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Division 2 LABEL DESIGN

United Kingdom

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Whereby:

  1. (a)

    The label shall be at least 96 mm wide and 192 mm high. Where the label is printed in a larger format, its content shall nevertheless remain proportionate to the specifications above. For electronic displays with a size of the diagonal of the visible area less than 127 cm (50 inches), the label can be printed scaled down, but not less than 60 % of its normal size; its content shall nevertheless be proportionate to the specifications above and the QR code still readable by a commonly available QR reader, such as those integrated in a smartphone.

  2. (b)

    The background of the label shall be 100 % white.

  3. (c)

    The typefaces shall be Verdana and Calibri.

  4. (d)

    The dimensions and specifications of the elements constituting the label shall be as indicated in the label design.

  5. (e)

    Colours shall be CMYK — cyan, magenta, yellow and black, following this example: 0,70,100,0: 0 % cyan, 70 % magenta, 100 % yellow, 0 % black.

  6. (f)

    The label shall fulfil all the following requirements (numbers refer to the figure above):

  7. the colours of the EU logo shall be as follows:

    • the background: 100,80,0,0;

    • the stars: 0,0,100,0;

  8. the colour of the energy logo shall be: 100,80,0,0;

  9. the QR code shall be 100 % black;

  10. the supplier’s name shall be 100 % black and in Verdana Bold 9 pt;

  11. the model identifier shall be 100 % black and in Verdana Regular 9 pt;

  12. the A to G scale shall be as follows:

    • the letters of the energy efficiency scale shall be 100 % white and in Calibri Bold 19 pt; the letters shall be centred on an axis at 4,5 mm from the left side of the arrows;

    • the colours of the A to G scale arrows shall be as follows:

      • A-class: 100,0,100,0;

      • B-class: 70,0,100,0;

      • C-class: 30,0,100,0;

      • D-class: 0,0,100,0;

      • E-class: 0,30,100,0;

      • F-class: 0,70,100,0;

      • G-class: 0,100,100,0;

  13. the internal dividers shall have a weight of 0,5 pt and the colour shall be 100 % black;

  14. the letter of the energy efficiency class shall be 100 % white and in Calibri Bold 33 pt. The energy efficiency class arrow and the corresponding arrow in the A to G scale shall be positioned in such a way that their tips are aligned. The letter in the energy efficiency class arrow shall be positioned in the centre of the rectangular part of the arrow which shall be 100 % black;

  15. the energy consumption value in SDR shall be in Verdana Bold 28 pt; ‘kWh/1 000h’ shall be in Verdana Regular 16 pt. The text shall be centred and in 100 % black;

  16. the HDR and the screen pictograms shall be 100 % black and as shown as in the label design; the texts (numbers and units) shall be 100 % black, and as follows:

    • above the HDR pictogram, the letters of energy efficiency classes (A to G) shall be centred, with the letter of the applicable energy efficiency class in Verdana Bold 16 pt and the other letters in Verdana Regular 10 pt; under the HDR pictogram, the energy consumption value in HDR shall be centred, in Verdana Bold 16 pt with ‘kWh/1 000h’ in Verdana Regular 10 pt;

    • the texts of the screen pictogram shall be in Verdana Regular 9 pt and placed as in the label design;

  17. the number of the regulation shall be 100 % black and in Verdana Regular 6 pt.

Notes on Annex III

Modifications

C1

Annexes 1-4 applied (with modifications) (31.12.2020) by The Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1528), regs. 1(4), 29(1)-(3), Sch. 1

C2

Annex 3, as applied and modified by S.I. 2020/1528, Sch. 1, amended (1.10.2021) by The Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1097), regs. 1(2), 4(7)