The product group covers a wide range of product types, such as indoor decorative paints and varnishes, wood stain and similar products.
Nordic Swan Ecolabelled indoor paints and varnishes contain less environ-mentally harmful substances and fewer substances with health effects than other indoor paints.
Nordic Ecolabel paints and varnishes have:
Strict requirements for solvents (VOC and SVOC)
Strict requirements for substances dangerous to the environment and for preservatives
Does not contain softeners
Quality requirements include coverage
Below you will find all the necessary documents and background information to apply for the Nordic Swan Ecolabel.
Exceptions for the application fee for Indoor paint and varnishes and Outdoor paints and varnishes (from product group 097) which are counted as one commodity group may apply.
Type of fee
Amount
Application fee including one on-site inspection within the Nordic region *)
3 000 EUR excl. VAT. Inspection of eight recipes is included in the application fee. For inspection of aditional recipes, 375 EUR excl. VAT per recipe will be charged.
Renewal fee*
1 500 EUR excl. VAT. Inspection of eight recipes is included in the fee. For inspection of aditional recipes, 188 EUR excl. VAT per recipe will be charged.
More than one inspection visit within the Nordic region**
Should the extension regard inspection of recipes, which are not already included in the licence, 375 EUR excl. VAT will be charged per recipe.
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
Fee 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