# Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/2281 of 30 November 2016 implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-related products, with regard to ecodesign requirements for air heating products, cooling products, high temperature process chillers and fan coil units (Text with EEA relevance), Annex IV: Product compliance verification by market surveillance authorities

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

The verification tolerances defined in this Annex relate only to the verification of the measured parameters by Great Britain authorities and shall not be used by the manufacturer or importer as an allowed tolerance to establish the values in the technical documentation or in interpreting these values with a view to achieving compliance or to communicate better performance by any means.
When verifying the compliance of a product model with the requirements laid down in this Regulation, for the requirements referred to in this Annex the authorities of Great Britain must apply the following procedure—
(1)The Great Britain authorities shall verify one single unit of the model.
(2)The model shall be considered to comply with the applicable requirements if:
(a)the values given in the technical documentation pursuant to paragraph 1(2) of Part 1 of Schedule 1A to the Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products Regulations 2010, and, where applicable, the values used to calculate these values, are not more favourable for the manufacturer or importer than the results of the corresponding measurements carried out pursuant to paragraph 1(2)(b)(vii) of Part 1 of Schedule 1A to those Regulations; and
(b)the declared values meet any requirements laid down in this Regulation, and any required product information published by the manufacturer or importer does not contain values that are more favourable for the manufacturer or importer than the declared values; and
(c)when the Great Britain authorities test the unit of the model, the determined values (the values of the relevant parameters as measured in testing and the values calculated from these measurements) comply with the respective verification tolerances as given in Table 30.
(3)If the results referred to in point 2(a) or (b) are not achieved, the model and any other model where the information included in the technical documentation was obtained on the same basis shall be considered not to comply with this Regulation.
(4)For air heating product, cooling product, high temperature process chiller or fan coil unit models with a rated heating, cooling or refrigeration capacity ≥ 70 kW or that are produced in lower quantities than 5 per year, if the result referred to in point 2(c) is not achieved, the model and any other model where the information included in the technical documentation was obtained on the same basis shall be considered not to comply with this Regulation.
(5)For air heating product, cooling product, high temperature process chiller or fan coil unit models with a rated heating, cooling or refrigeration capacity < 70 kW or that are produced in quantities of 5 or more per year, if the result referred to in point 2(c) is not achieved, the Great Britain authorities shall select three additional units of the same model for testing.
(6)The model shall be considered to comply with the applicable requirements if, for these three units, the arithmetical mean of the determined values complies with the respective verification tolerances given in Table 30.
(7)If the result referred to in point 6 is not achieved, the model and any other model where the information included in the technical documentation was obtained on the same basis shall be considered not to comply with this Regulation.
(8)...
The Great Britain authorities shall use the measurement and calculation methods set out in Annex III.
The Great Britain authorities shall only apply the verification tolerances that are set out in Table 30 and shall only use the procedure described in points 1 to 7 for the requirements referred to in this Annex. No other tolerances, such as those set out in designated standards or in any other measurement method, shall be applied.
Table 30
Verification tolerances
Parameters
Verification tolerance
Seasonal space heating energy efficiency ( η s,h ) for air heating products at the rated heating capacity of the unit
The determined value shall not be lower than the declared value by more than 8 %.
Seasonal space cooling energy efficiency ( η s,c ) for cooling products at the rated cooling capacity of the unit
The determined value shall not be lower than the declared value by more than 8 %.
Sound power level ( L WA ) for air heating products and cooling products
The determined value shall not exceed the declared value by more than 1,5 dB.
Emissions of nitrogen oxides for fuel fired air heating products and cooling products expressed in nitrogen dioxide
The determined value shall not exceed the declared value by more than 20 %.
Seasonal energy performance ratio ( SEPR ) of high temperature process chillers at the rated refrigeration capacity of the unit
The determined value shall not be lower than the declared value by more than 10 %.
Rated energy efficiency ratio ( EER A ) of high temperature process chillers at the rated refrigeration capacity
The determined value shall not be lower than the declared value by more than 5 %.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/2281/annex/IV (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-2281/annex-IV
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