# Commission Decision of 20 April 2009 determining the Community position for a decision of the management entities under the Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the European Community on the coordination of energy-efficiency labelling programmes for office equipment on the revision of the imaging equipment specifications in Annex C, part VII, to the Agreement (2009/347/EC), Division D: Testing guidelines

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

The specific instructions for testing the energy efficiency of imaging equipment products are given in three separate sections below, entitled:
Typical electricity consumption test procedure,
Operational mode test procedure, and
Test conditions and equipment for ENERGY STAR imaging equipment products.
The test results produced by these procedures will be used as the primary basis for determining ENERGY STAR qualification.
Manufacturers are required to perform tests and self-certify those product models that meet the ENERGY STAR guidelines. Families of imaging equipment models that are built on the same chassis and are identical in every respect except for housing and colour may be qualified through the submission of test data for a single, representative model. Likewise, models that are unchanged or differ only in finish from those sold in a previous year may remain qualified without the submission of new test data, assuming the specification remains unchanged.
If a product model is offered in the market in multiple configurations as a product family or series, the partner may test and report the highest configuration available in the family, rather than each and every individual model. When submitting model families, manufacturers continue to be held accountable for any efficiency claims made about their imaging products, including those not tested or for which data were not reported.
If a product’s electrical power comes from the mains, USB, IEEE1394, Power-over-Ethernet, the telephone system, or any other means or combinations of means, the net AC electrical power consumed by the product (taking into account AC-to-DC conversion losses, as specified in the OM test procedure) must be used for qualification.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2009/347/annex/division/ANNEX/division/VII/division/D (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2009-347/annex/division-ANNEX/division-VII/division-D
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