1.This Regulation establishes ecodesign requirements for the placing on the market and/or putting into service of space heaters and combination heaters with a rated heat output ≤ 400 kW, including those integrated in packages of space heater, temperature control and solar device or packages of combination heater, temperature control and solar device as defined in Article 2 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 811/2013.
2.This Regulation shall not apply to:
(a)heaters specifically designed for using gaseous or liquid fuels predominantly produced from biomass;
(b)heaters using solid fuels;
(c)heaters [F1that immediately before IP completion day would have been] within the scope of Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council(1) [F2, as that Directive had effect immediately before IP completion day];
(d)heaters generating heat only for the purpose of providing hot drinking or sanitary water;
(e)heaters for heating and distributing gaseous heat transfer media such as vapour or air;
(f)cogeneration space heaters with a maximum electrical capacity of 50 kW or above;
(g)heat generators designed for heaters and heater housings to be equipped with such heat generators placed on the market before 1 January 2018 to replace identical heat generators and identical heater housings. The replacement product or its packaging shall clearly indicate the heater for which it is intended.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Art. 1(2)(c) inserted (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. 19(2)(a) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1528, regs. 1(2), 4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Words in Art. 1(2)(c) inserted (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. 19(2)(b) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1528, regs. 1(2), 4; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)