Certification [certification]

Use the certification [certification] attribute to describe certifications required by local regulations, such as energy efficiency ratings and CO2 class, associated with a product. To show your product with a supported certification, provide a supported combination of authority [certification_authority], name [certification_name], and code [certification_code].

When to use

Optional for all products

You can help us match the EU energy efficiency class by providing the certification [certification] attribute in your product data for applicable products. Google will look up your product in the EU EPREL database and render the appropriate energy efficiency class in graphical or textual form. For example:

An icon depicting energy efficiency class rating.

Sub-attributes

This attribute uses the following sub-attributes:
Authority [certification_authority] (required): The authority or certification body responsible for issuing the certification. At this time, we support the following values:
- 'EC' or 'European_Commission' for energy labels in the EU
Name [certification_name] (required): The name of the certification. At this time, we support the following values:
- 'EPREL', which represents energy efficiency certifications in the EU European Product Registry for Energy Labelling (EPREL) database.
Code [certification_code] (required for EPREL): The code of the certification. For example, for the EPREL certificate with the link https://eprel.ec.europa.eu/screen/product/dishwashers2019/123456, the code is 123456. The code is required for European energy labels.

Format

Follow these formatting guidelines to make sure that Google understands the data that you're submitting.

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Type	Unicode characters (recommended: ASCII only
Repeated field	Yes

File format Example entry

Text feeds

Format the attribute header by including the sub-attributes that you're submitting. Include certification [certification], and then, in parentheses, add the names of the sub-attributes that you want to submit separated by a colon (:). Don't use quotation marks.

The authority [certification_authority] and name [certification_name] sub-attributes are always required.

For example, to submit three sub-attributes authority [certification_authority], name [certification_name] and code[certification_code], submit the attribute header:

certification(certification_authority:certification_name:certification_code)

Example header and values:

For EPREL:

certification(certification_authority:certification_name:certification_code)

EC:EPREL:123456

If only some of your products have all sub-attributes values as required by the attribute header, you still need to use colons (:) as separator placeholders for the empty/non-specified sub-attribute values.

XML feeds

<g:certification> <g:certification_authority>EC</g:certification_authority> <g:certification_name>EPREL</g:certification_name> <g:certification_code>123456</g:certification_code> </g:certification>

To format your data for Manufacturer Center API, you can read the Manufacturer Center APIresource.

Note: To ensure that this product data attribute is recognised by our system correctly, remember to submit your data feed file in a format that we support.

Minimum requirement

This is the requirement that you need to meet to show your product.

Provide a valid code for a product in the EU EPREL database.

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