Criteria

The BASTA system is made up of different criteria areas, there are mandatory and optional criteria areas. All criteria are applicable to all products.

This page reports the system's criteria areas and an overview of the criteria that a product must meet, for example in terms of content limits and reporting.

Criteria document

All criteria's are presented in their entirety in the BASTA system's criteria document which can be downloaded from the document page.

ATTENTION! Generation V34 is mandatory from 1st August 2024.

Criteria changes

Notifications

In the case of tightening of criteria, this must be announced no later than six months before they come into force via publication on BASTA's website and via email to connected companies.

Mandatory criteria areas

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Article card

Information on criteria fulfillment for all criteria is compiled on the respective article's article card, which you can access via our public search function.

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BASTA collaborates with auditors to carry out audits of connected companies. These auditors have documented knowledge of BASTA's criteria and assessments, they can also be hired if your organization needs external expertise.

Grades in the BASTA system

Based on which criteria are fulfilled, one of the following grades is obtained

Read more about our grades here.

Summary of all criteria in "Health and environmental hazards" - Picture is from the criteria document
Summary of all criteria in "Health and environmental hazards" - Picture is from the criteria document

Criteria area

Health and environmental hazards

This criteria area is the basis of the BASTA system and limits substances with different health and environmentally hazardous properties. The criteria area comprises 38 criteria which are divided into 11 areas.

When registering a product in the BASTA system, it is mandatory to assess and declare which of the criteria are met and which are not. Depending on the criteria met in this criteria area, the registered product receives a specific grade.

Area

CMR

Concentration limit (weight%)
0,1%
The criterion must be fulfilled to achieve grade
BASTA, BETA
Declaration level
Declaration of whether or not the criterion is met (R)

Concentration limit (weight%)
1%
The criterion must be fulfilled to achieve grade
BASTA
Declaration level
Declaration of whether or not the criterion is met (R)

Concentration limit (weight%)
0,1%
The criterion must be fulfilled to achieve grade
BASTA, BETA
Declaration level
Declaration of whether or not the criterion is met (R)

Concentration limit (weight%)
1%
The criterion must be fulfilled to achieve grade
BASTA
Declaration level
Declaration of whether or not the criterion is met (R)

Concentration limit (weight%)
0,3%
The criterion must be fulfilled to achieve grade
BASTA, BETA
Declaration level
Declaration of whether or not the criterion is met (R)

Concentration limit (weight%)
0,1%
The criterion must be fulfilled to achieve grade
Does not have to be fulfilled for any grade
Declaration level
Declaration of whether or not the criterion is met (R)

Concentration limit (weight%)
3%
The criterion must be fulfilled to achieve grade
BASTA
Declaration level
Declaration of whether or not the criterion is met (R)

Concentration limit (weight%)
0,3%
The criterion must be fulfilled to achieve grade
BASTA, BETA
Declaration level
Declaration of whether or not the criterion is met (R)
Area

Endocrine disrupting

Concentration limit (weight%)
0,1%
The criterion must be fulfilled to achieve grade
BASTA, BETA
Declaration level
Declaration of whether or not the criterion is met (R)

Concentration limit (weight%)
1%
The criterion must be fulfilled to achieve grade
BASTA
Declaration level
Declaration of whether or not the criterion is met (R)

Concentration limit (weight%)
0,1%
The criterion must be fulfilled to achieve grade
Does not have to be fulfilled for any grade
Declaration level
Declaration of whether or not the criterion is met. If the criterion is not met, information shall also be provided on the substance or substances causing the non-compliance with the criterion. (i)
Area

PBT/PMT

Concentration limit (weight%)
0,1%
The criterion must be fulfilled to achieve grade
BASTA, BETA
Declaration level
Declaration of whether or not the criterion is met (R)

Concentration limit (weight%)
0,1%
The criterion must be fulfilled to achieve grade
BASTA, BETA
Declaration level
Declaration of whether or not the criterion is met (R)

Concentration limit (weight%)
0,1%
The criterion must be fulfilled to achieve grade
Does not have to be fulfilled for any grade
Declaration level
Declaration of whether or not the criterion is met. If the criterion is not met, information shall also be provided on the substance or substances causing the non-compliance with the criterion. (i)

Concentration limit (weight%)
0,1%
The criterion must be fulfilled to achieve grade
BASTA, BETA
Declaration level
Declaration of whether or not the criterion is met. If the criterion is not met, information shall also be provided on the substance or substances causing the non-compliance with the criterion. (i)

