The product group comprises liquid and gaseous fuels for transport (road, sea and air) as well as fuels for heating and industrial use.
There are strict requirements for commodities in Nordic Swan Ecolabelled fuels. This means that the fuels must either consist of 100% renewable raw materials, or mixtures of renewable and fossil raw materials. The renewable raw materials must meet a number of requirements, including traceability and sustainable production. There is also a ban on certain commodities. Commodity requirements will help to preserve biodiversity and soil resources. The requirements also contribute to reduced climate impact.
The requirements include the following:
Requirements for high proportion of renewable raw materials
The renewable raw materials must be sustainably produced and come from controlled sources
The renewable raw materials must be traceable
Prohibition of palm oil, soybean oil and sugar cane
Prohibition of raw materials from genetically modified plants
Prohibition of fossil components based on tar sands, shale oil or coal
Strict requirements for reducing greenhouse gas emissions during the production and use of fuel
Working conditions in the production of fuel must comply with relevant UN conventions
Compliance with recognized fuel standards
Below you will find all the necessary documents and background information to apply for the Nordic Swan Ecolabel.
However, minimum 3 000 EUR + VAT per production site and fuel type if extension with new fuel types and/or production sites.
Annual licence fee for Nordic region
0,15% of turnover + VAT per year for turnover 0 - 20 million EUR.
0,05% of turnover + VAT per year turnover > 20 million EUR.
Minimum fee for Nordic region
2 000 EUR + VAT per year
Maximum fee for Nordic region
100 000 EUR + VAT per year
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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