The Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Amendment) Regulations 2013

Statutory Instruments

2013 No. 1232

Energy Conservation

The Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Amendment) Regulations 2013

Made

8th May 2013

Laid before Parliament

4th June 2013

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1

The Secretary of State is a Minister designated(1) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(2) in relation to the environmental aspects of product design and makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by that section.

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Amendment) Regulations 2013.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), these Regulations come into force on 1st September 2013.

(3) Regulation 2(3) comes into force on 1st November 2013.

Amendment of the Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products Regulations 2010

2.—(1) The Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products Regulations 2010(3) are amended as follows.

(2) In Schedule 1 (declaration of conformity) in the table at paragraph 4 after item 14 insert—

“15	A fan driven by a motor with an electric input power between 125W and 500kW	Commission Regulation (EU) No 327/2011 implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for fans driven by motors with an electric input power between 125W and 500kW(4)
16	A directional lamp, light emitting diode lamp and related equipment	Commission Regulation (EU) No 1194/2012 implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for directional lamps, light emitting diode lamps and related equipment(5)”.

(3) In Schedule 1 in the table at paragraph 4 after item 16 insert—

“17

A household tumble drier

Commission Regulation (EU) No 932/2012 implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for household tumble driers(6)”.

Amendment of the Energy Information Regulations 2011

3.—(1) The Energy Information Regulations 2011(7) are amended as follows.

(2) In the table at Schedule 1 (EU measures) after the entry relating to Televisions insert—

“Electrical lamps and luminaires

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 874/2012 supplementing Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to energy labelling of electrical lamps and luminaires(8)

1st September 2013”.

de Mauley

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

8th May 2013

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations make amendments to the Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/2617) (“the 2010 Regulations”) and the Energy Information Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/1524) and partially implement Commission Regulation (EU) No 327/2011, Commission Regulation (EU) No 1194/2012, Commission Regulation (EU) No 932/2012 and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 874/2012 as follows—

(a) regulation 2(2) amends Schedule 1 to the 2010 Regulations to make provision, from 1st September 2013, relating to fans driven by motors with an electric input power between 125W and 500kW and directional lamps, light emitting diode lamps and related equipment;

(b) regulation 2(3) amends Schedule 1 to the 2010 Regulations to make provision, from 1st November 2013, relating to household tumble driers; and

(c) regulation 3 amends Schedule 1 to the Energy Information Regulations 2011 to make provision, from 1st September 2013, relating to electrical lamps and luminaires.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.

(1)

S.I. 2010/1552.

(2)

1972 c. 68. Section 2(2) was amended by the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51), section 27(1)(a), and the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7), Part 1 of the Schedule.

(3)

S.I. 2010/2617, as amended by S.I. 2011/2677 and 2012/3005.

(4)

OJ No L 90, 6.4.2011, p8.

(5)

OJ No L 342, 14.12.2012, p1.

(6)

OJ No L 278, 12.10.2012, p1.

(7)

S.I. 2011/1524 as amended by S.I. 2011/2677 and 2012/3005; there is another amending instrument but it is not relevant.

(8)

OJ No L 258, 26.9.2010, p1.