The product group covers a wide range of product types, such as printers, scanners, copiers and fax machines.
Nordic Swan Ecolabelled office machines have low energy consumption, low particulate emissions, low noise levels and do not contain the most dangerous flame retardants. Because the Nordic Swan Ecolabel prohibits a number of hazardous chemicals, these substances are not released during either use or when the office machine ever becomes electronic scrap.
Below you will find all the necessary documents and background information to apply for the Nordic Swan Ecolabel.
If the extension includes new product series, prices are the same as those applicable to amendments to an existing licence, however not less than 1 500 EUR + VAT per product series*
Annual licence fee for Nordic region
0.3% of turnover + VAT from 0 – 30 million EUR
0.05% of turnover + VAT > 30 million EUR
Minimum fee for Nordic region
2 000 EUR + VAT per year
Maximum fee for Nordic region
No maximum fee
Fees for sale outside the Nordic region
(Only if revenue > 300 000 EUR per year)
2 000 EUR + VAT per year
* Product series: same technology/design/materials.
** When both the applicant and the manufacturer are micro-enterprises, the fee is reduced by 50%. A micro-enterprise is in this context defined as an enterprise with less than 10 employees and an annual turnover (of both ecolabelled and not ecolabelled products) below 2 million EUR.
*** Where audits requires more than one day away from the office including travelling, Nordic Ecolabelling can invoice an additional fee of 1 000 EUR per extra day. Other extraordinary costs induced by the audit can also be invoiced the applicant.
**** As for an extension of or amendments to a licence, time consumed in connection with the review process will be invoiced according to the extent of the required task. We make a distinction between entirely administrative tasks that last less than 1 hour, and all other tasks that last between 1 and 4 hours, between 4 and 8 hours and more than 8 hours.
The recipient is liable for the VAT according to article 56 of the Council Directive 2006/112/EC. All information given on this site is subject to a disclaimer for errors and omissions