# Directive 2005/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2005 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-using products and amending Council Directive 92/42/EEC and Directives 96/57/EC and 2000/55/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (repealed) EU Directive 2005/32 ยท adopted 6 July 2005 Directive 2005/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2005 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-using products and amending Council Directive 92/42/EEC and Directives 96/57/EC and 2000/55/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (repealed) ## Introductory text Directive 2005/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2005 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-using products and amending Council Directive 92/42/EEC and Directives 96/57/EC and 2000/55/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (repealed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 Subject matter and scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Placing on the market and/or putting into service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Responsibilities of the importer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Marking and declaration of conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Free movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Safeguard clause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Conformity assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Presumption of conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Harmonised standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Requirements for components and sub-assemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Administrative cooperation and exchange of information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Small and medium-sized enterprises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Consumer information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Implementing measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Working plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Self-regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Consultation Forum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Committee procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Penalties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Repeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Confidentiality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Entry into force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Addressees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex I Method for setting generic Eco-design requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.1 In so far as they relate to product design, significant environmental aspects are identified with reference to the following phases of the life cycle of the product: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.2 For each phase, the following environmental aspects are to be assessed where relevant: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1.3 In particular, the following parameters will be used, as appropriate, and supplemented by others, where necessary, for evaluating the potential for improving the environmental aspects mentioned in the previous paragraph: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2. Requirements relating to the supply of informat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 Addressing the environmental aspects identified in the implementing measure as capable of being influenced in a substantial manner through product design, manufacturers of EuPs will be required to perform an assessment of the EuP model throughout its lifecycle, based upon realistic assumptions about normal conditions and purposes of use. Other environmental aspects may be examined on a voluntary basis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Manufacturers will make use of this assessment to evaluate alternative design solutions and the achieved environmental performance of the product against benchmarks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex II Method for setting specific ecodesign requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex III CE marking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex IV: Internal design control ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 A technical documentation file making possible an assessment of the conformity of the EuP with the requirements of the applicable implementing measure will be compiled by the manufacturer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex V: Management system for assessing conformity ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Environmental elements of the management system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.1 The environmental product performance policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.2 Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.3.1 The documentation concerning the management system should cover the following, in particular: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.3.2 The documentation concerning the EuP will specify, in particular: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3.4 Checking and corrective action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex VI Declaration of conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex VII Contents of the implementing measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex VIII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 Openness of participation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Added value . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Representativeness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Quantified and staged objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Involvement of civil society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Monitoring and reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Cost-effectiveness of administering a self-regulatory initiative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Sustainability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Incentive compatibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2005/32 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2005-32 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.