# 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), Article 1: Subject matter and scope

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

1. This Regulation establishes ecodesign requirements for the placing on the market or the putting into service of electrical mains-operated welding equipment.
2. This Regulation shall apply to welding equipment using one or more of the following welding and allied processes:
(a) manual metal arc welding;
(b) shielded metal arc welding;
(c) self-shielded flux-cored welding;
(d) flux cored arc welding;
(e) metal active gas and metal inert gas welding;
(f) tungsten inert gas welding;
(g) plasma arc cutting.
3. This Regulation shall not apply to welding equipment using the following welding and allied processes:
(a) submerged arc welding;
(b) limited-duty arc welding;
(c) resistance welding;
(d) stud welding.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/1784/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1784/article-1
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