{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-efficiency-refrigerators-and-freezers-regulations-1997/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/energy-efficiency-refrigerators-and-freezers-regulations-1997/regulation-6.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/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Duties in respect of technical documentation etc.",
  "text": "(1) The manufacturer of an appliance shall establish technical documentation sufficient to allow an assessment of whether the appliance conforms with the requirements of these Regulations.\n(2) So far as relevant to the assessment, the technical documentation shall cover the design, manufacture and operation of the appliance and shall comprise:\n(a) the name and address of the manufacturer;\n(b) a general description of the appliance, sufficient for it to be identified unambiguously;\n(c) information (including drawings as relevant) on the main design features of the appliance and, in particular, items which appreciably affect its energy consumption, such as dimensions, volume(s), compressor characteristics, special features, etc.;\n(d) the operating instructions, if any;\n(e) the results of electricity consumption measurements carried out according to the procedures specified in European Standard EN 153; and\n(f) details of the conformity of these measurements as compared to the energy consumption requirements set out in Schedule 1.\n(3) Technical documentation established for other Community legislation may be used in so far as it meets the requirements of this regulation.\n(4) The supplier shall keep the technical documentation, together with a copy of the declaration of conformity, relating to the appliance, available for inspection by enforcement authorities for a period of not less than three years from the date on which the last such appliance has been manufactured.\n(5) The supplier shall as soon as practicable furnish to an enforcement authority such of the technical documentation and the copy declaration of conformity as the authority requires pursuant to paragraph 9 of Schedule 3 (power of enforcement authority to require technical documentation etc.).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Of July 1995, laid down by the European Committee for Standardization."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1941/regulation/6",
    "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."
}