The Ecodesign of Energy Related Products Directive

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Introduction

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The Ecodesign of Energy Related Products Directive 2009/125/EC is a framework directive which primarily focuses on energy in use. It does this by setting minimum requirements for certain energy consuming products. To be considered for inclusion within the directive a product must:

• have a volume of sales that exceeds 200,000 units per year throughout the internal European market - this is an accumulative total and not one calculated on an individual producer basis
• have a significant environmental impact within the internal market
• present significant potential for improvement in environmental impact without incurring excessive costs

Transport is excluded from the directive.
The objective is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other adverse environmental impacts throughout the life-cycle of a product with emphasis placed on the design and development stages of a product with a view to improving its energy efficiency.

Guidance

The National Measurement and Regulation Office (NMRO) operates a mixed model enforcement service which combines market surveillance with product testing and business support in order to increase compliance.
It is policy that:

• enforcement should be intelligence led and based on an assessment of risk
• form filling and data requests will be kept to a minimum
• information and data can be sent to us electronically or in whichever way is convenient to the supplier
• enforcement actions will not be disproportionate

NMRO will assist industry to comply with the regulations by working with stakeholders and providing the best information and advice possible. In all cases of non-compliance the full suite of possible actions will be considered and the most appropriate selected in order to help those aiming to comply and pursue vigorously those that intend to flout compliance, including possible prosecution, details of which can be found in the prosecution policy.

Prosecution policy

PDF, 288KB, 6 pages

A requirement of the regulations is to publish civil sanctions guidance, which can be downloaded below:

Civil sanctions guidance

PDF, 624KB, 45 pages

The published guidance also contains an enforcement undertaking form.

Enforcement undertaking form

MS Word Document, 87.5KB

EC guidance

The Commission has produced guidance on the ecodesign directive and its implementing measures. This includes a frequently asked questions document, together with further guidlines.

Appeals

The below document gives guidance on the appeals process associated with the enforcement of this legislation by the NMRO.

NMO appeals guidance

MS Word Document, 86KB

Legislation

European

The Energy Related Products Directive is a CE Marking directive and is implemented via commission regulations. These are measures which lay down ecodesign requirements for defined products or functions. Information on CE Marking can be found here.

British

The energy related products directive is transposed into UK law under the Energy Related Products Regulations 2010 SI 2010 No. 2617 as amended by statutory instrument SI 2011 No. 2677. The regulations provide the NMRO with the power to impose civil sanctions and to recover testing costs where appropriate.
Those currently in force that implement the directive are summarised below:

product	primary legislation	date	amendments and repeals	guidance
ventilation units	(EU) No 1253/2014	7 July 2014
small, medium and large power transformers	(EU) No 548/2014	21 May 2014
domestic ovens, hobs and range hoods	EU No 66/2014	20 February 2014
space heaters and combination heaters	EU No 813/2013	26 September 2013	repealed council directive 92/42/EEC
water heaters and hot water storage tanks	EU No 814/2013	20 September 2013
vacuum cleaners	EU No 666/2013	2 August 2013
computers and computer servers	EU No 617/2013	17 July 2013
directional lamps, light emitting diode lamps and related equipment	1194/2012/EU	3 March 2013		January 2014 EC communication
household tumble driers	EU No 932/2012	1 November 2012		December 2014 EC communication
water pumps	EU No 547/2012	16 July 2012
air conditioners and comfort fans	EU No 206/2012	30 March 2012
fans	EU No 327/2011	26 April 2011		consolidated text
washing machines	EU No 1015/2010	1 December 2010		November 2010 corrigenda December 2013 EC communication
dishwashers	EU No 1016/2010	1 December 2010		June 2013 EC communication July 2013 EC corrigenda
household refrigerating appliances	EC No 643/2009	12 August 2009		January 2010 EC communication October 2010 corrigendum January 2014 EC communication
televisions	EC No 642/2009	12 August 2009	EU No 801/2013
electric motors	EC No 640/2009	12 August 2009	EU 4/2014
circulators	EC No 641/2009	12 August 2009	EC No 622/2012
external power supplies	EC No 278/2009	27 April 2009	EC No 617/2013	May 2013 communication
domestic lighting	EC No 244/2009	14 April 2009	EC No 859/2009	EC guidance
tertiary Lighting	EC No 245/2009	4 April 2009	EC No 347/2010
simple set top boxes regulation	EC No 107/2009	25 January 2009
standby and off mode	EC No 1275/2008	7 January 2009	EC No 642/2009 EU No 617/2013 EC No 801/2013	EC guidance

The NMRO has produced guidance relating to the use of circulators as replacement parts. This can be downloaded with the document link below.

NMRO guide for circulators as replacement parts

MS Word Document, 87.6KB

Blue Guide

The EC has developed the Blue Guide which is intended to contribute to better understanding of directives based on union harmonisation legislation across different sectors and throughout the single market.

Blue Guide

PDF, 3.55MB, 125 pages

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