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De-icers 063

Nordic Swan Ecolabel de-icers meet ambitious environmental requirements from a holistic life cycle perspective. This means that Nordic Swan Ecolabel de-icers are amongst the environmentally best in their category.

The requirements include, among others:

  • Environmental properties (ecotoxicity and biodegradability) of chemicals
  • Ban on salt, a better choice for trees and plants.
  • Limits for pollutants into the wastewater system, for example heavy metals.
  • Tests to avoid corrosion on buildings, aircrafts, and vehicles.
  • Efficiency test concerning ice melting capacity.

The product group includes de-icers with the purpose of removing ice and snow on flat areas, preventing further ice formation, or maintaining friction on for example runways at airports, roads, bridges, and cycle paths.

There are 43 Ecolabelled products from 5 companies within productgroup.

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  • 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 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 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 50 million EUR.
    The fee is 0,05 % of the products' turnover in the Nordic countries for the amount exceeding 50 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 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.

    Valid from 1 January 2023 Amount excluding VAT

    Application fee

    Application for a new licence 3 114 EUR. Inspection of four recipes is included in the application fee. For inspection of additional recipes, 778 EUR per recipe will be charged.
    Application for a renewed licence when the requirements have been tightened 1 557 EUR. Inspection of four recipes is included in the fee. For inspection of additional recipes, 389 EUR per recipe will be charged.

    Annual licence fee

    The licence fee for the 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 50 million EUR.
    The fee is 0,05 % of the products' turnover in the Nordic countries for the amount exceeding 50 million EUR.
    Minimum fee in the Nordic countries 2 076 EUR per year.
    Fixed fee that is added for sales outside the Nordic countries 2 076 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, 778 EUR will be charged per recipe. Other types of alterations will be charged according to how long the work takes.

    Up to 4 hours 389 EUR.
    4–8 hours 778 EUR.
    8 or more hours 1 557 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 519 EUR per visit.
    On-site inspection outside the Nordic region, but within Europe 1 557 EUR per visit.
    On-site inspection outside Europe 2 595 EUR per visit.
    Additional fee for on-site inspections lasting longer than one day 1 038 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

  • 3.0: New criteria generation

    The Nordic Ecolabeling Board has decided to adopt a new generation of criteria for de-icers. The new version, 3.0, is valid until December 31, 2029.

    2.11 ⇛ 2.12: Prolongation of the criteria

    The criteria have been prolonged with 12 months. The new version, 2.12, is valid until 31 December 2024.

    2.10 ⇛ 2.11: Adjustment of the criteria

    Requirement R14 Return system has been removed. The new version, 2.11, is valid until 31 December 2023.

    2.9 ⇛ 2.10: Prolongation of the criteria

    The criteria have been prolonged with 12 months. The new version, 2.10, is valid until 31 December 2023.

    2.8 ⇛ 2.9: Prolongation of the criteria

    The criteria have been prolonged with 12 months. The new version, 2.9, is valid until 31 December 2022.

    2.7 ⇛ 2.8: Prolongation of the criteria

    The criteria have been prolonged with 18 months. The new version, 2.8, is valid until 31 December 2021.

    2.6 ⇛ 2.7: Adjustment of the criteria

    The requirement R2 Classification of the product has been adjusted and the criteria have been updated to the CLP Regulation. The new version, 2.7, is valid until 30 June 2020.

    2.5 ⇛ 2.6: Prolongation of the criteria

    The criteria have been prolonged with 18 months. The new version, 2.6, is valid until 30 June 2020.

    2.4 ⇛ 2.5: Prolongation of the criteria

    The criteria have been prolonged. Also, requirement R17 Marketing was removed. The new version, 2.5, is valid until 31 December 2018.

    2.3 ⇛ 2.4: Prolongation of the criteria

    The criteria have been prolonged. The new version, 2.4, is valid until 31 December 2016.

    2.2 ⇛ 2.3: Prolongation of the criteria

    The criteria have been prolonged. The new version, 2.3, is valid until 31 December 2014.

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