Transport wash installations
Criteria
Prices
The product group includes wash installations for cars, buses, trucks, trains, other rail transport and airplanes.
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.
- Only use of chemical products certified with the Nordic Swan Ecolabel for cleaning the vehicles and the wash installation.
- Sorting used packaging from chemical products to promote recycling or reuse.
- Procedures for operation and maintenance of the wash installation.
- Annual follow-up of effluents and water consumption.
National fee
Valid from 01-01-2025 til 31-12-2025
Publish date: 13-09-2024
| Application fee (incl. inspection visit within the Nordic region**)* | 3,348 € |
| Annual licence fee for Denmark: | |
| Of Nordic Swan Ecolabel turnover in Denmark | 0.15 % |
| Minimum fee | 2,232 € |
| Maximum fee | 34,350 € |
| Extra fee for sales outside the Nordic region (Only if revenue > EUR 300,000 per year) | 2,232 € |
| Renewal fee - by new generation of requirements*/*** | 1,673 € |
| 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 € |
* 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 hours 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.
National 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 € |
| Annual licence fee for Denmark: | |
| Of Nordic Swan Ecolabel turnover in Denmark | 0.15 % |
| Minimum fee | 2,267 € |
| Maximum fee | 34,899 € |
| Extra fee for sales outside the Nordic region (Only if revenue > EUR 309,000 per year) | 2,267 € |
| Renewal fee - by new generation of requirements*/*** | 1,699 € |
| 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 € |
* 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 hours 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.
National 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 € |
| Annual licence fee for Denmark: | |
| Of Nordic Swan Ecolabel turnover in Denmark | 0.15 % |
| Minimum fee | 2,167 € |
| Maximum fee | 33,350 € |
| Extra fee for sales outside the Nordic region (Only if revenue > EUR 300,000 per year) | 2,167 € |
| Renewal fee - by new generation of requirements*/*** | 1,625 € |
| 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 € |
* 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 hours 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 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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