Article 1Subject matter and scope

This Regulation establishes ecodesign requirements for the placing on the market and putting into service of domestic local space heaters with a nominal heat output of 50 kW or less and commercial local space heaters with a nominal heat output of the product or of a single segment of 120 kW or less.

This Regulation shall not apply to:

  1. (a)

    local space heaters using a vapour compression cycle or sorption cycle for the generation of heat driven by electric compressors or fuel;

  2. (b)

    local space heaters specified for purposes other than indoor space heating to reach and maintain a certain thermal comfort of human beings by means of heat convection or heat radiation;

  3. (c)

    local space heaters that are specified for outdoor use only;

  4. (d)

    local space heaters of which the direct heat output is less than 6 % of the combined direct and indirect heat output at nominal heat output;

  5. (e)

    air heating products;

  6. (f)

    sauna stoves;

  7. (g)

    slave heaters.