# Commission Decision of 16 June 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 computer specifications in Annex C, part VIII, to the Agreement (Text with EEA relevance) (2009/489/EC), Division A: Power supply efficiency requirements

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

The requirements apply to all product categories covered by the ENERGY STAR Computer Specification:
(a) Computers Using an Internal Power Supply: 85 % minimum efficiency at 50 % of rated output and 82 % minimum efficiency at 20 % and 100 % of rated output, with Power Factor > 0,9 at 100 % of rated output.
(b) Computers Using an External Power Supply: External Power Supplies sold with ENERGY STAR computers must be ENERGY STAR qualified or meet the no-load and active mode efficiency levels laid down in the ENERGY STAR Program Requirements for Single Voltage External AC-AC and AC-DC Power Supplies, Version 2.0. The ENERGY STAR specification and qualified product list can be found at www.energystar.gov/powersupplies. Note: This performance requirement also applies to multiple voltage output external power supplies as tested in accordance with the Internal Power Supply test method referenced in Section 4, below.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2009/489/annex/division/ANNEX/division/VIII/division/3/division/A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2009-489/annex/division-ANNEX/division-VIII/division-3/division-A
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