Article 1 Subject matter and scope

United Kingdom

This Regulation establishes requirements for the energy labelling of, and the provision of supplementary product information on, water heaters with a rated heat output ≤ 70 kW, hot water storage tanks with a storage volume ≤ 500 litres and packages of water heater ≤ 70 kW and solar device.

This Regulation shall not apply to:

(a)

water heaters specifically designed for using gaseous or liquid fuels predominantly produced from biomass;

(b)

water heaters using solid fuels;

(c)

water heaters F1that immediately before IP completion day would have been within the scope of Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council^f1 F2, as that Directive had effect immediately before IP completion day;

(d)

combination heaters as defined in Article 2 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 811/2013^f2;

(e)

water heaters which do not meet at least the load profile with the smallest reference energy, as specified in Annex VII, Table 3;

(f)

water heaters designed for making hot drinks and/or food only.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Art. 1(2)(c) inserted (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. 5 para. 10(2)(a) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1528, regs. 1(2), 4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2: Words in Art. 1(2)(c) inserted (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. 5 para. 10(2)(b) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1528, regs. 1(2), 4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1: OJ L 334, 17.12.2010, p. 17.
f2: See page 1 of this Official Journal.