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Nordic Ecolabelling sets strict chemical requirements for environment and health as well as packaging for Nordic Swan Ecolabelled detergents and stain removers. In addition, the Nordic Ecolabelling promotes the use of sustainably produced renewable raw materials so that it will increase. At the same time, satisfactory performance must be documented through standardized testing.

The requirements include:

  • Environmental properties (ecotoxicity and biodegradability) of the chemicals used in the products.
  • Health properties of the chemicals used in the products. E.g., no use of CMR classified substances and various specifically problematic substances such as SVHCs and endocrine disruptors.
  • Performance testing.
  • Recyclable design of the packaging.
  • Increased use of sustainable renewable raw materials including RSPO palm oil.

For chemical calculations or for information regarding chemicals, please use:

There are 310 Ecolabelled products from 21 companies within productgroup.

  • Welcome to apply for a Nordic Swan Ecolabel licence!

    This is how you do:

    1. Read the application guide.
    2. Log in to the Nordic Ecolabelling Portal.
    3. Start your application.

     

    If this is the first time you are applying, the authorized signatory must fill in your company information and approve the application conditions. In this way, you get login to the portal and the right to assign access to other colleagues.

     

    Request login

    To the Nordic Ecolabelling Portal

    Some special cases can not be done in the Nordic Ecolabelling Portal. Contact your advisor for such cases. More information can be found on "Application step by step".

  • Valid from 1 January 2025 Amount excluding VAT

    Application fee

    Application for a new licence 3 348 EUR. Inspection of four recipes is included in the application fee. For inspection of additional recipes, 836 EUR per recipe will be charged.
    Application for a renewed licence when the requirements have been tightened 1 673 EUR. Inspection of four recipes is included in the fee. For inspection of additional recipes, 418 EUR per recipe will be charged.

    Annual licence fee

    The licence fee for the Nordic Swan Ecolabelled products is based on their turnover in the Nordic countries The fee is 0.3% of the products' turnover in the Nordic countries up to 30.9 million EUR.
    The fee is 0.05% of the products' turnover in the Nordic countries for the amount exceeding 30.9 million EUR.
    Minimum fee in the Nordic countries 2 232 EUR per year.
    Fixed fee that is added for sales outside the Nordic countries 2 232 EUR per year if the turnover exceeds 300 000 EUR.

    Fee for extension / change of licence

    Should the extension regard inspection of recipes, which are not already included in the licence, 836 EUR will be charged per recipe. Other types of alterations will be charged a fixed fee according to how long the work takes.

    Up to 4 hours 418 EUR
    4–8 hours 836 EUR
    8 or more hours 1 673 EUR

    Fee for on-site inspections

    One on-site inspection in the Nordic countries is included when applying for a new or renewed licence.

    Additional on-site inspection within the Nordic countries 557 EUR per visit.
    On-site inspection outside the Nordic region, but within Europe 1 673 EUR per visit.
    On-site inspection outside Europe 2 790 EUR per visit.
    Additional fee for on-site inspections lasting longer than one day 1 083 EUR per day.

    Ecolabelling Sweden AB has no financial profit purpose and is financed through the fees above along with an annual government grant. The company is however liable for VAT according to article 56 of the European Council Directive 2006/112/EC.

    Invoicing is made in SEK with the exchange rate from the first banking day of the year.

    When both the applicant and the manufacturer are micro-enterprises, the application 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.

     

    Valid from 1 January 2024 Amount excluding VAT

    Application fee

    Application for a new licence 3 251 EUR. Inspection of four recipes is included in the application fee. For inspection of additional recipes, 812 EUR per recipe will be charged.
    Application for a renewed licence when the requirements have been tightened 1 625 EUR. Inspection of four recipes is included in the fee. For inspection of additional recipes, 406 EUR per recipe will be charged.

