{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-efficiency-refrigerators-and-freezers-regulations-1997/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-efficiency-refrigerators-and-freezers-regulations-1997/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1941",
  "legislation_title": "The Energy Efficiency (Refrigerators and Freezers) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-efficiency-refrigerators-and-freezers-regulations-1997",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Suppliers' duties in respect of appliances",
  "text": "(1) A supplier shall not place an appliance on the Community market unless—\n(a) the electricity consumption of the appliance is less than or equal to the maximum allowable electricity consumption value for its category as calculated according to the procedures set out in Schedule 1; and\n(b) the appliance and, where appropriate, its packaging, bears the EC mark affixed in a visible, legible and indelible manner.\n(2) The manufacturer of an appliance, or his authorised representative established within the Community, shall be responsible for establishing the appliance’s conformity with the requirements of paragraph (1)(a).\n(3) Unless there is evidence to the contrary, an appliance bearing the EC mark required under paragraph (1)(b) shall be deemed to comply with these Regulations.\n(4) Where an appliance is subject to other Community Directives covering other aspects and which provide for affixing of the EC mark, the EC mark shall indicate that the appliance is presumed, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, to comply with the requirements of those other Directives.\n(5) Where one or more of the other Directives referred to in paragraph (4) allows the manufacturer to choose which rules to apply during a transitional period,—\n(a) the EC mark shall indicate conformity only with the Directives applied by the manufacturer; and\n(b) the supplier shall give, in any document, notice or instructions accompanying the appliance, the reference numbers (as published in the Official Journal of the European Communities) of the Directives applied.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1941/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:58:40.715628+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}