Candles
Criteria
Prices
The product group comprises candles/oil candles made up of one or more wicks surrounded by a solid or liquid material. Taper candles, pillar and ball candles, tea light candles and other indoor container candles, outdoor candles like graveyard candles and garden candles and oil candles/-lamps in single-use containers can be certified. Scented or aromatherapeutic candles cannot be certified.
Nordic Swan Ecolabel candles have a reduced environmental and climate impact throughout their life cycle. Nordic Ecolabelling has assessed all the relevant environmental aspects throughout the life cycle of these products and made strict requirements concerning the topics and processes in the life cycle where ecolabelling can have the greatest effect.
The requirements include:
- Use of at least 90 % renewable material, resulting in a significantly lower climate impact compared to paraffin candles
- Banned use of palm and soy oil
- Banned use of scent/perfume
- Restrictions for hazardous chemicals like dyes and additives to ensure lower emissions of particles and VOC to indoor air
- Tests to ensure low emissions of soot to indoor air
- Criteria for fire safety, burning time and safety labelling
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 € |
| Annual licence fee based on turnover in the Nordic region: | |
| Turnover 0-31,394 million € | 0.30 % |
| Turnover > 31,394 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 € |
| 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 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 01-01-2027 til 31-12-2027
Publish date: 28-09-2026
| Application fee (incl. inspection visit within the Nordic region**)* | 3,492 € |
| Annual licence fee based on turnover in the Nordic region: | |
| Turnover 0-32,241,638 € | 0.30 % |
| Turnover > 32,241,638 € | 0.05 % |
| Minimum fee | 2,328 € |
| Extra fee for sales outside the Nordic region (only if revenue > 300.000 €/year) | 2,328 € |
| Renewal fee - by new generation of requirements*/*** | 1,744 € |
| Inspection visits (per visit):** | |
| More than one inspection visit within the Nordic region | 580 € |
| Inspection visit within Europe | 1,744 € |
| Inspection visit outside Europe | 2,910 € |
| Extension/change of existing licence:**** | |
| Case handling < 4 hours | 435 € |
| Case handling < 8 hours | 871 € |
| Case handling ≥ 8 hours | 1,744 € |
* 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 1,162 € 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 01-01-2025 til 31-12-2025
Publish date: 12-09-2024
| Application fee (incl. inspection visit within the Nordic region**)* | 3,348 € |
| Annual licence fee based on turnover in the Nordic region: | |
| Turnover 0-30,9 million € | 0.30 % |
| Turnover > 30,9 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 € |
| 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 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 digitized.
You will find application guides and tools to help you with your application under the CRITERIA tab on this page. Application must be submitted via the Nordic Ecolabelling Portal, where you also upload your documentation.
If you are not registered as a user, you can request login credentials.
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