Generic environmental claim
mikroplastikfrei
Soggetto a provaAffermazioni ambientali generiche ammesse solo con prova riconosciuta.
What does “mikroplastikfrei” mean?
The term promises that a product contains no microplastics. Such a free-from claim is only permissible with concrete, recognised evidence and becomes especially misleading where microplastics are absent from comparable products anyway or are already restricted for the product category. Without proof it remains unclear what the statement refers to.
Why this term is risky
Free-of claims are misleading where the named substance is not present in comparable products anyway or is already legally banned – this suggests an advantage that every product in the category shares. Such claims remain permissible only where the absence is genuinely relevant and can be substantiated.
Legal basis
Anhang I Nr. 10a UGP-RL i.d.F. EmpCo (EU) 2024/825 (Frei-von-Aussage) / § 5 UWG
The stated legal basis is an assessment, not a conclusively reviewed legal opinion and not individual legal advice.
Detected spellings & languages
- mikroplastikfrei
- mikroplastik frei
- mikroplastik-frei
- ohne mikroplastik
- microplastic free
- microplastic-free
- free from microplastics
- sin microplásticos
- sans microplastique
- senza microplastiche
- microplasticvrij
The scanner detects these and further variants across languages in sentence context.