Public consultation on Industrial cleaning and degreasing agents 065
January 22 – March 21, 2025
During the consultation period, Nordic Ecolabelling gives you the opportunity to comment on our proposal for new criteria for Industrial cleaning and degreasing agents 065.
Nordic Ecolabelling are revising the requirements for industrial cleaning and degreasing agents. The product group encompasses products that are primarily intended to remove soiling such as oil residues, wax, grease, dust and other types of dirt from surfaces, machine parts, tools and pipe systems made of materials like steel, aluminium, concrete and plastic. The products must be exclusively intended for professional use within industrial settings. You are welcome to respond to the proposal no later than March 21, 2025.
Consultation documents
How can response be sent in?
We prefer to receive your response via this form: RESPONSE FORM. You can send your response in Nordic or English languages.
A compilation of the consultation responses will be published on the Nordic Swan Ecolabel web page.
Most important issues
- The new EUH hazard classes for endocrine disruptors, PBT (Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic)/vPvB (Very Persistent and Very Bioaccumulative), and PMT (Persistent, Mobile, and Toxic)/vPvM (Very Persistent and Very Mobile) are added to the prohibited classifications, both for products and ingoing substances.
- The list of substances that are excluded from use in products is extended with: Aminopolyphosphonates, bisphenols and bisphenol derivatives, boric acid, borates, and perborates, LAS (linear alkylbenzene sulphonates), MI (methylisothiazolinone) and MI/CMIT 3:1 (5-Chloro-2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one), microplastics, NTA (nitrilotriacetic acid) and its salts, per- and polyfluorinated substances (PFAS) and siloxanes D4, D5, D6 and HMDS.
- Surfactants classified as H411 and H412 are no longer exempted from the requirement on long-term environmental effects. In addition, the unit has changed from % in product to grams/litre in-use solution. The requirement is set per product type and the multiplying factor M, for H410 as stated in CLP, is included in the calculation.
- The limit values for CDV have been tightened up and the exemption for hydrochloric acid is removed.
- A new requirement has been introduced for primary packaging up to 20 litres concerning the packaging’s recyclability.
For more information about the consultation process in general, read here.
Your contact person on questions regarding the proposal is the Product Manager Caroline Karlsson, caroline.karlsson@svanen.se.