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Commission Regulation (EU) No 622/2012Show full title
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)
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Article 1U.K.Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 641/2009
Regulation (EC) No 641/2009 is amended as follows:
(1)
Articles 1 and 2 are replaced by the following:
‘Article 1Subject matter and scope
1.This Regulation establishes ecodesign requirements for the placing on the market of glandless standalone circulators and glandless circulators integrated in products.
2.This Regulation shall not apply to:
(a)drinking water circulators, except as regards the product information requirements of Annex I, point 2(1)(d);
(b)circulators integrated in products and placed on the market no later than 1 January 2020 as replacement for identical circulators integrated in products and placed on the market no later than 1 August 2015, except as regards the product information requirements of Annex I, point 2(1)(e).
Article 2Definitions
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:
(1)
“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;
(2)
“glandless circulator” means a circulator with the rotor directly coupled to the impeller and the rotor immersed in the pumped medium;
(3)
“standalone circulator” means a circulator, designed to operate independently from the product;
(4)
“product” means an appliance that generates and/or transfers heat;
(5)
“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:
(a)
the pump housing is designed to be mounted and used inside a product;
(b)
the circulator is designed to be speed controlled by the product;
(c)
the circulator is designed for safety features not suitable for standalone operation (ISO IP classes);
(d)
the circulator is defined as part of product approval or product CE marking;
(6)
“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);
(7)
“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.’;
(2)
Article 7 is replaced by the following:
‘Article 7Revision
The Commission shall review this Regulation before 1 January 2017, in the light of technological progress.
The review shall include the assessment of design options that can facilitate reuse and recycling.
The results of the review shall be presented to the Ecodesign Consultation Forum.’;
(3)
Annexes I and II to Regulation (EC) No 641/2009 are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
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