The EU Ecolabel is the European Union’s official voluntary environmental label, awarded to products and services that meet rigorous, life-cycle-based criteria. But it only covers specific product groups for which the European Commission has adopted criteria, and several categories are excluded by regulation. This checker tells you whether a scheme exists for your category, what the headline criteria themes are, and how the fee and conformity process works.
How it works
The tool maps your selected category to the EU Ecolabel product group structure defined by Commission Decisions under Regulation (EC) No 66/2010. For each category it reports one of three states:
- Eligible — an active product group exists, with named criteria themes such as energy efficiency, hazardous-substance restrictions, or recyclability.
- Excluded — the regulation explicitly bars the category, for example food, feed, medicinal products, and medical devices.
- No current scheme — the category is not excluded but no criteria set has been adopted, so a licence cannot currently be granted.
For eligible categories it also surfaces the indicative fee structure, which combines a capped application fee and an annual fee paid to your national Competent Body, with reductions for SMEs and micro-enterprises.
Tips and notes
Eligibility here means a scheme exists, not that your specific product passes — that requires meeting every criterion in the relevant Commission Decision, usually evidenced by accredited test reports. If your category shows no current scheme, you cannot apply, but you may still pursue other Type I ecolabels. Always begin a real application through the Competent Body in your member state, which manages assessment and issues the licence to display the flower logo.