# Council Decision of 13 November 2012 on the signing and conclusion of the Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the European Union on the coordination of energy-efficiency labelling programmes for office equipment (Text with EEA relevance) (2013/107/EU), Article I: General Principles


1. A common set of energy-efficiency specifications and a common logo shall be used by the Parties for the purpose of establishing consistent targets for manufacturers, thereby maximising the effect of their individual efforts on the supply of and demand for such product types.
2. The Parties shall use the Common Logo for the purpose of identifying qualified energy-efficient product types listed in Annex C.
3. The Parties shall ensure that common specifications encourage continuing improvement in efficiency, taking into account the most advanced technical practices on the market.
4. The Common Specifications strive to represent not more than the top 25 percent energy efficient models for which data is available at the time the specifications are set while also taking other factors into consideration.
5. The Parties shall endeavour to ensure that consumers have the opportunity to identify efficient products by finding the label in the market.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2013/107/attachment/1/article/I (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2013-107/attachment-1/article-I
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