Concentration limit (weight%)
0,1%
The criterion must be fulfilled to achieve grade
BASTA, BETA
Declaration level
Declaration of whether or not the criterion is met (R)

Concentration limit (weight%)
0,1%
The criterion must be fulfilled to achieve grade
BASTA, BETA
Declaration level
Declaration of whether or not the criterion is met (R)
Area

Particularly hazardous metals

Concentration limit (weight%)
0,1%
The criterion must be fulfilled to achieve grade
BASTA
Declaration level
Declaration of whether or not the criterion is met (R)

Concentration limit (weight%)
0,1% + 0,35%
The criterion must be fulfilled to achieve grade
BASTA, BETA
Declaration level
Declaration of whether or not the criterion is met (R)

Concentration limit (weight%)
Total ban
The criterion must be fulfilled to achieve grade
BASTA, BETA
Declaration level
Declaration of whether or not the criterion is met (R)

Concentration limit (weight%)
0,1%
The criterion must be fulfilled to achieve grade
BASTA, BETA
Declaration level
Declaration of whether or not the criterion is met (R)
Area

Hazardous to the ozone layer

Concentration limit (weight%)
0,1%
The criterion must be fulfilled to achieve grade
BASTA, BETA
Declaration level
Declaration of whether or not the criterion is met (R)
Area

Fluorinated greenhouse gases

Concentration limit (weight%)
0,1%
The criterion must be fulfilled to achieve grade
BASTA, BETA
Declaration level
Declaration of whether or not the criterion is met (R)
Area

Sensitising

Concentration limit (weight%)
0,1%
The criterion must be fulfilled to achieve grade
BASTA, BETA
Declaration level
Declaration of whether or not the criterion is met (R)

Concentration limit (weight%)
0,2% for gases
1% Solid-/liquid-phase
The criterion must be fulfilled to achieve grade
BASTA, BETA
Declaration level
Declaration of whether or not the criterion is met (R)

Concentration limit (weight%)
0,1%
The criterion must be fulfilled to achieve grade
BASTA, BETA
Declaration level
Declaration of whether or not the criterion is met (R)

Concentration limit (weight%)
0,1%
The criterion must be fulfilled to achieve grade
BASTA
Declaration level
Declaration of whether or not the criterion is met (R)
Area

Toxicity

Categories:   

  1. Oral (H300, H301)
  2. Dermal (H310, H311)
  3. Inhalation (H330, H331)
Concentration limit (weight%)
Refers to the product's classification
The criterion must be fulfilled to achieve grade
BASTA
Declaration level
Declaration of whether or not the criterion is met (R)

Concentration limit (weight%)
1%
The criterion must be fulfilled to achieve grade
BASTA
Declaration level
Declaration of whether or not the criterion is met (R)

Concentration limit (weight%)
10%
The criterion must be fulfilled to achieve grade
BASTA
Declaration level
Declaration of whether or not the criterion is met (R)

Concentration limit (weight%)
Refers to the product's classification
The criterion must be fulfilled to achieve grade
BASTA
Declaration level
Declaration of whether or not the criterion is met (R)

Concentration limit (weight%)
1%
The criterion must be fulfilled to achieve grade
BASTA
Declaration level
Declaration of whether or not the criterion is met (R)

Concentration limit (weight%)
10%
The criterion must be fulfilled to achieve grade
BASTA
Declaration level
Declaration of whether or not the criterion is met (R)
Area

VOC

Concentration limit (weight%)
10%
The criterion must be fulfilled to achieve grade
BASTA
Declaration level
Declaration of whether or not the criterion is met (R)
Area

Environmentally hazardous

Concentration limit (weight%)
Refers to the product's classification
The criterion must be fulfilled to achieve grade
BASTA
Declaration level
Declaration of whether or not the criterion is met (R)

Concentration limit (weight%)
Refers to the product's classification
The criterion must be fulfilled to achieve grade
BASTA
Declaration level
Declaration of whether or not the criterion is met (R)

Concentration limit (weight%)
Refers to the product's classification
The criterion must be fulfilled to achieve grade
BASTA
Declaration level
Declaration of whether or not the criterion is met (R)
Area

Candidate List

Concentration limit (weight%)
0,1%
The criterion must be fulfilled to achieve grade
Does not have to be fulfilled for any grade
Declaration level
Declaration of whether or not the criterion is met. If the criterion is not met, information shall also be provided on the substance or substances causing the non-compliance with the criterion. (i)

Mandatory criteria areas

Criteria area

Organisation


This criteria area contains criteria that companies connected to the BASTA system must fulfill.

