The Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products (Amendment) Regulations 2011

Amendment of Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products Regulations 2010U.K.

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2.—(1) The Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products Regulations 2010(1) are amended as follows.

(2) After regulation 20 insert—

21.(1) The Secretary of State must from time to time—

(a)carry out a review of regulations 2 to 19,

(b)set out the conclusions of the review in a report, and

(c)publish the report.

(2) In carrying out the review the Secretary of State must, so far as is reasonable, have regard to how Commission Directive 2009/125/EC(2) (which is implemented by means of regulations 2 to 19) is implemented in other Member States.

(3) The report must in particular—

(a)set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the regulatory system established by those Regulations,

(b)assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved, and

(c)assess whether those objectives remain appropriate and, if so, the extent to which they could be achieved with a system that imposes less regulation.

(4) The first report under this regulation must be published before the end of the period of 5 years beginning with the day on which these Regulations come into force.

(5) Reports under this regulation are afterwards to be published at intervals not exceeding 5 years.

(3) In Schedule 1, in the table at paragraph 4 after item 10 insert—

11A household dishwasherCommission Regulation (EU) No 1016/2010 implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the ecodesign requirements for household dishwashers(3)
12A household washing machineCommission Regulation (EU) No 1015/2010 implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the ecodesign requirements of household washing machines(4)

(4) In Schedule 5, in paragraph 27(2) for “two months” substitute “28 days”.

(2)

OJ No L 285, 31.10.2009, p 10.

(3)

OJ No L 293, 11.11.2010, p31.

(4)

OJ No L 293, 11.11.2010, p21. corrected by Corrigendum OJ No L 298,16.11.10, p 87.