Questionnaire for workshop participants - EU Ecolabel Marketing for ...

� (2) Four articles on recent developments of the EU Ecolabel Lubricants market were
prepared and published (or are in progress).
� (3) Favorable conditions for the screening of VAMIL products on compatibility with EU
Ecolabel Lubricants were created. These screening activities are scheduled for 2008.
� (4) Through various activities stakeholders active in the field of lubricants production,
distribution, policy, purchasing and use were addressed and actively involved.
� (5) Major lubricant companies have applied for the EU Ecolabel, are actively involved
in R&D aiming at the market introduction, or had their base oils and/or additives
screened on compatibility with the EU Ecolabel criteria. The results can be the basis of
a positive list of officially approved lubricant components that can be used for
lubricants meeting the EU Ecolabel requirements.
� (6) At the 5th Euro Fed Lipid Congress: “From Science to Applications - Innovations
for a better World”, in Gothenburg, Sweden, a poster presentation on “the European
Ecolabel Lubricants” was given.
� (7) List of laboratories that are competent to evaluate the compatibility with EU
Ecolabel Lubricants criteria. A provisional list is made, but as possibly more
laboratories would qualify for these tasks, this list might still need to be updated in
2008.
5.14.6. Annex LUBRICANTs
Text Lube magazine and Lubes’n’greases Magazine
Draft article for Smeeroliekroniek
PowerPoint Black Forest
5th Euro Fed Lipid Congress Gothenburg 16-19 Septembe 2007: poster, slides and article
Letter to laboratories and experts that can assist companies and competent bodies with
copying with the EU Ecolabel Lubricants and overview of contacted organisations
Letter to OEM
Ranking system for criteria set by environmentally friendly lubricant labels
Article BioSpreads
Text Lube magazine and Lubes’n’greases Magazine
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