Disposable bags, tubes and accessories for health care
Products that can be labelled are disposable products and accessories for dialysis, intravenous infusion treatment, treatment of urinary retention and incontinence, blood bags and ostomy pouches.
Below you will find all the necessary documents and background information to apply for the Nordic Swan Ecolabel.
0.3% of turnover + VAT from EUR 0–30 million
0.05% of turnover + VAT > EUR 30 million
Minimum fee for Nordic region
EUR 2,000 + 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)
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