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Transport wash installations 074

Nordic Swan Ecolabel wash installations for vehicles have reduced environmental impact by meeting requirements to water consumption, effluents, measures to reduce energy consumption, chemical products used in the wash installation, handling of sludge and more.

The requirements include:

  • Limits for water consumption per wash.
  • Measures to reduce energy consumption.
  • Test and limits for effluents of oil, lead, chromium, nickel, cadmium, copper, zinc, antimony and the phthalate DEHP.
  • Use of 100 % chemical products certified with the Nordic Swan Ecolabel for cleaning the vehicles and the wash installation.
  • Procedures for operation and maintenance of the wash installation.
  • Annual follow-up of effluents and water consumption.

The product group includes wash installations for cars, buses, trucks, trains, other rail transport and airplanes.

There are 18 Ecolabelled products from 16 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".

  • The criteria document for transport wash installations is an overall document for the commodity groups:
     

    • Bus & truck wash
    • Car wash
    • Train wash
       

    Fees are charged per commodity group according to the price list below.
     

    Valid from 1 January 2025 Amount excluding VAT

    Application fee

    Application for a new licence 3 348 EUR.
    Application for a renewed licence when the requirements have been tightened 1 673 EUR.

    Annual licence fee

    The licence fee for the Nordic Swan Ecolabelled service is based on its turnover The fee is 0.15% of the service's turnover.
    Minimum fee 2 232 EUR per year.
    Maximum fee 36 050 EUR per year.

    Fee for extension / change of licence

    Fixed fee that is charged depending on 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 is included when applying for a new or renewed licence.

    Additional on-site inspections are 557 EUR per visit.

    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.

    The criteria document for transport wash installations is an overall document for the commodity groups:
     

    • Bus & truck wash
    • Car wash
    • Train wash
       

    Fees are charged per commodity group according to the price list below.
     

    Valid from 1 January 2024 Amount excluding VAT

    Application fee

    Application for a new licence 3 251 EUR.
    Application for a renewed licence when the requirements have been tightened 1 625 EUR.

    Annual licence fee

    The licence fee for the Nordic Swan Ecolabelled service is based on its turnover The fee is 0.15% of the service's turnover.
    Minimum fee 2 167 EUR per year.
    Maximum fee 35 000 EUR per year.

    Fee for extension / change of licence

    Fixed fee that is charged depending on 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 is included when applying for a new or renewed licence.

    Additional on-site inspections are 541 EUR per visit.

    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.

    • 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 transport wash installations

    4.0: New criteria generation

    Version 4 of Nordic Ecolabelling's criteria for vehicle wash installations has been published. The criteria are valid until 1 April 2029.

    3.6 ⇛ 3.7: Prolongation of the validity of the criteria

    The validity of the criteria has been prolonged by 6 months. The new version is called 3.7 and is valid to 30 June 2025.

    3.5 ⇛ 3.6: Prolongation of the validity of the criteria

    The validity of the criteria has been prolonged by 12 months. The new version is called 3.6 and is valid to 31 December 2024.

    3.4 ⇛ 3.5: Adjustment of the criteria

    Requirement O16 has been adjusted: wash installations with closed-loop wastewater systems are now exempt from the requirement for anaerobic degradability. The new version is called 3.5. and is valid to 31 December 2023.

    3.3 ⇛ 3.4: Prolongation of the validity of the criteria

    The validity of the criteria has been prolonged by 18 months. The new version, 3.4, is valid to 31 December 2023.

    3.2 ⇛ 3.3: Prolongation of the validity of the criteria

    The validity of the criteria has been prolonged by 6 months. The new version, 3.3, is valid to 30 June 2022.

    3.1 ⇛ 3.2: Extension and prolongation of the validity of the criteria

    The criteria have been extended with wash installations for trains and other rail transport, thereby changing the name of the product group to Transport wash installations. Furthermore, the validity of the criteria has been prolonged by 12 months. The new version, 3.2, is valid to 31 October 2021.

    3.0 ⇛ 3.1: Prolongation of the validity of the criteria

    On 14 December 2017 it was decided to prolong the validity of the criteria until 31 December 2020. The name of the new version is 3.1.

    3.0: New criteria generation

    Version 3 of Nordic Ecolabelling's criteria for vehicle wash installations has been published. The criteria are valid until 31 October 2018.

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