The most serious environmental problem that arises when using industrial cleaning and degreasing agents is the emission of environmentally hazardous substances into the air and water. The Nordic Swan Ecolabel's strict environmental requirements for the content of the products reduce this environmental impact. The Nordic Swan Ecolabel also sets health, quality and efficiency requirements for the products.
Below you will find all the necessary documents and background information to apply for the Nordic Swan Ecolabel.
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 per year from 0 - 50 million EUR.
0.05% of turnover + VAT per year > EUR 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 > EUR 300,000 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. All information given on this site is subject to a disclaimer for errors and omissions