Reliability and control

In order to prove that operations, products or services meet the requirements of the Ecolabel Guidelines, interested companies must provide an expert opinion from a qualified independent inspection agency. The Austrian Ecolabel is awarded for a period of four years, after which a new overall expert opinion is required. If there are changes in the labelled products or services, e.g. in the formulation or in the materials used, an updated expert opinion on changes affecting the requirements of the Ecolabel must also be provided before the end of the four years.

Annual spot checks of selected companies and products by the Association for Consumer Information provide additional guarantee that the requirements of the Austrian Ecolabel are continuously met.