L 170/64 Official Journal of the European Union 11.6.2014 DECISIONS COMMISSION DECISION of 6 June 2014 amending Decision 2012/481/EU establishing the ecological criteria for the award of the EU Ecolabel for printed paper (notified under document C(2014) 3590) (Text with EEA relevance) (2014/345[EU) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 66/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the EU Ecolabel (!), and in particular 8(2) thereof, After consulting the European Union Eco-Labelling Board, Whereas: (1)  Commission Decision 2012/481/EU (3 excludes board substrates above 400 g/m? from the scope, as that Deci- sion requires that printed paper products are printed only on paper bearing the EU Ecolabel as established in Commission Decision 2011/333/EU (*) or in Commission Decision 2012/448/EU (*). However, certain product categories, such as pads, notebooks, exercise books, spiral-bound notebooks and calendars with covers, included in the scope of Decision 2012/481/EU, entail the use of paperboard substrates which exceed 400 g/m?. Therefore, the implementation of the criteria for certain products has been impossible. (2)  The scope of Commission Decision 2014/256/EU () includes stationery paper products that consist of at least 70 % by weight of paper, paperboard or paper-based substrates and establishes requirements for board substrates with a basis weight higher than 400 g/m2 (3)  The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee set up by Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 66/2010. (4)  Decision 2012/481/EU should therefore be amended accordingly, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 Decision 2012/481/EU is amended as follows: (1) in Article 1, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: ‘1. The product group “printed paper” shall comprise any printed paper product that consist of at least 90 % by weight of paper, paperboard or paper-based substrates, except for books, catalogues, booklets or forms that shall consist of at least 80 % by weight of paper or paperboard or paper-based substrates. Inserts, covers and any printed paper part of the final printed paper shall be considered to form part of the printed paper product.’; () OJL27,30.1.2010, p. 1. (¥) Commission Decision 2012/481/EU of 16 August 2012 establishing the ecological criteria for the award of the EU Ecolabel for printed paper (O] L 223, 21.8.2012, p. 55). (®) Commission Decision 2011/333/EU of 7 June 2011 establishing the ecological criteria for the award of the EU Ecolabel for copying and graphic paper (O] L 149, 8.6.2011, p. 12). (*) Commission Decision 2012[448/EU of 12 July 2012 establishing the ecological criteria for the award of the EU Ecolabel for newsprint paper (O] L 202, 28.7.2012, p. 26). () Commission Decision 2014/256/EU of 2 May 2014 establishing the ecological criteria for the award of the EU Ecolabel for converted paper products (O] L 135, 8.5.2014, p. 24).