The Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025
Draft 2025, ISBN 9780348269611
Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under paragraph 8F(1) of Schedule 7 to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.
ENERGY CONSERVATION, NORTHERN IRELAND
Made ***
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2) to (4)
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 8C(1) and 8C(2) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018f1.
In accordance with paragraph 8F(1) of Schedule 7 to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, a draft of this instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
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2018 c. 16. Section 8C was inserted by section 21 of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (c. 1) and has since been amended by section 55(3) of the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 (c. 27).
Contents
- 1Citation, commencement and extent
- 2Amendment of the Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products Regulations 2010 in relation to Northern Ireland
- 3Amendment of the Energy Information Regulations 2011 in relation to Northern Ireland
- 4Savings
- Signature
- Explanatory note
1Citation, commencement and extent
These Regulations may be cited as the Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2025.
Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), these Regulations come into force on the twenty-first day after the day on which they are made.
Regulation 2(2)(b) comes into force—
on 20th June 2025 in relation to the entry relating to smartphones, mobile phones, cordless phones and slate tablets into the table in paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products Regulations 2010f1;
on 1st July 2025 in relation to the entries relating to a household tumble dryer and a local space heater in the table in paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products Regulations 2010;
on 24th July 2026 in relation to the entry relating to a fan driven by a motor with an electric input power between 125 W and 500 kW in the table in paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products Regulations 2010.
Regulation 3(2)(b) comes into force—
on 20th June 2025 in relation to the entry relating to smartphones and slate tablets into the table in paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Energy Information Regulations 2011f2;
on 1st July 2025 in relation to the entry relating to household tumble dryers in the table in paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Energy Information Regulations 2011.
These Regulations extend to Northern Ireland only.
2Amendment of the Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products Regulations 2010 in relation to Northern Ireland
Schedule 1 to the Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products Regulations 2010 (declaration of conformity) is amended as follows.
In paragraph 4—
after “in the table.” insert “The measures listed in the table below refer to those measures as they have effect in EU law, as amended or replaced from time to time.”;
for the table, substitute—
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Energy-related product Implementing measure and title 1 An air conditioner or a comfort fan Commission Regulation (EU) No 206/2012 of 6 March 2012 implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for air conditioners and comfort fansf1 2 An air heating product, a cooling product, a high temperature process chiller or a fan coil unit Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/2281 of 30 November 2016 implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-related products, with regard to ecodesign requirements for air heating products, cooling products, high temperature process chillers and fan coil units f2 3 A computer or computer server Commission Regulation (EU) No 617/2013 of 26 June 2013 implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for computers and computer serversf3 4 A domestic oven, a hob or a range hood Commission Regulation (EU) No 66/2014 of 14 January 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 hoodsf4 5 Electrical and electronic household and office equipment, including simple set-top box Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/826 of 17 April 2023 laying down ecodesign requirements for off mode, standby mode, and networked standby energy consumption of electrical and electronic household and office equipment pursuant to Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Regulations (EC) No 1275/2008 and (EC) No 107/2009 f5 6 An electric motor or variable speed drive Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/1781 of 1 October 2019 laying down ecodesign requirements for electric motors and variable speed drives pursuant to Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, amending Regulation (EC) No 641/2009 with regard to ecodesign requirements for glandless standalone circulators and glandless circulators integrated in products and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 640/2009f6 7 An electronic display Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/2021 of 1 October 2019 laying down ecodesign requirements for electronic displays pursuant to Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 1275/2008 and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 642/2009f7 8 An external power supply Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/1782 of 1 October 2019 laying down ecodesign requirements for external power supplies pursuant to Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 278/2009 f8 9 A fan driven by a motor with an electric input power between 125 W and 500 kW Commission Regulation (EU) 2024/1834 of 3 July 2024 implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for fans driven by motors with an electric input power between 125 W and 500 kW and repealing Commission Regulation (EU) No 327/2011f9 10 A glandless standalone circulator or glandless circulator integrated in a product Commission Regulation (EC) No 641/2009 of 22 July 2009 implementing Directive 2005/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for glandless standalone circulators and glandless circulators integrated in productsf10 11 A household dishwasher Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/2022 of 1 October 2019 laying down ecodesign requirements for household dishwashers pursuant to Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 1275/2008 and repealing Commission Regulation (EU) No 1016/2010f11 12 A household tumble dryer Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/2533 of 17 November 2023 implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for household tumble dryers, amending Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/826, and repealing Commission Regulation (EU) No 932/2012f12 13 A household washing machine and household washer-dryer Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/2023 of 1 October 2019 laying down ecodesign requirements for household washing machines and household washer-dryers pursuant to Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 1275/2008 and repealing Commission Regulation (EU) No 1015/2010f13 14 A light source or separate control gear Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/2020 of 1 October 2019 laying down ecodesign requirements for light sources and separate control gears pursuant to Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Regulations (EC) No 244/2009, (EC) No 245/2009 and (EU) No 1194/2012f14 15 A local space heater Commission Regulation (EU) 2024/1103 of 18 April 2024 implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards ecodesign requirements for local space heaters and separate related controls and repealing Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1188 f15 16 A professional refrigerated storage cabinet, blast cabinet, condensing unit or process chiller Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1095 of 5 May 2015 implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for professional refrigerated storage cabinets, blast cabinets, condensing units and process chillersf16 17 A refrigerating appliance with a direct sales function Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/2024 of 1 October 2019 laying down ecodesign requirements for refrigerating appliances with a direct sales function pursuant to Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Councilf17 18 A refrigerating appliance without a direct sales function or a chest