches equipped for any of the following structures: tents, caravans, mobile homes, camper vans, bungalows and apartments, and of private or shared sanitary facilities, offered to tourists, travellers and lodgers;

  3. ‘food services’ means the provision of breakfast or other meals;

  4. ‘leisure or fitness facilities’ means saunas, swimming pools, sport facilities and wellness centre accessible to guests or non-residents or both;

  5. ‘green areas’ means parks, gardens or other outside areas which are open to tourists, travellers and lodgers.

Article 3

In order to be awarded the EU Ecolabel under Regulation (EC) No 66/2010, a tourist accommodation shall fall within the product group ‘tourist accommodation’ as defined in Article 1 of this decision and shall fulfil all of the following requirements as well as the related assessment and verification requirements set out in the Annex to this Decision:

  1. it shall comply with each of the criteria set out in Section A of the Annex to this Decision;

  2. it shall comply with a sufficient number of the criteria set out in Section B of the Annex to this Decision in order to acquire the number of points required in accordance with Articles 4 and 5.

Article 4

1.

For the purposes of Article 3(b), the tourist accommodation service shall acquire at least 20 points.

2.

The minimum amount of points required in accordance with paragraph 1 shall be increased by the following:

  1. 3 points where food services are provided by the management or owner of the tourist accommodation service;

  2. 3 points where green areas are made available to guests by the management or owner of the tourist accommodation service;

  3. 3 points where leisure or fitness facilities are offered by the management or owner of the tourist accommodation service or 5 points if those leisure or fitness facilities consist in a wellness centre accessible to non-residents.

Article 5

1.

For the purposes of Article 3(b), the campsite service shall acquire at least 20 points or, where collective services are provided, 24 points.

2.

The minimum requirement laid down in paragraph 1 shall be increased by the following:

  1. 3 points where food services are provided by the management or owner of the campsite service;

  2. 3 points where green areas are made available to guests by the management or owner of the campsite service;

  3. 3 points where leisure or fitness facilities are offered by the management or owner of the campsite service or 5 points if those leisure or fitness facilities consist in a wellness centre accessible to non-residents.

Article 6

Article 7

Article 8

Article 9

Article 10

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