# 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), Division 1: ENERGY STAR Eligibility Criteria — TEC


To qualify as ENERGY STAR, the TEC value obtained for imaging equipment listed in section B, Table 1, above must not exceed the corresponding limits below.
For imaging products with a Type 2 DFE, the energy consumption of the DFE, calculated as in the example below, should be excluded when comparing the product's measured TEC value with the limits listed below. The DFE must not interfere with the ability of the imaging product to enter or exit its lower-power modes. In order to be excluded, the DFE must meet the definition in section A.32 and be a separate processing unit that is capable of initiating activity over the network.
Example: A printer's total TEC result is 24.5 kWh/week and its internal DFE consumes 50W in Ready mode. 50W × 168 hours/week = 8.4 kWh/week , which is then subtracted from the tested TEC value: 24.5 kWh/week — 8.4 kWh/week = 16.1 kWh/week . 16.1 kWh/week is then compared to the following limits.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2013/107/schedule/ANNEX C/division/III./division/C./division/1. (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2013-107/schedule-ANNEX C/division-III./division-C./division-1.
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