Persons within the company or contracted consultants, who carry out assessments of products, handle documentation and/or are responsible for registration in the BASTA system must have competence according to the list below:

  1. Adequate knowledge of the substance content of the products in question
  2. Adequate knowledge of the BASTA system's criteria
  3. Adequate knowledge of health and environmental assessment of chemical substances and products
  4. Adequate knowledge of REACH, the European regulatory system for chemicals control
  5. Adequate knowledge of classification and labelling of chemical substances according to CLP

The competence must be documented in a responsibility list together with name, title and contact information. In the event of an audit, competence must be proven by presenting a transcript of education, CV or similar.

The company shall ensure that the responsibility list is updated in the event of personnel changes and that BASTAonline always has updated contact information for those responsible for registered products.

Assessment of criteria fulfilment and assessment basis shall be documented in an assessment overview. Assessment overview and assessment documentation must be archived and available as long as the company is connected to the BASTA system.

Assessment overview must be prepared in accordance with BASTAonline AB designated template or equivalent.

For products registered as "BETA to BASTA" and "DECLARED to BASTA", documentation must credibly demonstrate that the product undergoes a curing process/drying under the conditions that can be expected on a construction site and that in built-in mode it has a chemical content that meets the BASTA grade. Documentation can favourably be made in the form of two separate assessment overviews, one for the delivered product and one for the built-in product.

The assessment overview shall contain the following information:

  1. Constituent chemical substances in raw materials/materials/articles
  2. CAS number or equivalent identification of substances
  3. Concentration by weight of substances in the product (for assembled articles, the proportion by weight in each article must be reported and assessed)
  4. Compliance with the criteria for each constituent substance
  5. What assessment documentation the assessment is based on
  6. Reference to assessment documentation and where it is stored

The Company shall update its assessment and registration of products if any of the following occurs:

  1. The composition of the product changes
  2. Constituent substances are reclassified
  3. The BASTA system's criteria are updated

BASTAonline AB has the right to update the BASTA system's criteria continuously. Changes that entail stricter criteria must be notified in writing at least six (6) months before they become mandatory. Companies that have joined the BASTA system are obliged to keep up to date on new criteria and to update assessments and registrations within six (6) months of updated criteria being announced.

Companies that join the BASTA system and register products must allow audits according to the BASTA system.

During an audit, assessment and assessment documentation for a selection of registered products, responsibility list and competence as well as procedures for BASTA registrations are checked. Documentation from sub suppliers used in assessment is also covered in an audit.

Companies connected to the BASTA system have the right to refer to their registered products as being registered in the BASTA system and meeting one of the BASTA system's grades or product groups in:

  • Documentation
  • Direct connection to the product (for example, on shelf edges)
  • Annual report of the company
  • In other types of media

In text, it may only be stated that the company is connected to and has products registered in the BASTA system. Companies that have joined the BASTA system have the right to use BASTAonline AB's trademarks, for the BASTA system, grades, and product groups, in accordance with BASTA's graphic profile.

If products are marketed as registered in the BASTA system, the following two formulations must be used:

”Product name” is registered in the BASTA-system and fulfils the grade XXXX.

”A registration in the BASTA-system means that we can verify that this product meets the BASTA-systems criteria for the specific grade. See www.bastaonline.se for more information about the systems criteria and the product’s current registration status.

Optional criteria areas

When registering, it is optional to report criteria fulfillment for these criteria areas. Reporting of criteria fulfillment within these criteria areas does not affect the product's grade.

Criteria area

Circularity

This criteria area contains criteria that deal with the product's circular properties, such as content of recycled material and reuse

If the product contains circulated material as defined below, the following information may be declared upon registration:

  1. Share of circulated material expressed as % of total weight of product
  2. Share of circulated material that is:
    1. Reused material/raw material – in %
    2. Recycled material/raw material – in %
      (100% of specified "Circulated material" shall be distributed among these items)
  3. Share of recycled material/raw material originating from:
    1. Pre-consumer – in %
    2. Post-consumer – in %
      (100% of specified "Recycled material/raw material" shall be distributed among these items)

If the product can be reused as defined below, the following information may be declared upon registration:

  • Share (weight-%) that can be reused

If the product is recyclable as defined below, the following information may be declared upon registration:

  • Share (weight-%) that can be material recycled

If the company has a circular business model for the product, the following information may be declared upon registration (one or more of the options below can be selected upon registration):

  • The product can be disassembled, reassembled
  • A circular business model, or similar, exists for the product
  • Other way to support a circularity for the product exists
Criteria area

Renewability

This criteria area contains criteria that deal with the product's renewability, such as the percentage of renewable content.

