{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-547/article-2",
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  "legislation": "eur/2012/547",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 547/2012 of 25 June 2012 implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for water pumps (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-547",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Definitions",
  "text": "The definitions set out in the Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products Regulations 2010 apply; and for any term that is not defined in those Regulations, the definitions set out in Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-related products, as it had effect immediately before IP completion day, apply. The following definitions also apply—\n(1)‘water pump’ is the hydraulic part of a device that moves clean water by physical or mechanical action and is of one of the following designs:\nEnd suction own bearing (ESOB),\nEnd suction close coupled (ESCC),\nEnd suction close coupled inline (ESCCi),\nVertical multistage (MS-V),\nSubmersible multistage (MSS);\n(2)‘End suction water pump’ means a glanded single stage end suction rotodynamic water pump designed for pressures up to 16 bar, with a specific speed ns between 6 and 80 rpm, a minimum rated flow of 6 m3/h (1,667·10–3 m3/s), a maximum shaft power of 150 kW, a maximum head of 90 m at nominal speed of 1 450 rpm and a maximum head of 140 m at nominal speed of 2 900 rpm;\n(3)‘Rated flow’ means the head and flow that the manufacturer will guarantee under normal operating conditions;\n(4)‘Glanded’ means sealed shaft connection between the impeller in the pump body and the motor. The driving motor component remains dry;\n(5)‘End suction own bearing water pump’ (ESOB) is an end suction water pump with own bearings;\n(6)‘End suction close coupled water pump’ (ESCC) is an end suction water pump of which the motor shaft is extended to become also the pump shaft;\n(7)‘End suction close coupled inline water pump’ (ESCCi) means a water pump of which the water inlet of the pump is on the same axis as the water outlet of the pump;\n(8)‘Vertical multistage water pump’ (MS-V) means a glanded multi stage (i > 1) rotodynamic water pump in which the impellers are assembled on a vertical rotating shaft, which is designed for pressures up to 25 bar, with a nominal speed of 2 900 rpm and a maximum flow of 100 m3/h (27,78·10–3 m3/s);\n(9)‘Submersible multistage water pump’ (MSS) means a multi stage (i > 1) rotodynamic water pump with a nominal outer diameter of 4″ (10,16 cm) or 6″ (15,24 cm) designed to be operated in a borehole at nominal speed of 2 900 rpm, at operating temperatures within a range of 0 °C and 90 °C;\n(10)‘rotodynamic water pump’ means a water pump that moves clean water by means of hydrodynamic forces;\n(11)‘displacement water pump’ means a water pump that moves clean water by enclosing a volume of clean water and forcing this volume to the outlet of the pump;\n(12)‘self-priming water pump’ means a water pump that moves clean water and which can start and/or operate also when only partly filled with water;\n(13)‘clean water’ means water with a maximum non-absorbent free solid content of 0,25 kg/m3, and with a maximum dissolved solid content of 50 kg/m3, provided that the total gas content of the water does not exceed the saturation volume. Any additives that are needed to avoid water freezing down to – 10 °C shall not be taken into account.\nThe definitions for the purpose of Annexes II to V are set out in Annex I.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 2 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/539), reg. 1(3), Sch. 2 para. 14(2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1528, regs. 1(2), 4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/547/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:49:21.685344+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}