The Ecodesign for Energy-Using Products Regulations 2007

PART 1 Introduction and interpretation

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Ecodesign for Energy-Using Products Regulations 2007 and come into force on 11th August 2007.

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“authorised person” is defined in regulation 20;

“CE conformity marking” is defined in Schedule 6;

“conformity assessment procedure” means the procedure to assess the conformity of a listed product to the product requirements;

“declaration of conformity” is defined in Schedule 5;

“enforcement notice” is defined in paragraph 2 of Part 5 to Schedule 9;

“enforcing authority” means—

(a)

in England and Wales and Scotland, a local weights and measures authority within the meaning of section 69 of the Weights and Measures Act 1985(1); and

(b)

in Northern Ireland, the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment;

“general technical documentation” is defined in chapter 2 of Part 1 to Schedule 4;

“implementing measure” is defined in paragraph 2 of Part 1 to Schedule 1;

“listed product” means an energy-using product listed in paragraph 1 of Part 1 to Schedule 1;

“non-conformity notice” is defined in paragraph 14 of Part 1 to Schedule 4;

“notified body” means a person approved by the Secretary of State under regulation 11;

“product requirements” is defined in Schedule 2.

(2) In Schedules 1,2 and 3 of these Regulations, the European Standards with designation numbers EN 153, EN50294 and EN 60920 mean the Standards issued with those designations by the European Committee for Electromechanical Standardisation(2).

(3) Expressions used in these Regulations which are used—

(a) in an implementing measure; or

(b) in Directive 2005/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-using products(3),

have the meaning they bear in that measure or Directive.

(1)

1985 c.72.

(2)

Otherwise known as CENELEC at 35 Rue de Stassartstraat, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium (www.cenelec.org).

(3)

O.J. No. L191, 22.7.2005, p. 29.