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The product group includes among others prams, strollers, car seats, carriers, nursing pillows and changing mats, i.e., products with textiles where the child has close contact with the textile when the product is used.

The materials included in a Nordic Swan Ecolabelled baby products with textiles must meet strict environmental and chemical requirements. This means that there is a ban on using a number of substances. In addition, there are requirements for both safety and quality.

The requirements include among others:

  • Environmental and health aspects of the used chemicals in the textile. Among other things there is prohibition of substances that may cause cancer, cause genetic defects or damage fertility and prohibition of halogenated flame retardants, fluorinated substances and nano particles.
  • Environmental and health aspects of filler materials, metal, rubber and plastic.
  • For cotton, at least 50% must be organic cotton or 100% cotton that conforms to standards for limited use of pesticides (IPM cotton).
  • Test of safety and quality.

The criteria cover many different materials. Therefore, not necessarily all requirements in the criteria document, will be relevant to your product. In the application tool "Requirement Overview Tool", you can see what requirements are relevant to your specific product. The tool refers to requirements in the criteria document.

  • 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.

     

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    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 babyproducts with textiles is an overall document for the commodity groups:

    • Baby chairs with textile
    • Car seats
    • Changing mats, changing cushions, changing pillows
    • Prams and strollers
       

    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 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 0,0 % 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 product types which are not already included in the licence, 3 251 EUR will be charged per product type. Other types of alterations will be charged a fixed fee 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 514 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
    Application for a renewed licence when the requirements have been tightened 1 557 EUR

    Annual licence fee

    The licence fee for the Nordic Swan 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 product types which are not already included in the licence, 3 114 EUR will be charged per product type. Other types of alterations will be charged a fixed fee 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

  • Information about the latest version of the criteria for Nordic Swan Ecolabelled baby products with textiles

    1.5 ⇛ 1.6: Adjustment of criteria

    Adjustment in requirement O50 and O65 by clarifying that test for 1,3-butadiene only applies to synthetic latex.

    The new version is called 1.6 and is valid until 31 December 2025.

    1.4 ⇛ 1.5: Prolongation of the validity of the criteria

    The validity of the criteria has been prolonged with 18 months. The new version is called 1.5 and is valid until 31 December 2025.

    1.3 ⇛ 1.4: Prolongation of the validity of the criteria

    The criteria have been prolonged with 12 months. The new version, 1.4, is valid until 30 June 2024.

    1.2 ⇛ 1.3: Adjustment of criteria

    Requirement O69 has been adjusted to differentiate between products intended for indoor and outdoor use. The new version is called 1.3.

    1.1 ⇛ 1.2: Prolongation of the validity of the criteria

    The criteria have been prolonged with 24 months. The new version, 1.2, is valid until 30 June 2023.

    1.0 ⇛ 1.1: Adjustment of criteria

    Requirement O42 has been adjusted and requirement O84 has been removed in the criteria. The new version, 1.1, is valid until 30 June 2021.

    1.0: Adoption of criteria 

    Criteria for Baby products with textiles was decided på the Nordic Ecolabelling Board on the 14 June 2017. Version 1.0 is valid until 30 June 2021.

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