General programme instructions
Our General Programme Instructions (GPI) are the rules guiding the overall administration and operation of the International EPD System in accordance with ISO 14025 for type III Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs).
General Programme Instructions is available for download free of charge, but the use of this material is subject to our General terms of use. When you do not accept EPD International ABs General terms of use, you are not authorized to exploit this work in any manner.
General overview
The publication of a new version of the GPI does not affect the validity of already-existing PCRs and published EPDs, which will remain published with the same validity date as before.
Surveillance of EPDs during their validity is based on the same version of the PCR and GPI that was used for the verification of the current valid EPD.
If a valid PCR based on the latest version of the GPI does not exist, EPDs may be published and updated based on valid PCRs that are based on earlier version of the GPI during the transition period.
Version updates of the GPI will be implemented step-by-step into existing PCRs when they are due for update, or during their validity.
PCRs that are currently under development should be aligned with latest version of the GPI. Exceptions are allowed for cases where the development is already far progressed.