Chemical requirements
Mandatory
Required: must be met for the credential.
Klar Cite summary
Every chemical used in carpet materials, treatment or assembly, at the maker or its suppliers, must meet the chemical requirements; impurities are exempt.
Nordic Swan·clause 4.3·p.16
Human Health
- Exemption
- Impurities are not regarded as ingoing substances and are exempt from the requirements.
Original wording
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Details
What the product must meet
- Exemptions
- Impurities are not regarded as ingoing substances and are exempt from the requirements.
How it is proven
- Evidence required
- Documentation of chemical requirements (Appendix 5) unless an Oeko-tex standard 100 class I certificate is provided for specific requirements.
- Who checks it
- Independent body verifies — a certifier, auditor or verifier with no stake
Klar Cite’s reading
Klar Cite’s reading of the clause, not the scheme’s own claim.
- Type of requirement
- Meet a limit or condition — e.g. a maximum emission or a minimum recycled content
- Standing
- Required — must be met for the credential
- Topic
- Human Health — the topic the clause addresses, grouped by the Common Materials Framework (CMF)
- Refers to
- Appendix 5 — places elsewhere in the document
Cite this clause
Nordic Swan · Textile Floor Coverings And Carpets (113) · version Group 113 v2.0 · clause 4.3 · page 16 · build 2026-10-27-1239 · https://klarcite.com/r/2449ac6f33ac70d4
Record details
Page 16, 4.3 Chemical requirements. Read in build 2026-10-27-1239, harvested 2026-10-27.
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