The Energy Information (Household Refrigerators and Freezers) Regulations 2004

Placing on the Community market: technical documentation

6.—(1) No supplier shall place on the Community market a regulated appliance unless he has established technical documentation sufficient to enable the accuracy of the information contained in a label or information sheet to be assessed.

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

(a) the name and address of the suppliers;

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

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

(d) reports of relevant measurement tests carried out under the harmonized standards;

(e) details of such calculations, extrapolations or both, as the case may be, and of tests undertaken to verify the accuracy of the calculations undertaken (details of the mathematical model for calculating performance and of measurements taken to verify this model) where the information relating to a particular model combination has been obtained by calculation on the basis of design, extrapolation from other combinations or both;

(f) 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 authorities for a period ending five years after the last regulated appliance of the model has been manufactured.