The Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Lighting Products) Regulations 2021

Regulation 11(3)

SCHEDULE 6 Exemptions

1.  Chapter 3 of Part 2 of these Regulations does not apply to a light source which meets any of the conditions in paragraphs (b) to (k) of paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 4.

2.  Chapter 3 of Part 2 of these Regulations does not apply to—

(a) electronic displays (such as televisions, computer monitors, notebooks, tablets, mobile phones, e-readers, game consoles), including displays to which the following provisions apply—

(i) Chapter 7 of Part 2 of the Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information Regulations 2021 (electronic displays);

(ii) Commission Regulation (EU) No 617/2013 of 26 June 2013(1) implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for computers and computer servers;

(b) light sources in range hoods within the scope of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 65/2014 of 1 October 2013(2) supplementing Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the energy labelling of domestic ovens and range hoods;

(c) light sources in battery-operated products, including—

(i) torches;

(ii) mobile phones with an integrated torch light;

(iii) toys with included light sources;

(iv) desk lamps operating only on batteries;

(v) armband lamps for cyclists;

(vi) solar-powered garden lamps;

(d) light sources on bicycles and other non-motorised vehicles;

(e) light sources for spectroscopy and photometric applications, including—

(i) UV-VIS spectroscopy;

(ii) molecular spectroscopy;

(iii) atomic absorption spectroscopy;

(iv) nondispersive infrared (NDIR);

(v) fourier-transform infrared (FTIR);

(vi) medical analysis;

(vii) ellipsometry;

(viii) layer thickness measurement;

(ix) process monitoring;

(x) environmental monitoring.

3.—(1) Except as provided in sub-paragraph (2), Chapter 3 of Part 2 of these Regulations does not apply to a light source which is specifically designed and marketed for intended use in any of the applications listed in paragraph 3(2)(a) to (j), (s) or (v) of Schedule 4.

(2) For the light sources to which this paragraph applies—

(a) the technical documentation; and

(b) all forms of packaging, product information and advertisement,

must contain a statement of the intended use and an explicit indication that the light source is not intended to be used for other purposes.

(3) The technical documentation must also list the technical parameters that enable the product to qualify for the exemption.

(4) The following light sources are exempt from the requirements specified in paragraph 1(e)(x) to (xii) of Schedule 9—

(a) light sources specifically designed and exclusively marketed for use in products within the scope of Commission Regulation (EU) No 932/2012 (household tumble dryers);

(b) light sources specifically designed and exclusively marketed for use in products to which the following provisions of the Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information Regulations 2021 apply—

(i) Chapter 3 of Part 2 (household dishwashers);

(ii) Chapter 4 of Part 2 (household washing machines and washer dryers);

(iii) Chapter 5 of Part 2 (household refrigerating appliances).

(1)

EUR 2013/617, as amended by S.I. 2019/539.

(2)

EUR 2014/65, as amended by S.I. 2019/539.