2014 No. 1290

Energy Conservation

The Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Amendment) Regulations 2014

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Secretary of State is a Minister designated1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19722 in relation to the environmental aspects of product design and makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by that section.

Citation and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Amendment) Regulations 2014 and come into force on 1st July 2014.

Amendment of the Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products Regulations 20102

1

The table at paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 (declaration of conformity) to the Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products Regulations 20103 is amended as follows.

2

For the entry relating to electrical and electronic household and office equipment at item 2 substitute—

2

Electrical and electronic household and office equipment

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1275/2008 implementing Directive 2009/125/EC4 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for standby and off mode, and networked standby, electric power consumption of electrical and electronic household and office equipment5

3

For the entry relating to a television at item 6 substitute—

6

A television

Commission Regulation (EC) No 642/2009 implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for televisions6

4

After item 17 insert—

18

A computer or a computer server

Commission Regulation (EU) No 617/2013 implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for computers and computer servers7

19

A vacuum cleaner

Commission Regulation (EU) No 666/2013 implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for vacuum cleaners8

20

A water heater or a hot water storage tank

Commission Regulation (EU) No 814/2013 implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for water heaters and hot water storage tanks9

21

A space heater or a combination heater

Commission Regulation (EU) No 813/2013 implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for space heaters and combination heaters10

22

A domestic oven, a hob or a range hood

Commission Regulation (EU) No 66/2014 implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for domestic ovens, hobs and range hoods11

Amendment of the Energy Information Regulations 20113

1

The table at Schedule 1 (EU measures) of the Energy Information Regulations 201112 is amended as follows.

2

After the entry relating to Electrical lamps and luminaires insert—

Vacuum cleaners

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 665/2013 supplementing Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to energy labelling of vacuum cleaners13

The dates set out in Articles 3, 4 and 8 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 665/2013

Water heaters, hot water storage tanks and packages of water heater and solar device

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 812/2013 supplementing Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the energy labelling of water heaters, hot water storage tanks and packages of water heater and solar device14

The dates set out in Article 3 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 812/2013

Space heaters, combination heaters, packages of space heater, temperature control and solar device and packages of combination heater, temperature control and solar device

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 811/2013 supplementing Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the energy labelling of space heaters, combination heaters, packages of space heater, temperature control and solar device and packages of combination heater, temperature control and solar device15

The dates set out in Article 3 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 811/2013

Domestic ovens and range hoods

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 65/2014 supplementing Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the energy labelling of domestic ovens and range hoods16

The dates set out in Article 10 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 65/2014

Gregory BarkerMinister of StateDepartment of Energy and Climate Change
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/2617) (“the 2010 Regulations”) and the Energy Information Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/1524) and partially implement Commission Regulations (EU) Nos 617/2013, 666/2013, 801/2013, 813/2013, 814/2013 and 66/2014, and Commission Delegated Regulations (EU) Nos 665/2013, 811/2013, 812/2013, and 65/2014 as follows—

a

regulation 2(2) updates the reference to the applicable implementing measure for electrical and electronic household and office equipment in Schedule 1 (declaration of conformity) to the 2010 Regulations;

b

regulation 2(3) updates the reference to the applicable implementing measure for televisions in Schedule 1 (declaration of conformity) to the 2010 Regulations;

c

regulation 2(4) adds the following products to Schedule 1 (declaration of conformity) to the 2010 Regulations from 1st July 2014: computers and computer servers, vacuum cleaners, water heaters and hot water storage tanks, space heaters and combination heaters, domestic ovens, hobs and range hoods; and

d

regulation 3 adds the following products to Schedule 1 (EU measures) to the Energy Information Regulations 2011 to apply from the dates referred to in regulation 3: vacuum cleaners, water heaters, hot water storage tanks and packages of water heater and solar device, space heaters, combination heaters, packages of space heater, temperature control and solar device and packages of combination heater, temperature control and solar device, domestic ovens and range hoods.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as an assessment of costs and benefits is carried out prior to each of the product-specific EU Regulations concerned being passed at EU level.