The Energy Information (Washing Machines) Regulations 1996

Suppliers' duties in respect of technical documentation

8.—(1) The supplier shall establish technical documentation sufficient to enable the accuracy of the information contained in a label or information notice to be assessed.

(2) The technical documentation referred to in paragraph (1) shall include—

(a) the name and address of the supplier;

(b) a general description of the applicance, sufficient for it to be identified;

(c) information (including drawings as relevant) on the main design features of the appliance and, in particular, items which appreciably affect its energy consumption;

(d) the results of design calculations carried out, where these are relevant;

(e) reports of relevant measurement tests carried out in accordance with the harmonised standards;

(f) test reports, where available, including those carried out by relevant notified organisations as defined under other Community legislation;

(g) where values are derived from those obtained for similar models, the same information for these models; and

(h) operating instructions (if any).

(3) For the purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2), the supplier may use documentation already required on the basis of relevant Community legislation.

(4) The supplier shall make the technical documentation available for inspection by enforcement authorites for a period ending five years after the appliance has ceased to be manufactured.

(5) The supplier shall furnish promptly to an enforcement authority such of the technical documentation as the authority requires pursuant to paragraph 9 of Schedule 5 (power of enforcement authority to require technical documentation).