Cosmetic products
Criteria
Prices
The product group includes all the types of products that fall under the EU Cosmetics Regulation, eg. products for skin and hair care, sun protection products and decorative cosmetics. In addition, it is also possible to Nordic Ecolabel care products for animals, sex products whose composition is similar to cosmetic products and wet wipes. Products covered by the Biocides Regulation cannot be Nordic Ecolabelled.
The substances that are part of a Nordic Ecolabelled cosmetic product must live up to strict environmental and chemical requirements. This means that the use of a number of drugs is prohibited. In addition, there are requirements for the design of the packaging in order to both limit material consumption and waste of the products.
The requirements include:
- Environmental properties (degradability, bioaccumulability and toxicity to aquatic organisms) of the chemical substances used.
- No use of substances classified as carcinogenic, mutagenic, harmful to reproduction or allergenic.
- No use of substances on the EU list of substances suspected of being endocrine disruptors.
- No perfume in baby and baby products.
- Packaging volume and degree of emptying for different types of packaging.
- 2007 DID list (English)
- 2014 DID list (English)
- 2016 DID list (English)
- Cosmetic 090e_3 CDV calculation Foam Soap version 7 (English)
- Cosmetic 090e_3 CDV calculation Rinse off version 7 (English)
- Cosmetic_090e_3_CDV_calculation_Leave On_version 12 (English)
- Writable declarations (Swedish)
- Writable declarations (English)
- WUR calculation (English)
The criteria document for cosmetic products is an overall document for the product groups:
- Shampoo, conditioner, soap and toothpaste
- Sun protection
- Wet wipes
- Other cosmetics
- Non cosmetics care products*
A special fee is charged for each product group.
Nordic fee
Valid from 01-01-2024
Publish date: 29-09-2022
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 € |
Extra 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 recipes | 812 € |
* Certain non cosmetic care products, which is not covered by the cosmetics regulation, may be licensed with the Nordic Swan Ecolabel in order to the criteria of the product group definition. These non cosmetic care products are collected in a separate commodity with a separate fee.
** 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.
**** 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
The criteria document for cosmetic products is an overall document for the product groups:
- Shampoo, conditioner, soap and toothpaste
- Sun protection
- Wet wipes
- Other cosmetics
- Non cosmetics care products*
A special fee is charged for each product group.
Nordic fee
Valid from 01-01-2023 til 31-12-2023
Publish date: 29-09-2022
Application fee (incl. inspection visit within the Nordic region***)** | 3,114 € |
Minimum fee per formulation/recipe | 778 € |
Annual licence fee based on turnover in the Nordic region: | |
Turnover 0-50 million € | 0.30 % |
Turnover > 50 million € | 0.05 % |
Minimum fee | 2,076 € |
Extra fee for sales outside the Nordic region (only if revenue > 300.000 €/year) | 2,076 € |
Renewal fee - by new generation of requirements**> | 1,557 € |
Minimum fee per unchanged formulation/recipe | 389 € |
Minimum fee per new/changed formulation/recipe | 778 € |
Extra inspection visits (per visit):*** | |
More than one inspection visit within the Nordic region | 519 € |
Inspection visit within Europe | 1,557 € |
Inspection visit outside Europe | 2,595 € |
Extension/change of existing licence:**** | |
Case handling < 4 hours | 389 € |
Case handling < 8 hours | 778 € |
Case handling ≥ 8 hours | 1,557 € |
Minimum fee per formula/recipe, if the extension includes new recipes | 778 € |
* Certain non cosmetic care products, which is not covered by the cosmetics regulation, may be licensed with the Nordic Swan Ecolabel in order to the criteria of the product group definition. These non cosmetic care products are collected in a separate commodity with a separate fee.
** When both the applicant and the manufacturer are micro-enterprises, the 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 Nordic Swan Ecolabelled and not Nordic Swan Ecolabelled products) below 2 million €.
*** Where audits requires more than one day away from the office including travelling, Nordic Ecolabelling can invoice an additional fee of 1,038 € per extra day. Other extraordinary costs induced by the audit can also be invoiced the applicant.
**** 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.
You can read more about the application process here: