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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-ecodesign-for-energy-related-products-and-energy-information-regulations-2021/schedule-1/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2021/9780348222920",
  "legislation_title": "The Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information Regulations 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-ecodesign-for-energy-related-products-and-energy-information-regulations-2021",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Information requirements",
  "text": "(1) Manufacturers, their authorised representatives or importers of welding equipment must provide the information specified in sub-paragraph (2) for each piece of equipment—\n(a) in instruction manuals for installers and end-users; and\n(b) for at least 10 years after the first unit of a model is placed on the market, on a website which is accessible to the public without charge.\n(2) The information referred to in sub-paragraph (1) is—\n(a) idle state power consumption (in watts);\n(b) indicative shielding gas utilisation for representative welding schedules and programmes;\n(c) indicative welding wire or filler material utilisation for representative welding schedules and programmes,\n(d) information relevant to recycling and disposal at end-of-life;\n(e) a list of critical raw materials present in indicative amounts higher than 1 gram at component level, if any, and an indication of the component(s) in which these critical raw materials are present;\n(f) a list of equivalent models;\n(g) manufacturer’s name, registered trade name and registered address at which they can be contacted;\n(h) power source efficiency (in per cent);\n(i) product model identifier;\n(j) product type.\n(3) The year of manufacture must be provided on the rating plate of welding equipment.\n(4) The instruction manuals referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(a) must be provided with the product when it is placed on the market.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2021/9780348222920/schedule/1/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:47:21.902040+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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