# Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/1784 of 1 October 2019 laying down ecodesign requirements for welding equipment pursuant to Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance), Division 3: Information requirements

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

From 1 January 2021, manufacturers, their authorised representatives or importers shall ensure that the following information is provided in the instruction manuals for installers and end-users, and for at least 10 years after the first unit of a welding equipment model is placed on the market, on the free-access websites of manufacturers, their authorised representatives or importers:
(a) the product type;
(b) the manufacturer’s name, registered trade name and registered address at which they can be contacted;
(c) the product model identifier;
(d) the power source efficiency (in %);
(e) the idle state power consumption (in watts);
(f) a list of equivalent models;
(g) information relevant to recycling and disposal at end-of-life;
(h) a list of critical raw materials present in indicative amounts higher than 1 gram at component level, if any, and an indication of the component(s) in which these critical raw materials are present;
(i) indicative shielding gas utilisation for representative welding schedules and programmes;
(j) indicative welding wire or filler material utilisation for representative welding schedules and programmes.
The following information shall be provided on the rating plate of welding equipment:
(a) the year of manufacture.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/1784/annex/II/division/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1784/annex-II/division-3
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