Nordic Swan Ecolabelled cleaning products are among the best cleaning products in terms of environmental profile. The whole life cycle of the products is taken into account and strict requirements are set concerning the environmental and health effects of the constituent substances and with regard to packaging. The use phase and raw material extraction are also taken into account in the requirements.
Nordic Swan Ecolabelled cleaning products:
Meet strict requirements concerning environmentally hazardous chemicals, including requirements on ecotoxicity and biodegradability
Meet strict requirements concerning chemicals that are harmful to health, including a ban on the sensitising preservative MI
Offer effective cleaning performance with a small amount, so the product lasts longer and conserves the planet’s resources.
Packaging requirements contribute to a circular economy, for example by addressing packaging design and material choices.
Below you will find all the necessary documents and background information to apply for the Nordic Swan Ecolabel.
The criteria document for cleaning products is an overall document for the commodity groups:
Floor- and All-purpose cleaners
Kitchen, glass, mirrors and blank surfaces
Outdoor and special cleaning products
Sanitary cleaners
If you have several products within the same commodity group that are manufactured in the same production site, they are considered as one single licence. Application fees are paid per licence while the annual fee is paid across all licences in the product group.
Type of fee
Amount
Application fee including one on-site inspection within the Nordic region *)
3 000 EUR + VAT, however not less than 750 EUR + VAT per formulation/recipe
Renewal fee*
1 500 EUR + VAT, however not less than 375 EUR + VAT per formulation/recipe
More than one inspection visit within the Nordic region**
If the extension includes new formulations/recipes, prices are the same as those applicable to amendments to an existing licence, however not less than 750 EUR + VAT per formulations/recipe.
Annual licence fee for Nordic region
0.3% of turnover + VAT from 0 - 50 million EUR.
0.05% of turnover + VAT from > 50 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
* 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.
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