The product group covers a wide range of product types - such as adhesives, fillers, primers, sealants, self-levelling products, industrial paints and exterior paints and varnishes.
Below you will find all the necessary documents and background information to apply for the Nordic Swan Ecolabel. See also our Buildings and building materials portal
If the extension includes new formulations/recipes, prices are the same as those applicable to amendments to an existing licence, however not less than EUR 375 + VAT per formulations/recipe
Annual licence fee for Nordic region
0,3% of turnover + VAT per year
Minimum fee for Nordic region
EUR 2,000 + VAT per year per productgroup
Maximum fee for Nordic region
EUR 100,000 + VAT per year per productgroup
Fees for sale outside the Nordic region
(Only if revenue > EUR 300,000 per year)
EUR 2,000 + 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 EUR 2 million.
** Where audits requires more than one day away from the office including travelling, Nordic Ecolabelling can invoice an additional fee of 1,000€ 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