[F2The definitions set out in the Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products Regulations 2010 apply; and for any term that is not defined in those Regulations, the definitions set out in Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-related products, as it had effect immediately before IP completion day, apply. The following definitions also apply—]
‘circulator’ means an impeller pump, with or without pump housing, which has the rated hydraulic output power of between 1 W and 2 500 W and is designed for use in heating systems or in secondary circuits of cooling distribution systems;
‘glandless circulator’ means a circulator with the rotor directly coupled to the impeller and the rotor immersed in the pumped medium;
‘standalone circulator’ means a circulator, designed to operate independently from the product;
‘product’ means an appliance that generates and/or transfers heat;
‘circulator integrated in a product’ means a circulator designed to operate as part of a product carrying at least one of the following design details:
the pump housing is designed to be mounted and used inside a product;
the circulator is designed to be speed controlled by the product;
the circulator is designed for safety features not suitable for standalone operation (ISO IP classes);
the circulator is defined as part of product approval or product CE marking;
‘drinking water circulator’ means a circulator specifically designed to be used in the recirculation of water intended for human consumption as defined in Article 2 of the Council Directive 98/83/EC(1);
‘pump housing’ means the part of an impeller pump which is intended to be connected to the pipe work of the heating systems or secondary circuits of the cooling distribution system.]
Textual Amendments
F1Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 622/2012 of 11 July 2012 amending Regulation (EC) No 641/2009 with regard to ecodesign requirements for glandless standalone circulators and glandless circulators integrated in products (Text with EEA relevance).
F2Words in Art. 2 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/539), reg. 1(3), Sch. 2 para. 7(2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1528, regs. 1(2), 4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)