Bag Design Guidelines

The approval of bag designs has now become a pivotal element of the ENplus^® scheme. The Head Office has therefore decided to release detailed guidelines laying down the requirements for this process in a clear and simple way.

In consultation with the ENplus^® National Licensers, we have produced two documents:

• ENplus^® G 1: 2018 - Pellet Bag Design – Requirements, which includes the mandatory requirements for ENplus^® certified pellet producers and traders regarding the approval of a pellet bag design showing the ENplus^® seal. This document is based on and extends the requirements of the ENplus^® Handbook.

• ENplus^® G 2: 2018 - Translations of the Pellet Bag Design – Informative guidance is informative only and contains the translations of the bag design requirements into a selection of key languages. For cases where there is no translation provided in this document, the certified company shall ensure that they comply with the original English version of the requirements.

These guidelines will come into force at the time of their publication, on 20^th of February 2018. From this date onward, all bag designs submitted to the relevant Competent Management for approval shall comply with the requirements as laid out in these documents. Compliance of bag designs that have been approved before this date shall be ensured by 20^th of August 2018 (a 6-month transition period) and an application for approval of a revised bag design shall be filed in case of non-conformities. The compliance will be evaluated by an ENplus^® Auditor at the time of the next ENplus^® Annual Inspection. On this occasion, the use of compliant bags will either be confirmed or the company will be issued a type C non-conformity.

The guidelines will be regularly updated by the International Management of ENplus^® and we hope that they will help improving and streamlining the approval process of bag designs