The Green Dot

The Green Dot can be marked on products or packaging distributed in Czech Republic only with acceptace of EKO‑KOM, a.s. which has been authorized by PRO EUROPE organization since September 2000 as a licensee of The Green Dot in the Czech Republic. That means that the EKO‑KOM System fulfils all PRO EUROPE requirements and the System is fully compatible with European systems to ensure take back and recovery of packaging waste.

In accordance to authorized conditions of The Green Dot only one organization can be authorized in existing state. Authorized company in the Czech Republic is EKO‑KOM.

There are special rules for using the trade mark by System s members. EKO‑KOM also covers legal protection of the Green Dot rights for the Czech territory.

The trade mark must not be used in any other way and must not be accompanied by any other text, which could be connected it with the characteristics of the packaging, especially in relation with the protection of environment.

PRO EUROPE = Packaging Recovery Organisation Europe

PRO EUROPE is an international umbrella organisation for national member systems for the recovery and recycling of packaging waste in Europe. All these systems use the Green Dot mark as a symbol of financing packaging waste recycling.

• It serves as a forum for the participating national partner organisations, as an intensive exchange of experiences and ideas essential for optimal application of Directive ES 94/62 on packaging and packaging waste.
• It grants the right to use the Green Dot registered trademark in accordance with certain rules applied to individual systems which are established in participating European states, the objective of which is the optimal application of Directive ES 94/62.
• It develops and checks the criteria for using the Green Dot trademark for manufacturers and distributors of packaging and/or packaged goods in accordance with the European Cartel Office.

The Green Dot authorisation conditions do not allow authorisation to be granted to more than one organisation in each state. The mark unification within the EU simplifies packaging design, which can be uniform for all member states.

The mark may be used in a different state only with the consent of the local authorised packaging waste recovery organisation (if your firm exports products with the Green Dot mark, it is necessary that you familiarise yourselves with the conditions for using the mark in this country).

You can find basic information about organizations providing take-back and recovery of packaging waste on PRO EUROPE website. More information about particular organizations can be found on the websites of the following states:

 

 

 

 

Providing information about Green Dot systems

Since February 2005, EKO‑KOM s Client Department has been rendering a new information service to its clients. If you wish to enter into a contract with a foreign Green Dot system, we will provide you with information on how to enter into a contract with this foreign system, information about legal requirements on packaging, requirements on marking, and about the principles of administrative processes in the system itself.

The service is provided on the basis of an agreement on a closer international cooperation among the Green Dot system representatives in Europe.

At present our Client Department offers information about the following Green Dot systems:

Lithuania , Hungary , Germany , Poland , Austria , Slovakia , Slovenia

All information is provided with the knowledge and consent of the above companies, based on mutual agreement. The objective of this service is to make the process of entering into a contract with a foreign system and related communications with the foreign system s representatives as easy as possible. The option of entering into a contract with a foreign system directly through EKO‑KOM is the subject of further negotiations.