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Liquid and gaseous fuels 099

The product group includes liquid and gaseous fuels for transport (road, sea and air), heating and industrial purposes. Gaseous fuels also include liquefied biogas (LBG) and bio-LPG (also called renewable propane or biopropane).

The requirements include:

  • Use of 100% renewable raw materials.
  • Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 75-90% compared to fossil-based alternatives.
  • Use of biogenic residue and waste in gaseous fuels.
  • Renewable material from responsible produced, traceable and controlled sources.
  • Prohibition against use of primary food and feed crops as well as genetically modified plants.
  • Prohibition against problematic feedstocks, such as palm oil and soy oil.
  • Code of Conduct for working conditions in the production of raw materials, liquid and gaseous fuels to ensure compliance with relevant UN conventions.
  • Fulfilment of recognized fuel standards to ensure good combustion characteristics.
    1. Start your application process by reading the criteria document and find out if your product can obtain the Nordic Swan Ecolabel. 
    2. Read your Application Guide: "New application or change" or ""Renewal" (see below)
    3. Request login credentials.
    4. Now you are ready to enter the Nordic Ecolabelling Portal.

     

    Portal sign in                                             Get login credentials

     

    Should you wish to transfer your licence, please use this form. 

  • Valid from 1/1 2025

    Amount excluding VAT

    Application fee

    		  
    Inspection of one fuel type and production site is included in the application fee. 3 348 EUR
    Inspection of additional fuel types / production sites 3 348 EUR per fuel type/production site

    Application for a renewed licence when the requirements have been tightened    		  
    Inspection of one fuel type/production site is included in the fee. 1 673 EUR
    Inspection of fuel types/production sites 1 673 EUR per fuel type/production site 

     

    Annual licence fee

    The licence fee for the Nordic Swan Ecolabelled products is based on their turnover in the Nordic region.

    Up to 20.6 million EUR. 0,15% of the products' turnover
    More than 20.6 million EUR. 0,05% of the products' turnover
    Minimum fee in the Nordics 2 232 EUR per year.
    Maximum fee in the Nordics 103 000 EUR per year.
    Fixed fee applicable to turnover outside the Nordic region 2 232 EUR per year for turnover exceeding 300 000 EUR.

    Fee for extension / change of licence

    Fixed fee that is charged depending on how long the work takes.

    Up to 4 hours 418 EUR
    4-8 hours 836 EUR
    8 or more hours 1 673 EUR

    Fee for on-site inspections

    One on-site visit within the Nordic region is included in the application for a new or renewed licence.

    Additional on-site inspection within the Nordic region 557 EUR per visit
    On-site inspection outside the Nordic region, but within Europe 1 673 EUR per visit
    On-site inspection outside Europe 2 790 EUR per visit
    Additional fee for on-site inspections lasting longer than one day 1 115 EUR per day

     

  • In the criteria document, you can read about how to document and verify compliance for each requirement. You can also find other application documents here.

  • Information on the latest version of the criteria for liquid and gaseous fuels

    4.0 ⇛ 4.1 Adjustment of criteria

    On 4 February 2025 Nordic Ecolabelling adopted an adjustment in the requirement for quality standards (O11) referring to updated standards. The new version is 4.1.

    4.0 New generation of criteria

    The Nordic Ecolabelling Board decided on 7 December, 2022 to adopt a new generaton of criteria for Nordic Ecolabelled liquid and gaseous fuels. Criteria generation 4.0. is valid until December 31, 2027.

    3.2 ⇛ 3.3 Prolongation of the validity of the criteria

    The criteria has been prolonged with 4 months. The new version is called 3.3 and is valid until 31 December 2023.

    3.1 ⇛ 3.2: Prolongation of the validity of the criteria

    The criteria has been prolonged with 17 months. The new version, 3.2, is valid until 31 August 2023.

    3.0 ⇛ 3.1: Prolongation of the validity of the criteria

    The criteria has been prolonged with 9 months. The new version, 3.1, is valid until 31 March 2022.

    3.0: New generation of criteria

    The criteria for liquid and gaseous fuels were decided on by Nordic Ecolabelling on the 14 June 2017. Version, 3.0, is valid until 30 June 2021.

  • In the background document below you will find reasoning and facts behind the specific requirements in the criteria document.

    Here you can also read the comments, requirement for requirement, from the public hearing.

    If the documents are in a Nordic language, you can get help in understanding the sections you need by contacting the product specialist in your chosen country below.