Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/2021Show full title

[F1 Article 2 U.K. Definitions

For the purpose of this Regulation the following definitions shall apply:

(1)

‘electronic display’ means a display screen and associated electronics that, as its primary function, displays visual information from wired or wireless sources;

(2)

‘television’ means an electronic display designed primarily for the display and reception of audiovisual signals and which consists of an electronic display and one or more tuners/receivers;

(3)

‘tuner/receiver’ means an electronic circuit that detects television broadcast signal, such as terrestrial digital or satellite, but not internet unicast, and facilitates the selection of a TV channel from a group of broadcast channels;

(4)

‘monitor’or‘computer monitor’ or ‘computer display’ means an electronic display intended for one person for close viewing such as in a desk-based environment;

(5)

‘digital signage display’ means an electronic display that is designed primarily to be viewed by multiple people in non-desktop based and non domestic environments. Its specifications shall include all of the following features:

(a)

unique identifier to enable addressing a specific display screen;

(b)

a function disabling unauthorised access to the display settings and displayed image;

(c)

network connection (encompassing a hard-wired or wireless interface) for controlling, monitoring or receiving the information to display from remote unicast or multicast but not broadcast sources;

(d)

designed to be installed hanging, mounted or fixed to a physical structure for viewing by multiple people and not placed on the market with a ground stand;

(e)

does not integrate a tuner to display broadcast signals;

(6)

‘screen area’ means the viewable area of the electronic display calculated by multiplying the maximum viewable image width by the maximum viewable image height along the surface of the panel (both flat or curved);

(7)

‘digital photo frame’ means an electronic display that displays exclusively still visual information;

(8)

‘projector’ means an optical device for processing analogue or digital video image information, in any format, to modulate a light source and project the resulting image onto an external surface;

(9)

‘status display’ means a display used to show simple but changing information such as selected channel, time or power consumption. A simple light indicator is not considered a status display;

(10)

‘control panel’ means an electronic display whose main function is to display images associated with product operational status; it may provide user interaction by touch or other means to control the product operation. It may be integrated into products or specifically designed and marketed to be used exclusively with the product;

(11)

‘all-in-one video conference system’ means a dedicated system designed for video conferencing and collaboration, integrated within a single enclosure, whose specification shall include all of the following features:

(a)

support for specific videoconference protocol ITU-T H.323 or IETF SIP as delivered by the manufacturer;

(b)

camera(s), display and processing capabilities for two-way real-time video including packet loss resilience;

(c)

loudspeaker and audio processing capabilities for two-way real-time hands-free audio including echo cancellation;

(d)

an encryption function;

(e)

HiNA;

(12)

‘HiNA’ means High Network Availability as defined in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1275/2008;

(13)

‘broadcast display’ means an electronic display designed and marketed for professional use by broadcasters and video production houses for video content creation. Its specifications shall include all of the following characteristics:

(a)

colour calibration function;

(b)

input signal analysis function for input signal monitoring and error detection, such as wave-form monitor/vector scope, RGB cut off, facility to check the video signal status at actual pixel resolution, interlace mode and screen marker;

(c)

Serial Digital Interface (SDI) or Video over internet Protocol (VoIP) integrated with the product;

(d)

not intended for use in public areas;

(14)

‘digital interactive whiteboard’ means an electronic display which allows direct user interaction with the displayed image. The digital interactive whiteboard is designed primarily to provide presentations, lessons or remote collaboration, including the transmission of audio and video signals. Its specification shall include all of the following features:

(a)

primarily designed to be installed hanging, mounted on a ground stand, set on a shelf or desk or fixed to a physical structure for viewing by multiple people;

(b)

to be necessarily used with computer software with specific functionalities to manage content and interaction;

(c)

integrated or designed to be specifically used with a computer for running the software in point (b);

(d)

a display screen area greater than 40 dm²;

(e)

user interaction by finger or pen touch or other means such as hand, arm gesture or voice;

(15)

‘professional display’ means an electronic display designed and marketed for professional use for editing video and graphic images. Its specification shall include all of the following features:

(a)

a contrast ratio of at least 1000:1 measured at a perpendicular to the vertical plane of the screen and at least 60:1 measured at a horizontal viewing angle of at least 85° relative to that perpendicular and at least 83° from the perpendicular on a curved screen, with or without a screen cover glass;

(b)

a native resolution of at least 2,3 mega pixels;

(c)

colour Gamut support is 38,4 % of CIE LUV or greater (equivalent to greater than 99 % of Adobe RGB and over 100 % of sRGB colour space). Shifts in colour space are allowable as long as the resultant colour space is at least 38,4 % of CIE LUV. Colour and luminance uniformity shall be as required for grade 1 monitors;

(16)

‘security display’ means an electronic display whose specification shall include all of the following features:

(a)

self-monitoring function capable of communicating at least one of the following information to a remote server:

• power status;

• internal temperature from anti-overload thermal sensing;

• video source;

• audio source and audio status (volume/mute);

• model and firmware version;

(b)

user-specified specialist form factor facilitating the installation of the display into professional housings or consoles;

(17)

‘integrated’, referring to a display which is part of another product as a functional component, means an electronic display that is not able to be operated independently from the product and that depends on it for providing its functions, including power;

(18)

‘medical display’ means an electronic display covered by the scope of:

(a)

Council Directive 93/42/EEC(1) concerning medical devices; or

(b)

Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council(2) on medical devices; or

(c)

Council Directive 90/385/EEC(3) on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to active implantable medical devices; or

(d)

Directive 98/79/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(4) on in vitro diagnostic medical devices; or

(e)

Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council(5) on in vitro diagnostic medical devices;

(19)

‘grade-1 monitor’ means a monitor for high-level technical quality evaluation of images at key points in a production or broadcast workflow, such as image capture, post-production, transmission and storage;

(20)

‘Virtual reality headset’ means a head-weareable device that provides immersive virtual reality for the wearer by displaying stereoscopic images for each eye with head motion tracking functions.

For the purposes of the Annexes, additional definitions are set out in Annex I.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Regulation revoked (E.W.S.) (19.6.2021) by The Ecodesign for Energy Related Products and Energy Information Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/745), Sch. 29 para. 8 (with reg. 52)

(1)

Council Directive 93/42/EEC of 14 June 1993 concerning medical devices (OJ L 169, 12.7.1993, p. 1).

(2)

Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 on medical devices, amending Directive 2001/83/EC, Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 and Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 and repealing Council Directives 90/385/EEC and 93/42/EEC (OJ L 117, 5.5.2017, p. 1).

(3)

Council Directive 90/385/EEC of 20 June 1990 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to active implantable medical devices (OJ L 189, 20.7.1990, p. 17).

(4)

Directive 98/79/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 1998 on in vitro diagnostic medical devices (OJ L 331, 7.12.1998, p. 1).

(5)

Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 on in vitro diagnostic medical devices and repealing Directive 98/79/EC and Commission Decision 2010/227/EU (OJ L 117, 5.5.2017, p. 176).