Must marketing and sales promotional packages (e.g. samples, promotional items, nostalgia packaging) for an EU Ecolabel product respect the EU Ecolabel packaging criteria?
Yes, compliance with EU Ecolabel packaging criteria is obligatory. It is prohibited to use the EU Ecolabel on products that do not comply with all the criteria, as per the criteria documents. This also applies to packaging criteria for commercial samples to be given away for free.