Regulation (EC) No 1137/2008 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

9.2. Council Directive 92/75/EEC of 22 September 1992 on the indication by labelling and standard product information of the consumption of energy and other resources by household appliances(1) U.K.

As regards Directive 92/75/EEC, the Commission should be empowered to add further types of household appliance to the list set out in Article 1(1) thereof and to adopt measures regarding the listed types of household appliance. Since those measures are of general scope and are designed to amend non-essential elements of Directive 92/75/EEC by supplementing it with new non-essential elements, they must be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny provided for in Article 5a of Decision 1999/468/EC.

Accordingly, Directive 92/75/EEC is hereby amended as follows:

1.

Article 1(2) shall be replaced by the following:

‘2. Further types of household appliance may be added to the list in this Article. Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 10(2).’;

2.

Article 2(2) shall be replaced by the following:

‘2. Details relating to the label and the fiche shall be defined by directives relating to each type of appliance adopted pursuant to this Directive. Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 10(2).’;

3.

Article 9 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 9

The Commission shall adopt, and adapt to technical progress, measures relating to the establishment and operation of the scheme by way of implementing Directives and by way of the addition of further household appliances to the list in Article 1(1) where significant energy savings are likely to be achieved.

Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive, inter alia, by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 10(2).’;

4.

Article 10 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 10

1. The Commission shall be assisted by a committee.

2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5a(1) to (4) and Article 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.’

(1)

OJ L 297, 13.10.1992, p. 16.