The Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Amendment) Regulations 2014
S.I. 2014/1290 · Made 19 May 2014
Energy Conservation
Made 19th May 2014
Laid before Parliament 27th May 2014
Coming into force 1st July 2014
The Secretary of State is a Minister designatedf1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972f2 in relation to the environmental aspects of product design and makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by that section.
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Footnotes
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1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51), section 27(1)(a) and Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7) and section 3 of the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008.
Contents
- 1Citation and commencement
- 2Amendment of the Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products Regulations 2010
- 3Amendment of the Energy Information Regulations 2011
- Signature
- Explanatory note
1Citation and commencement
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.
2Amendment of the Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products Regulations 2010
The table at paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 (declaration of conformity) to the Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products Regulations 2010f1 is amended as follows.
For the entry relating to electrical and electronic household and office equipment at item 2 substitute—
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2 Electrical and electronic household and office equipment Commission Regulation (EC) No 1275/2008 implementing Directive 2009/125/ECf2 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 equipmentf3 ”
For the entry relating to a television at item 6 substitute—
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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 televisionsf4 ”
After item 17 insert—
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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 serversf5 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 cleanersf6 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 tanksf7 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 heatersf8 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 hoodsf9 ”
3Amendment of the Energy Information Regulations 2011
The table at Schedule 1 (EU measures) of the Energy Information Regulations 2011f1 is amended as follows.
After the entry relating to Electrical lamps and luminaires insert—
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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 cleanersf2 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 devicef3 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 devicef4 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 hoodsf5 The dates set out in Article 10 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 65/2014 ”
Signature
Gregory Barker
Minister of State
Department of Energy and Climate Change
19th May 2014
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—
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;
regulation 2(3) updates the reference to the applicable implementing measure for televisions in Schedule 1 (declaration of conformity) to the 2010 Regulations;
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
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.