Article 1
The product group ‘dishwashers’ (hereinafter referred to as ‘the product group’) shall mean:
‘Electric mains-operated household dishwashers sold to the general public. Appliances that may also use other energy sources, such as batteries, or have no internal heat source, are excluded.’
Article 2
The environmental performance of the product group as defined in Article 1 shall be assessed by reference to the specific ecological criteria set out in the Annex.
F1Article 3
The ecological criteria for the product group dishwashers, as well as the related assessment and verification requirements, shall be valid until 28 February 2009 .
Article 4
For administrative purposes the code number assigned to the product group shall be ‘002’.
Article 5
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.