Textile floor coverings and carpets 113
The product group includes textile floor coverings, carpets, rugs, and mats for indoor use – both loose and wall-to-wall products. The side facing up must primarily consist of textile fibres.
The product group has been created from parts excerpted from 029 Floor coverings and 039 Clothing, textiles and leather.
Nordic Swan Ecolabelled textile floor coverings, carpets and floor mats have reduced environmental impact throughout the lifecycle. The requirements promote a more circular economy, reduce climate impact, save resources, and ensure products are suited for a long lifetime.
The requirements include:
- High proportion of renewable and/or recycled materials in the product.
- Environmental and health properties of chemicals used in manufacturing of the product. Among others, the use of substances that are classified with respect to carcinogenicity, toxicity to reproduction, or genotoxicity, nanoparticles and antibacterial substances are prohibited.
- Energy efficient product manufacturing or use of Best Available Techniques (BAT).
- Limitation of emissions to the air from products with backing of other materials than textiles.
- Quality testing.
- Ban on PVC.
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- Start your application process by reading the criteria document and find out if your product can obtain the Nordic Swan Ecolabel.
- Read your Application Guide.
- Request login credentials.
- Now you are ready to enter the Nordic Ecolabelling Portal.
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Should you wish to transfer your licence, please use this form.
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Valid from 1/1 2025
Amount excluding VAT
Application fees
Application for a new licence 3 348 EUR Application for renewal 1 673 EUR Annual licence fee
The licence fee for the Nordic Swan Ecolabelled products is based on their turnover in the Nordic region.
Up to 30.9 million EUR. 0,3% of the products' turnover More than 30.9 million EUR. 0,05% of the products' turnover Minimum fee in the Nordic region 2 232 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.
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Criteria documentEnglish / 1.1
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Writable declarationsEnglish / 1.1
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1.1: Prolongation of the validity of the criteria
Nordic Ecolabelling decided on January 7, 2025, to prolong the validity of the criteria until October 31, 2026. The new version is called 1.1.
1.0: New product group
Nordic Ecolabelling adopted version 1.0 of the criteria for Textile floor coverings and carpets on the 22 March 2023.
The criteria is valid to 1 May 2026.
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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.
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Background documentEnglish / 1.1
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