Spreading rate
Guidance
Required? No — guidance only: explains or advises; not assessed.
Outside the product view
This clause sits outside the product view: it is not a product requirement, so lists and comparisons of product requirements leave it out.
EU Ecolabel·clause 2(a)·p.14
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- Exemption
- This requirement does not apply to varnishes, lasures, transparent adhesion primers or any other transparent or semi-transparent coatings.
Original wording
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Details
What the product must meet
The document’s own listing
Indoor white paints and light-coloured paints ≥ 8 m2/l; Outdoor white and light-coloured paints ≥ 6 m2/l; Opaque primers and undercoats ≥ 8 m2/l or ≥ 6 m2/l for specific properties
The document’s own compact listing of the limits, as harvested.
- Applies to
- This requirement applies to all white paints. For families of paint products available only in preset shades, the spreading rate shall apply to the lightest colour.
- Exemptions
- This requirement does not apply to varnishes, lasures, transparent adhesion primers or any other transparent or semi-transparent coatings.
How it is proven
- 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
- Required?
- No — guidance only — explains or advises; not assessed
Cite this clause
EU Ecolabel · Decorative paints, varnishes and related products, performance coatings, water-based aerosol spray paints · version 32025D2607 · clause 2(a) · page 14 · build 2026-10-22-0117 · https://klarcite.com/r/2663a55e146f17f3
Record details
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