The recommendations of the Belgian government for the procurement of furniture 11 were defined following the comparison of several ecolabels and national recommendations as well as the draft of the European Ecolabel for furniture of 200312 . The criteria are set for the procurement of cupboards and racks, tables and chairs. Criteria are defined for all the materials contained, including surface treatments. If the material does not represent more than 3w% (except surface treatment) in the finished piece of furniture, it need not respect the specific criteria, only the general ones. However the total amount of exempted materials cannot be above 10w% of the end product
