Changes, vehicle care products
For vehicle care products, some changes have not yet been published in the criteria document (Good Environmental Choice Chemical Products 2018:4)
Cold degreasers for professional use
Cold degreasers for professional use are exempt from requirement 1.10, provided that they meet the requirements below:
Volatile organic compounds shall have a vapour pressure < 0.05 kPa at 20°C or have a watersolubility > 5 g/l. Complex distillation products shall have a vapour pressure < 0.025 kPa at 20 °C. Aromatic organic compounds (aromatic hydrocarbons) may not be included in the product. Exceptions exist for residual products of aromatics and fragrances below certain concentrations.
Exception: Aromatic organic compounds (aromatic hydrocarbons) may not be added to or included in the product. As a rule, however, normal paraffins and dearomatised naphtas contain aromatic hydrocarbons amounting to one or a couple tenths of one percent, which is accepted. The concentration of aromatic hydrocarbons in the added raw product (solvent) may not, however, exceed 0.5 %.
The applicant company must submit technical documentation demonstrating that the requirement is fulfilled.
In addition, the applicant company must sign a Letter of intent (Avsiktsförklaring in Swedish). The template (in Swedish) to be used for this can be found under the heading “Criteria and License Terms”
Windscreen washer fluid
Ingredients containing the substance monoethylene glycol (CAS No. 107-21-1, classification H373) are permitted in windscreen washer fluid, provided that monoethylene glycol does not exceed 2% by weight in the product.
NOTE: This text is a translation. The original Swedish version always prevails.