# Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1188 of 28 April 2015 implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for local space heaters (Text with EEA relevance), Article 1: Subject matter and scope

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

This Regulation establishes ecodesign requirements for the placing on the market and putting into service of domestic local space heaters with a nominal heat output of 50 kW or less and commercial local space heaters with a nominal heat output of the product or of a single segment of 120 kW or less.
This Regulation shall not apply to:
(a) local space heaters using a vapour compression cycle or sorption cycle for the generation of heat driven by electric compressors or fuel;
(b) local space heaters specified for purposes other than indoor space heating to reach and maintain a certain thermal comfort of human beings by means of heat convection or heat radiation;
(c) local space heaters that are specified for outdoor use only;
(d) local space heaters of which the direct heat output is less than 6 % of the combined direct and indirect heat output at nominal heat output;
(e) air heating products;
(f) sauna stoves;
(g) slave heaters.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2015/1188/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-1188/article-1
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