freezer Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/2019 of 1 October 2019 laying down ecodesign requirements for refrigerating appliances pursuant to Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 643/2009 f18 19 A server or an online data storage product Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/424 of 15 March 2019 laying down ecodesign requirements for servers and data storage products pursuant to Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Regulation (EU) No 617/2013f19 20 A small, medium or large power transformer Commission Regulation (EU) No 548/2014 of 21 May 2014 on implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to small, medium and large power transformersf20 21 Smartphones, mobile phones, cordless phones and slate tablets Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/1670 of 16 June 2023 laying down ecodesign requirements for smartphones, mobile phones other than smartphones, cordless phones and slate tablets pursuant to Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/826f21 22 A solid fuel boiler Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1189 of 28 April 2015 implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for solid fuel boilersf22 23 A solid fuel local space heater Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1185 of 24 April 2015 implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for solid fuel local space heatersf23 24 A space heater or a combination heater Commission Regulation (EU) No 813/2013 of 2 August 2013 implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for space heaters and combination heatersf24 25 A vacuum cleaner Commission Regulation (EU) No 666/2013 of 8 July 2013 implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for vacuum cleaners f25 26 A ventilation unit Commission Regulation (EU) No 1253/2014 of 7 July 2014 implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for ventilation unitsf26 27 A water heater or a hot water storage tank Commission Regulation (EU) No 814/2013 of 2 August 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 tanksf27 28 A water pump Commission Regulation (EU) No 547/2012 of 25 June 2012 implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for water pumpsf28 29 Welding equipment Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/1784 of 1 October 2019 laying down ecodesign requirements for welding equipment pursuant to Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Councilf29 ”.
3Amendment of the Energy Information Regulations 2011 in relation to Northern Ireland
Schedule 1 to the Energy Information Regulations 2011 (EU measures) is amended as follows.
In paragraph 1—
after “in column 2 apply.” insert “The measures listed in the table below refer to those measures as they have effect in EU law, as amended or replaced from time to time.”;
for the table substitute—
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Column 1 Column 2 Product EU measure Air conditioners Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No626/2011 of 4 May 2011 supplementing Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to energy labelling of air conditionersf1 Domestic ovens and range hoods Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No65/2014 of 1 October 2013 supplementing Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the energy labelling of domestic ovens and range hoodsf2 Electronic displays Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2013 of 11 March 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to energy labelling of electronic displays and repealing Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No1062/2010 f3 Household dishwashers Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2017 of 11 March 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to energy labelling of household dishwashers and repealing Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No1059/2010 f4 Household tumble dryers Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2534 of 13 July 2023 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to energy labelling of household tumble dryers and repealing Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No392/2012 f5 Household washing machines and household washer-dryers Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2014 of 11 March 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to energy labelling of household washing machines and household washer-dryers and repealing Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No1061/2010 and Commission Directive 96/60/EC f6 Light sources Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2015 of 11 March 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to energy labelling of light sources and repealing Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No874/2012 f7 Local space heaters Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/1186 of 24 April 2015 supplementing Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the energy labelling of local space heatersf8 Professional refrigerated storage cabinets Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/1094 of 5 May 2015 supplementing Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the energy labelling of professional refrigerated storage cabinetsf9 Refrigerating appliances Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2016 of 11 March 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to energy labelling of refrigerating appliances and repealing Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No1060/2010 f10 Refrigerating appliances with a direct sales function Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2018 of 11 March 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to energy labelling of refrigerating appliances with a direct sales functionf11 Residential ventilation units Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No1254/2014 of 11 July 2014 supplementing Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the energy labelling of residential ventilation units f12 Smartphones and slate tablets Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/1669 of 16 June 2023 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the energy labelling of smartphones and slate tabletsf13 Solid fuel boilers and packages of a solid fuel boiler, supplementary heaters, temperature controls and solar devices Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/1187 of 27 April 2015 supplementing Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to energy labelling of solid fuel boilers and packages of a solid fuel boiler, supplementary heaters, temperature controls and solar devicesf14 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) No811/2013 of 18 February 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 devicef15 Water heaters, hot water storage tanks and packages of water heater and solar device Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No812/2013 of 18 February 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 devicef16 ”.
4Savings
In the table in paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products Regulations 2010—
the entries relating to a household tumble dryer and a local space heater continue to have effect until the end of 30th June 2025 despite the substitution of the table by regulation 2(2)(b)
the entry relating to a fan driven by a motor with an electric input power between 125 W and 500 kW continues to have effect until the end of 23rd July 2026 despite the substitution of the table by regulation 2(2)(b).
In the table in paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Energy Information Regulations 2011 the entry relating to household tumble dryers continues to have effect until the end of 30th June 2025 despite the substitution of the table by regulation 3(2)(b).
Signature
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
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 Regulation (S.I. 2011/1524) (“the 2011 Regulations”) in order to implement the Windsor Framework.
The Windsor Framework provides that the provisions of EU law listed in Annex 2 to the Windsor Framework shall apply to Northern Ireland. This is given effect by section 7A of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.
Annex 2 to the Windsor Framework includes Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-related products and Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2017 setting a framework for energy labelling and repealing Directive 2010/30/EU.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary of public sector is foreseen.