Cleaning products
Criteria
Prices
Nordic Swan Ecolabelled cleaning products are among the best cleaning products in terms of environmental profile. The whole life cycle of the products is taken into account and strict requirements are set concerning the environmental and health effects of the constituent substances and with regard to packaging. The use phase and raw material extraction are also taken into account in the requirements.
Nordic Swan Ecolabelled cleaning products:
- Meet strict requirements concerning environmentally hazardous chemicals, including requirements on ecotoxicity and biodegradability
- Meet strict requirements concerning chemicals that are harmful to health, including a ban on the sensitising preservative MI
- Offer effective cleaning performance with a small amount, so the product lasts longer and conserves the planet’s resources.
- Packaging requirements contribute to a circular economy, for example by addressing packaging design and material choices.
The criteria document for cleaning agents is a combined document for the product groups:
- Floor and universal cleaning
- Bathroom and sanitary cleaning
- Kitchen, glass, mirrors and glossy surfaces
- Outdoor and special cleaning agents
If you have several products within the same product group that are produced in the same place, they can come under one combined license. Application fees are paid per license while the annual usage fee is paid across all licenses in the product group.
Find an overview of product types that belong to the individual product groups here.
Nordic fee
Valid from 01-01-2024 til 31-12-2024
Publish date: 25-09-2023
| Application fee (incl. inspection visit within the Nordic region**)* | 3,251 € |
| Minimum fee per formulation/recipe | 812 € |
| Annual licence fee based on turnover within the Nordic region: | |
| Turnover 0-50 million € | 0.30 % |
| Turnover > 50 million € | 0.05 % |
| Minimum fee | 2,167 € |
| Extra fee for sales outside the Nordic region (only if revenue > 300.000 €/year) | 2,167 € |
| Renewal fee - by new generation of requirements*/*** | 1,625 € |
| Minimum fee per unchanged formulation/recipe | 406 € |
| Minimum fee per new/changed formulation/recipe | 812 € |
| Inspection visits (per visit):** | |
| More than one inspection visit within the Nordic region | 541 € |
| Inspection visit within Europe | 1,625 € |
| Inspection visit outside Europe | 2,709 € |
| Extension/change of existing licence:**** | |
| Case handling < 4 hours | 406 € |
| Case handling < 8 hours | 812 € |
| Case handling ≥ 8 hours | 1,625 € |
| Minimum fee per formula/recipe, if the extension includes new or changed recipes | 812 € |
* When both the applicant and the manufacturer are micro-enterprises, the fee is reduced by 50%. The definition of company size is based on EU recommendation 2003/361.
** Where audits require more than one day away from the office including travelling, Nordic Ecolabelling can invoice an additional fee of 1,083 € per extra day. Other extraordinary costs induced by the audit can also be invoiced the applicant.
*** The renewal fee only applies if the application has been signed and submitted before end of the validity of the licence. Else the normal application fee will apply.
**** Administrative tasks that takes less than 1 hour will not be invoiced.
All fees are exclusive of VAT. All information related to fees is subject to a disclaimer for errors and omissions.
The recipient is liable for the VAT according to article 56 of the Council Directive 2006/112/EC.
The criteria document for cleaning agents is a combined document for the product groups:
- Floor and universal cleaning
- Bathroom and sanitary cleaning
- Kitchen, glass, mirrors and glossy surfaces
- Outdoor and special cleaning agents
If you have several products within the same product group that are produced in the same place, they can come under one combined license. Application fees are paid per license while the annual usage fee is paid across all licenses in the product group.
Find an overview of product types that belong to the individual product groups here.
Nordic fee
Valid from 01-01-2025 til 31-12-2025
Publish date: 12-09-2024
| Application fee (incl. inspection visit within the Nordic region**)* | 3,348 € |
| Minimum fee per formulation/recipe | 836 € |
| Annual licence fee based on turnover within the Nordic region: | |
| Turnover 0-51,5 million € | 0.30 % |
| Turnover > 51,5 million € | 0.05 % |
| Minimum fee | 2,232 € |
| Extra fee for sales outside the Nordic region (only if revenue > 300.000 €/year) | 2,232 € |
| Renewal fee - by new generation of requirements*/*** | 1,673 € |
| Minimum fee per unchanged formulation/recipe | 418 € |
| Minimum fee per new/changed formulation/recipe | 836 € |
| Inspection visits (per visit):** | |
| More than one inspection visit within the Nordic region | 557 € |
| Inspection visit within Europe | 1,673 € |
| Inspection visit outside Europe | 2,790 € |
| Extension/change of existing licence:**** | |
| Case handling < 4 hours | 418 € |
| Case handling < 8 hours | 836 € |
| Case handling ≥ 8 hours | 1,673 € |
| Minimum fee per formula/recipe, if the extension includes new or changed recipes | 836 € |
* When both the applicant and the manufacturer are micro-enterprises, the fee is reduced by 50%. The definition of company size is based on EU recommendation 2003/361.
** Where audits require more than one day away from the office including travelling, Nordic Ecolabelling can invoice an additional fee of 1,115 € per extra day. Other extraordinary costs induced by the audit can also be invoiced the applicant.
*** The renewal fee only applies if the application has been signed and submitted before end of the validity of the licence. Else the normal application fee will apply.
**** Administrative tasks that takes less than 1 hour will not be invoiced.
All fees are exclusive of VAT. All information related to fees is subject to a disclaimer for errors and omissions.
The recipient is liable for the VAT according to article 56 of the Council Directive 2006/112/EC.
How to apply for a certification
This product group is not digitized.
You will find the application form and tools to get started with your application under the CRITERIA tab on this page.The application form must be completed, signed and submitted together with the documentation to application@ecolabel.dk.
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