If the product contains renewable raw materials/materials as defined below, the following information may be declared upon registration:

  • Share (weight-%) of the product that comes from renewable materials/raw materials
Criteria area

Environmental effects

This criteria area contains criteria that deal with the product's environmental effects linked to its environmental product declaration - EPD.

If a verified/third-party audited EPD (Environmental Product Declaration) in accordance with ISO 14025 (and EN 15804 if applicable) exists for the product, the following information may be declared upon registration:

  • If the information comes from a product specific or generic EPD
  • Functional unit
  • Amount of the product in the functional unit
  • Web address to published and verified EPD
  • The following values as stated in your EPD. No recalculation needs to be carried out:
    • GWP-f - Climate Change - fossil
      • For: A1-A3, A4, C1, C2, C3, C4, D
    • ODP
      • For: A1-A3, A4
    • AP
      • For: A1-A3, A4
    • EP-fw - Eutrophication aquatic freshwater
      • For: A1-A3, A4
    • POCP
      • For: A1-A3, A4
    • ADPE
      • For: A1-A3, A4
    • ADPF
      • For: A1-A3, A4
Criteria area

Emissions and tests

This criteria area enables results from tests on emissions etc. can be submitted in a structured manner.

If the product has undergone volatile organic compound (VOC) emission testing, the following should be declared upon registration:

  1. Obtained certificate (for instance EMICODE EC1plus/EC1/EC2, Blue Angel, M1/M2 (RTS), GUT, AgBB)
  2. Measurement method/standard (for instance ISO 16000–9, ISO 16000–10, ISO 16000–6, ISO 16000–3, EN 16516, EN 717–1, CDPH Standard Method v1.1)
  3. Measured content expressed in unit [μg/m3]
  4. If the article is exempted from emission measurement due to the fact that it does not contain any organic material

If the product has undergone emission testing for formaldehyde, the following should be declared upon registration:

  1. Measurement method/standard (for instance ISO 16000–9, ISO 16000–10, ISO 16000-6, ISO 16000-3, EN 16516, EN 717-1, CDPH Standard Method v1.1)
  2. Measured content expressed in unit [mg/m3]
  3. If the article is exempted from emission measurement due to the fact that it does not contain any organic material
  4. If the measurement method indicated under point 1 an approved measurement method according to the DNSH criteria for the
    evironmental objective “Pollution prevention and control” in the EU taxonomy 2020/852/EU
  5. If the article falls within the product types that according to the DNSH criteria for the environmental objective ”Pollution prevention
    and control” in the EU taxonomy must fulfil emission requirements

If the product has undergone emission testing for carcinogenic volatile organic compounds of categories 1A and 1B, the following should be declared upon registration:

  1. Measurement method/standard (for instance ISO 16000–9, ISO 16000-10, ISO 16000-6, ISO 16000-3, EN 16516, EN 717-1, CDPH Standard Method v1.1)
  2. Measured content expressed in unit [mg/m3]
  3. If the article is exempted from emission measurement due to the fact that it does not contain any organic material
  4. If the measurement method indicated under point 1 an approved measurement method according to the DNSH criteria for the
    environmental objective “Pollution prevention and control” in the EU taxonomy 2020/852/EU
  5. If the article falls within the product types that according to the DNSH criteria for the environmental objective ”Pollution
    prevention and control” in the EU taxonomy must fulfil emission requirements

For products tested according to "4MS – Leaching of lead into drinking water ", the following should be declared upon registration:

  1. The product is approved according to 4MS – Leaching of lead into drinking water is less than 5 μg/l.
  2. Information on the lead content of the copper alloy in the following ranges:
    1. The 4MS approved copper alloy contains ≤ 0,25% Lead
    2. The 4MS approved copper alloy contains >0,25–0,8% Lead
    3. The 4MS approved copper alloy contains >0,8% Lead
  3. Results from the 4MS report expressed in unit [μg/l]

For more information: Approval and Harmonization – 4MS Initiative | Umweltbundesamt.