{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-2018/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-2018/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2019/2018",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2018 of 11 March 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to energy labelling of refrigerating appliances with a direct sales function (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-2018",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Subject matter and scope",
  "text": "1. 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.\n2. This Regulation does not apply to:\n(a) refrigerated appliances with a direct sales function that are only powered by energy sources other than electricity;\n(b) refrigerating appliances with a direct sales function that do not use a vapour compression refrigeration cycle;\n(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;\n(d) food processing refrigerating appliances with a direct sales function;\n(e) refrigerating appliances with a direct sales function specifically tested and approved for the storage of medicines or scientific samples;\n(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;\n(g) saladettes;\n(h) horizontal serve-over counters with integrated storage designed to work at chilled operating temperatures;\n(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;\n(j) corner cabinets;\n(k) vending machines that are designed to work at frozen operating temperatures;\n(l) serve-over fish counters with flaked ice;\n(m) professional refrigerated storage cabinets, blast cabinets, condensing units and process chillers as defined in Regulation (EU) 2015/1095;\n(n) wine storage appliances and minibars.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/2018/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:43:00.195473+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}