# The Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information Regulations 2021, Paragraph 7: Verification tolerances


(1) The verification tolerances set out in Table 20 must be used only by the market surveillance authority and only for the purposes of this Schedule.
(2) The manufacturer, authorised representative or importer of a product must not use the verification tolerances—
(a) as allowed tolerances to establish the declared values;
(b) in order to interpret the declared values with a view to achieving compliance; or
(c) to communicate better performance.
(3) Where three additional units are tested in accordance with paragraph 5, the determined value for the purposes of Table 20 means the arithmetic mean of the values determined for those three additional units.
Table 20
Verification tolerances
Parameters
Verification tolerances
Total volume and compartment volume
The determined value must not be more than 3 per cent or 1 litre (whichever is the greater value) lower than the declared value.
Freezing capacity
The determined value must not be more than 10 per cent lower than the declared value.
E32
The determined value must not be more than 10 per cent higher than the declared value.
Eaux
The determined value must not be more than 10 per cent higher than the declared value.
Annual energy consumption
The determined value must not be more than 10 per cent higher than the declared value.
Internal humidity of wine storage appliances (per cent)
The determined value must not differ from the limits of the declared range by more than 10 per cent.
Airborne acoustical noise emission
The determined value must not be more than 2 dB(A) re 1 pW more than the declared value.
Temperature rise time
The determined value must not be more than 15 per cent lower than the declared value.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2021/9780348222920/schedule/15/paragraph/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-ecodesign-for-energy-related-products-and-energy-information-regulations-2021/schedule-15/paragraph-7
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