Article 1 Subject matter and scope

United Kingdom

This Regulation establishes requirements for the labelling of, and the provision of supplementary product information on, electric mains-operated refrigerating appliances with a direct sales function, including appliances sold for refrigeration of items other than foodstuffs.

This Regulation does not apply to:

(a)

refrigerated appliances with a direct sales function that are only powered by energy sources other than electricity;

(b)

refrigerating appliances with a direct sales function that do not use a vapour compression refrigeration cycle;

(c)

the remote components, such as the condensing unit, compressors or water condensed unit, to which a remote cabinet needs to be connected in order to function;

(d)

food processing refrigerating appliances with a direct sales function;

(e)

refrigerating appliances with a direct sales function specifically tested and approved for the storage of medicines or scientific samples;

(f)

refrigerating appliances with a direct sales function for the sale and display of live foodstuffs, such as refrigerating appliances for the sale and display of living fish and shellfish, refrigerated aquaria and water tanks;

(g)

saladettes;

(h)

horizontal serve-over counters with integrated storage designed to work at chilled operating temperatures;

(i)

refrigerating appliances with direct sales function that have no integrated system for producing cooling and function by ducting chilled air that is produced by an external air chiller unit; this does not include remote cabinets nor does it include category 6 refrigerated vending machines, as defined Annex IV, Table 4;

(j)

corner cabinets;

(k)

vending machines that are designed to work at frozen operating temperatures;

(l)

serve-over fish counters with flaked ice;

(m)

professional refrigerated storage cabinets, blast cabinets, condensing units and process chillers as defined in Regulation (EU) 2015/1095;

(n)

wine storage appliances and minibars.