Good Environmental Choice Australia
Ltd (GECA) formerly known as the Australian Environmental Labelling
Association Inc and the United Certification Centre of the State
Environmental Protection Agency (CEC) confirmed a Mutual
Recognition Agreement on the 25 January 2005 in
Beijing, China. The agreement is aimed at facilitating the
trade and recognition of environmentally preferable products
between the two markets by streamlining the application and
verification processes for the national ecolabelling programs for
manufacturers in both regions.
The agreement aims at activating
international trade of environmentally-friendly products and
services by avoiding technical barrier effects inherent in national
certification systems and curtailing transaction cost imposed on
applicants who want to acquire foreign certification. For this
reason, international bodies including WTO, ISO, APEC, GEN etc.,
recommend and support MRA.
Download the Mutual Recognition Agreement
(Coming soon) 
Environmental
Certification Centre of SEPA
The China Environmental United
Certification Centre (CEC) is the national environmental labelling
body for China. The national ecolabel was initiated by the State
Environmental Protection Administration on the 31March 1993 with
CEC taking over the role in 2003. The program has over 50
environmental labelling standard for a broad range of consumer and
building products.
Australian manufacturers that seek to
gain the Chinese ecolabel can directly apply to GECA for
verification services in Australia.
Contact details for CEC are:
http://www.sepacec.com
Information about the environmental
markets in China are at:
http://www.tdctrade.com/tdcnews/0403/04031201.htm
