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 partially implement Commission Regulations (EU) Nos 2016/2281, 2015/1189 and 2015/1185.
The 2010 Regulations implemented Directive 2009/125/EC establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-related products.
The energy-related products are set out in Schedule 1 (declaration of conformity) to the 2010 Regulations, alongside the EU implementing measures which set the ecodesign requirements for those products. Schedule 1 has been amended periodically to include additional products in response to EU implementing measures.
Regulation 2 of these Regulations adds three new entries to the table at paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the 2010 Regulations for the following products—
from 1st January 2018, air heating products, cooling products, high temperature process chillers and fan coil units;
from 1st January 2020, solid fuel boilers; and
from 1st January 2022, solid fuel local space heaters.
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 implementing measures being adopted by the European Commission.