{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-814/annex-III/division-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-814/annex-III/division-3.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2013/814",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 814/2013 of 2 August 2013 implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for water heaters and hot water storage tanks (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-814",
  "path": "annex/III/division/3",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "CONDITIONS FOR TESTING THE SMART CONTROL COMPLIANCE (SMART) OF WATER HEATERS",
  "text": "Where the manufacturer deems it appropriate to declare the value of smart as being ‘1’, measurements of the weekly electricity and/or fuel consumption with or without smart controls shall be carried out using a two-week measurement cycle as follows:\ndays 1 to 5: random sequence of load profiles chosen from the declared load profile and the load profile one below the declared load profile, and smart control disabled,\ndays 6 and 7: no water draw-offs, and smart control disabled,\ndays 8 to 12: repetition of the same sequence applied for days 1 to 5, and smart control enabled,\ndays 13 and 14: no water draw-offs, and smart control enabled,\nthe difference between the useful energy content measured during days 1 to 7 and the useful energy content measured during days 8 to 14 shall not exceed 2 % of Qref of the declared load profile.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2013/814/annex/III/division/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:48:26.915142+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."
}