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Article 1 Subject matter and scope

United Kingdom

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1.

This Regulation establishes ecodesign requirements for the placing on the market and/or putting into service of water heaters with a rated heat output ≤ 400 kW and hot water storage tanks with a storage volume ≤ 2 000 litres, including those integrated in packages of water heater and solar device as defined in Article 2 of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 812/2013.

2.

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 Councilf1 F2, as that Directive had effect immediately before IP completion day;

(d)

combination heaters as defined in Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EU) No 813/2013f2;

(e)

water heaters which do not meet at least the load profile with the smallest reference energy, as specified in Annex III, Table 1;

(f)

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

(g)

heat generators designed for water heaters and water heater housings to be equipped with such heat generators placed on the market before 1 January 2018 to replace identical heat generators and identical water heater housings. The replacement product or its packaging shall clearly indicate the water heater for which it is intended.

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. 2 para. 20(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. 2 para. 20(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 136 of this Official Journal.