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5 Information from the CERTIFICATION BODY and mandatory statements 5.1 Information from the Certification Body The certification of the environmental product declaration, EPD ® , of electricity from Vattenfall’s Nordic Hydropower has been carried out by Bureau Veritas Certification, which confirms that the product fulfils relevant process- and product-related laws and regulations. The EPD ® has been made in accordance with General Programme Instructions for an environmental product declaration, EPD, published by International EPD Consortium (IEC) and PCR-CPC17, Product Category Rules (PCR) for preparing an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD ® ) for Electricity, Steam, and Hot and Cold Water Generation and Distribution). Bureau Veritas Certification has been accredited by SWEDAC, the Swedish Board for Accreditation and Conformity Assessment, to certify Environmental Product Declarations, EPD ® . This certification is valid until October 31st, 2011. 5.2 Mandatory Statements 5.2.1 General To be noted: EPDs from different EPD programmes may not be comparable. 5.2.2 Omissions of life cycle stages The use stage of produced electricity has been omitted in accordance with the PCR since the use of electricity fulfills various functions in different contexts. 5.2.3 Means of obtaining explanatory materials ISO 14025 prescribes that explanatory material must be available if the EPD ® is communicated to final customers. This EPD ® is aimed for industrial customers and not meant for B2C (=business to consumer) communication. 5.2.4 Information on verification EPD programme: The EPD ® system is managed by International EPD Consortium (IEC), www.environdec.com Product Category Rules: PCR-CPC17 PCR review, was conducted by: Sven-Olof Ryding, International EPD Consortium (IEC), www.environdec.com Independent verification of the declaration and data, according to ISO 14025: □ Internal □ x External Third party verifier: Bureau Veritas Certification © Vattenfall AB Generation Nordic 2008 43
6 Links and references www.vattenfall.se www.vattenfall.com www.environdec.com (The International EPD Consortium (IEC), EPD ® s, and PCRs (PCR-CPC17), and General Programme Instructions GPI, 2007) The following reports support this EPD ® . They can be read and downloaded at www.environdec.com if you have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed: Hydropower – Technology and Environment Description of selected plants (in Swedish only, Beskrivning av valda anläggningar) The Biotope Method 2005 Contact Vattenfall for the following report: Application of the Biotope Method 2005, Appendix to Vattenfall AB Generation Nordic Certified Environmental Product Declaration EPD ® of Electricity from Vattenfall’s Nordic Hydropower. Data for production of steel has been retrieved from IISI: www.worldsteel.org/lca@iisi.be. Data for production of copper and semi fabrication: Life Cycle Assessment of Copper Products 2005, Deutsches Kupferinstitut, funded by the global copper industry, coordinated by the European Copper Institute (ECI). Generic data mainly stem from the database ecoinvent (2007). © Vattenfall AB Generation Nordic 2008 44
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