Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 640/2009
Article 1
Regulation (EC) No 640/2009 is amended as follows:
1. Article 1 is replaced by the following

Subject matter and scope
Article 1
1
This Regulation establishes ecodesign requirements for the placing on the market and the putting into service of motors, including those integrated in other products.
2
This Regulation shall not apply to:
a
motors specified to operate wholly immersed in a liquid;
b
motors completely integrated into a product (for example gear, pump, fan or compressor) of which the energy performance cannot be tested independently from the product;
c
motors specified to operate exclusively:
  1. at altitudes exceeding 4 000 metres above sea-level;
  2. where ambient air temperatures exceed 60 °C;
  3. in maximum operating temperature above 400 °C;
  4. where ambient air temperatures are less than – 30 °C for any motor or less than 0 °C for a motor with water cooling;
  5. where the water coolant temperature at the inlet to a product is less than 0 °C or exceeding 32 °C; or
  6. in potentially explosive atmospheres as defined in Directive 94/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council ;
d
brake motors,
except as regards the information requirements of Annex I, points 2(3) to (6) and (12).
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2. Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 640/2009 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
OJ L 100, 19.4.1994, p. 1.’.