    Annual licence fee

    The licence fee for the Nordic Swan Ecolabelled products is based on their turnover in the Nordic countries The fee is 0.3% of the products' turnover in the Nordic countries up to 30 million EUR.
    The fee is 0.05% of the products' turnover in the Nordic countries for the amount exceeding 30 million EUR.
    Minimum fee in the Nordic countries 2 167 EUR per year.
    Fixed fee that is added for sales outside the Nordic countries 2 167 EUR per year if the turnover exceeds 300 000 EUR.

    Fee for extension / change of licence

    Should the extension regard inspection of recipes, which are not already included in the licence, 812 EUR will be charged per recipe. Other types of alterations will be charged a fixed fee according to how long the work takes.

    Up to 4 hours 406 EUR
    4–8 hours 812 EUR
    8 or more hours 1 625 EUR

    Fee for on-site inspections

    One on-site inspection in the Nordic countries is included when applying for a new or renewed licence.

    Additional on-site inspection within the Nordic countries 541 EUR per visit.
    On-site inspection outside the Nordic region, but within Europe 1 625 EUR per visit.
    On-site inspection outside Europe 2 709 EUR per visit.
    Additional fee for on-site inspections lasting longer than one day 1 083 EUR per day.

    Ecolabelling Sweden AB has no financial profit purpose and is financed through the fees above along with an annual government grant. The company is however liable for VAT according to article 56 of the European Council Directive 2006/112/EC.

    Invoicing is made in SEK with the exchange rate from the first banking day of the year.

    When both the applicant and the manufacturer are micro-enterprises, the application 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.

     

    • For new applications granted after 1 July, a fee reduction will apply for the first year. The minimum or maximum fee and any breakpoint will be multiplied by the result of the following formula: “number of remaining days in the year” x 2 / 365.
      Breakpoint = Turnover where the percentage changes in the calculation of licence fee.
      Minimum fee = the lowest licence fee Nordic ecolabelling annually invoices a company or a Group per product/ commodity group/ certifying country.

      Should a former holder of a license/registration continue to make use of the Nordic Ecolabel without being granted a new license/registration, the Nordic Ecolabelling organization reserves the right to claim financial compensation. The size of such compensation shall be equivalent to the turnover-based license fee that a licensee would have been required to pay for a license, and a financial penalty, the severity of which is determined by the extent and duration of the infringement as well as the damages that Nordic Ecolabelling may have incurred as a result of such misuse. Such a financial penalty should not normally be less than EUR 4,000 (four thousand). The Nordic Ecolabelling organizations may also take legal action against the infringement of the Nordic Ecolabel or if rules in the prevailing version of the Logo Guideline for the Nordic Ecolabel are not fulfilled.

    Fee regulations for Nordic Ecolabellling

  • Information on the latest version of the criteria for laundry detergents and stain removers

    8.9 ⇛ 8.10: Adjustment of the criteria

    On 13 August 2024 Nordic Ecolabelling decided to allow IFS standard for Household and Personal care as an alternative to ISO9001 (Appendix 1). On 20 August 2024 Nordic Ecolabelling decided to include paper bags for powder products in the criteria. The requirements are specified in the requirements for recycling and recycled material in packaging (O19), the requirements for design for recycling of flexible plastic pouches/bags, cardboard packaging for liquid products and paper bags for powder products (O21) and the WUR requirements (O22). The new version is called 8.10.

    8.8 ⇛ 8.9: Adjustment of the criteria

    On 16 April 2024 Nordic Ecolabelling decided to prolong the transition period for TiO2 in the requirement for classifications of ingoing substances (O5) until 2025-03-31. The new version is called 8.9.

    8.7 ⇛ 8.8: Adjustment of the criteria

    Nordic Ecolabelling decided on 12 March 2024 to clarify that coloured packaging components made from PP are allowed to have up to 5 % PE if it comes from the masterbatch and that recycled plastic, which is bought as one type of polymer, e.g. PP, is considered monomaterial (O20A). The new version is called 8.8.

    8.6 ⇛ 8.7: Adjustment of the criteria

    On 24 October 2024 Nordic Ecolabelling decided to change the transition period of the requirement O20 – B Labels for rigid plastic packaging until 2024-12-31.

