Industrial cleaning and degreasing agents
Criteria
Prices
The product group includes products that are primarily intended to remove soiling such as oil residues, wax, grease, dust, graffiti paints and other types of dirt from surfaces, machine parts, tools and pipe systems made of materials like steel, aluminium, concrete and plastic. The products must be exclusively intended for professional use within industrial settings.
Nordic Swan Ecolabel industrial cleaning and degreasing agents meet ambitious environmental requirements and are amongst the environmentally best in their category.
The requirements include:
- Efficiency tests.
- Strict environmental requirements for chemicals, focusing on ecotoxicity, bioaccumulation and degradability.
- Strict health requirements for chemicals, including a ban on adding substances classified to cause cancer, toxic to reproduction or to potentially damage genetic material. Also identified or potential endocrine disruptors on up-to-date lists from EU and national authorities or by classification are banned.
- Strict limits on volatile organic compounds (VOC) to minimise the contribution to ground-level ozone formation.
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 in 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.
Nordic fee
Valid from 01-01-2026 til 31-12-2026
Publish date: 26-09-2025
| Application fee (incl. inspection visit within the Nordic region**)* | 3,401 € |
| Minimum fee per formulation/recipe | 836 € |
| Annual licence fee based on turnover in the Nordic region: | |
| Turnover 0-52,324 million € | 0.30 % |
| Turnover > 52,324 million € | 0.05 % |
| Minimum fee | 2,267 € |
| Extra fee for sales outside the Nordic region (only if revenue > 300.000 €/year) | 2,267 € |
| Renewal fee - by new generation of requirements*/***> | 1,699 € |
| Minimum fee per unchanged formulation/recipe | 424 € |
| Minimum fee per new/changed formulation/recipe | 849 € |
| Inspection visits (per visit):** | |
| More than one inspection visit within the Nordic region | 565 € |
| Inspection visit within Europe | 1,699 € |
| Inspection visit outside Europe | 2,834 € |
| Extension/change of existing licence:**** | |
| Case handling < 4 hours | 424 € |
| Case handling < 8 hours | 849 € |
| Case handling ≥ 8 hours | 1,699 € |
| Minimum fee per formula/recipe, if the extension includes new or changed recipes | 849 € |
* 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 1,132 € 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.
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 in 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.
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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