Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 811/2013Show full title

ANNEX VIII Verification procedure for market surveillance purposes

For the purposes of assessing the conformity with the requirements laid down in Articles 3 and 4, the authorities of the Member States shall apply the following verification procedure:

1.

The Member State authorities shall test one single unit per heater, temperature control, solar device, package of space heater, temperature control and solar device, and package of combination heater, temperature control and solar device model and provide the information on the test results to the authorities of the other Member States.

2.

The model shall be considered to comply with the applicable requirements if:

(a)

for heaters, packages of space heater, temperature control and solar device, and packages of combination heater, temperature control and solar device, the seasonal space heating energy efficiency η_s is not more than 8 % lower than the declared value at the rated heat output of the unit;

(b)

for combination heaters and packages of combination heater, temperature control and solar device, the water heating energy efficiency η_wh is not more than 8 % lower than the declared value at the rated heat output of the unit;

(c)

for heaters, the sound power level L_WA is not more than 2 dB higher than the declared value of the unit;

(d)

for temperature controls, the class of the temperature control complies with the declared class of the unit;

(e)

for solar devices, the collector efficiency η_col is not more than 5 % lower than the declared value of the unit;

(f)

for solar devices, the standing loss S of the solar hot water storage tank is not more than 5 % higher than the declared value of the unit; and

(g)

for solar devices, the auxiliary electricity consumption Q_aux is not more than 5 % higher than the declared value of the unit.

3.

If the result referred to in point 2 is not achieved, the Member State authorities shall randomly select three additional units of the same model for testing and provide the information on the test results to the authorities of the other Member States and to the Commission within one month of testing.

4.

The model shall be considered to comply with the applicable requirements if:

(a)

for heaters, packages of space heater, temperature control and solar device, and packages of combination heater, temperature control and solar device, the average of the three units for seasonal space heating energy efficiency η_s is not more than 8 % lower than the declared value at the rated heat output of the unit;

(b)

for combination heaters and packages of combination heater, temperature control and solar device, the average of the three units for water heating energy efficiency η_wh is not more than 8 % lower than the declared value at the rated heat output of the unit;

(c)

for heaters, the average of the three units for sound power level L_WA is not more than 2 dB higher than the declared value of the unit;

(d)

for temperature controls, the class of the temperature control of the three units complies with the declared class of the unit;

(e)

for solar devices, the average of the three units for collector efficiency η_col is not more than 5 % lower than the declared value of the unit;

(f)

for solar devices, the average of the three units for standing loss S of the solar hot water storage tank is not more than 5 % higher than the declared value of the unit; and

(g)

for solar devices, the average of the three units for auxiliary electricity consumption Q_aux is not more than 5 % higher than the declared value of the unit.

5.

If the results referred to in point 4 are not achieved, the model shall be considered not to comply with this Regulation.

Member State authorities shall use the measurement and calculation methods set out in Annex VII.