European Ecolabel (LuSC List)

In 2005, the European commission voted in favour of adopting a European Ecolabel for lubricants. It sought to promote the development and use of lubricating products with reduced environmental impact. Products satisfying the requirements of the European Eco Label must be biodegradable, have low aquatic toxicity towards the environment and be derived in part from renewable and sustainable raw materials.

The European Ecolabel for lubricants aims to; reduce the harm caused to water and soil environments, reduce CO2 emissions in the atmosphere and ensure products contain a high percentage of renewable raw materials. Whilst lubricants must comply with strict environmental criteria, they must also meet minimum technical performance standards. With a portfolio of products ranging in viscosity from ISO 22 to ISO 1000, composed of both medium oxidation stable esters and high oxidation stable esters, we have the base oil technologies designed to enable formulations in all product categories to comply with environmental and technical performance requirements.

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All our products registered on the European Ecolabel LuSC list can be used without limitation in the following categories:

Category 1: Hydraulic Fluids and tractor transmission oils

Category 2: Greases and stern tube greases

Category 3: Chainsaw oils, concrete release agents, wire rope lubricants, stern tube oils and other total loss lubricants

Category 4: Two-stroke oils Category 5: Industrial and marine oils

Please note that the EU has updated Ecolabel for lubricants with COMMISSION DECISION (EU) 2018/1702 of 8 November 2018. During 2019 there is a transitional period of one year to allow lubricant producers whose products have been awarded the EU Ecolabel for Lubricants based on the criteria set out in Decision 2011/381/EU time to adapt their products to comply with the newly revised criteria and requirements.

Croda’s Priolube™ ester base oils will continue to be available and acceptable for use in the formulation of EU Ecolabel Compliant Lubricants according to (EU) 2018/1702 and 2011/381/EU. We are working to include our range of Priolube products on the upcoming 2019 LuSC list and this website will be updated when this work is complete. Please contact us for more information.