    The new version is called 8.7 and is valid to 31 December 2025.

    8.5 ⇛ 8.6: Adjustment of the criteria

    In requirement O5 the time limited transition perdiod for titanium dioxide in solid mixtures has been prolonged to 30 June 2024.

    The new version is called 8.6 and is valid to 31 December 2025.

    8.4 ⇛ 8.5: Adjustment and prolongation of the criteria

    Requirement O21 has been adjusted and the permitted amount of EVOH in flexible plastic bags has been increased from 2 to 5%, furthermore the time-limited exemption for TiO2 has been extended to 30 June 2023, and finally the validity of the criteria has been prolonged by 12 months to 31 December 2025.

    The new version is called 8.5.

    8.3 ⇛ 8.4: Adjustment of the criteria

    On the 29 March 2022 Nordic Ecolabelling decided to adjust requirement O11 by also exempting H411 classified surfactants from the requirement. 

    The new version is called 8.4.

    8.2 ⇛ 8.3: Adjustment of the criteria

    Adjustment of requirement O11 on exemption for hydrogen peroxide, in requirement O15 the washing instructions were updated to "preferably washed with a full machine" and a spelling error was corrected in IEC-P's reference formulation in Appendix 5A.

    The new version is called 8.3

    8.1 ⇛ 8.2: Adjustment of the criteria

    Adjustment of requirement O5 for a transition period for titanium dioxide and requirement O20 on membranes for thermoplastic elastomers.

    The new version is called 8.2.

    8.0 ⇛ 8.1: Adjustment of the criteria

    Requirements for cardboard packaging for liquid products have been introduced. Furthermore, a clarification regarding titanium dioxide has been decided on in requirement O5. Prohibitions on substances listed under Reach Annex XVII have been removed in requirement O6. The exception for testing secondary effects for liquid detergents without bleach has been changed (see Appendix 5A, section 4.3).

    The new version is called 8.1.

    7.12 ⇛ 8.0 Revision of criteria

    Nordic Ecolabelling decided on revising criteria for laundry detergents and stain removers on the 19 December 2019. Version 8.0 is valid until 31 December 2024.

    7.13 ⇛ 7.14: Prolongation of validity of criteria

    The criteria's validity has been prolonged with 3 months. The new version, 7.14, is valid until November 30, 2021.

    7.12 ⇛ 7.13: Adjustment of the criteria

    An exception for TMP in self-dissolving PVA has been introduced in requirement K3. The new version, 7.13, is valid until 31 August 2021.

    7.11 ⇛ 7.12: Prolongation of validity of criteria

    The criteria's validity has been prolonged with 6 months. The new version, 7.12, is valid until August 31, 2021.

    7.10 ⇛ 7.11: Prolongation of validity of criteria

    The criteria's validity has been prolonged with 4 months. The new version, 7.11, is valid until February 28, 2021.

    7.9 ⇛ 7.10: Prolongation of validity of criteria

    The criteria's validity has been prolonged with 7 months. At the same time requirement R27 Take-back systems was removed. The new version, 7.10, is valid until October 31, 2020.

    7.8 ⇛ 7.9: Prolongation of validity of criteria

    The criteria's validity has been prolonged with 21 months. The new version, 7.9, is valid until March 31, 2020.

    7.7 ⇛ 7.8: Prolongation of validity of criteria

    The criteria's validity has been prolonged with 24 months. The new version, 7.8, is valid until June 30, 2018.

    7.6 ⇛ 7.7: Adjustment of criteria

    • R10: An exemption for the enzyme protease has been made in the requirement R10. The new version, 7.7, is valid until December 31, 2017.

    7.5 ⇛ 7.6: Adjustment of criteria

    • Version 7.6 of the criteria has been updated with a number of clarifications regarding reference dosage, unit based detergents like tablets and capsules, products with multiple fields of application, test machines etc.
    • The CDV calculation sheet has been updated so it is now more evident that functional unit and reference dosage is the same in the WUR calculation.

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