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Annex I Definitions applicable for the Annexes

United Kingdom

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The following definitions shall apply:

  1. (1)

    ‘spare part’ means a separate part that can replace a part with the same or similar function in a product;

  2. (2)

    ‘professional repairer’ means an operator or undertaking which provides services of repair and professional maintenance of refrigerating appliances with a direct sales function;

  3. (3)

    ‘door gasket’ means a mechanical seal which fills the space between the door and the cabinet of the refrigerating appliance with a direct sales function to prevent leakage from the cabinet to the outdoor air;

  4. (4)

    ‘vacuum insulation panel’ (VIP) means an insulation panel consisting of a firm, highly-porous material encased in a thin, gas-tight outer envelope, from which the gases are evacuated and which is sealed to prevent outside gases from entering the panel;

  5. (5)

    ‘ice-cream freezer’ means a horizontal cabinet intended to store and/or display and sell pre-packed ice cream, where access by the consumer to the pre-packed ice cream is achieved by opening a non-transparent or transparent lid from the top, with a net volume ≤ 600 litres (L) and, only in the case of transparent lid ice-cream freezers, a net volume divided by the total display area ≥ 0,35 meters (m);

  6. (6)

    ‘transparent lid’ means a door made of a transparent material that covers at least 75 % of the door surface and that allows the end-user to see items through it;

  7. (7)

    ‘total display area’ (TDA) means the total visible foodstuffs and other items area, including visible area through glazing, defined by the sum of horizontal and vertical projected surface areas of the net volume, expressed in square meters (m2);

  8. (8)

    ‘guarantee’ means any undertaking by the retailer or a manufacturer, importer or authorised representative to the consumer, to:

    1. (a)

      reimburse the price paid; or

    2. (b)

      replace, repair or handle refrigerating appliances with a direct sales function in any way if they do not meet the specifications set out in the guarantee statement or in the relevant advertising;

  9. (9)

    ‘gelato-scooping cabinet’ means a refrigerating appliance with a direct sales function in which ice-cream can be stored, displayed and scooped, within prescribed temperature limits as set out in Annex III, Table 5;

  10. (10)

    ‘annual energy consumption’ (AE) means the average daily energy consumption multiplied by 365 (days per year), expressed in kilowatt hour per year (kWh/a), calculated in accordance with point 2(b) of Annex III;

  11. (11)

    ‘daily energy consumption’ (Edaily ) means the energy used by a refrigerating appliance with a direct sales function over 24 hours at reference conditions, expressed in kilowatt hour per day (kWh/24h);

  12. (12)

    ‘standard annual energy consumption’ (SAE) means the reference annual energy consumption of a refrigeration appliance with a direct sales function, expressed in kilowatt hour per year (kWh/a), calculated in accordance with point 2(c) of Annex III;

  13. (13)

    ‘M’ and ‘N’ means modelling parameters that take into account the total display area or volume-dependence of the energy use, with values as set out in Table 4, Annex III;

  14. (14)

    ‘temperature coefficient’ (C) means a correction factor that accounts for the difference in operating temperature;

  15. (15)

    ‘climate class factor’ (CC) means a correction factor that accounts for the difference in ambient conditions for which the refrigerating appliance is designed for;

  16. (16)

    ‘P’ means a correction factor that accounts for the differences between integral and remote cabinets;

  17. (17)

    ‘integral cabinet’ means a refrigerating appliance with a direct sales function that has an integrated refrigeration system which incorporates a compressor and condensing unit;

  18. (18)

    ‘refrigerator’ means a refrigerating appliance with a direct sales function that continuously maintains the temperature of the products stored in the cabinet at chilled operating temperature;

  19. (19)

    ‘freezer’ means a refrigerating appliance with a direct sales function that continuously maintains the temperature of the products stored in the cabinet at frozen operating temperature;

  20. (20)

    ‘vertical cabinet’ means a refrigerating appliance with a direct sales function with a vertical or inclined display opening from the front;

  21. (21)

    ‘combined cabinet’ means a refrigerating appliance with a direct sales function which combines display and opening directions from a vertical and a horizontal cabinet;

  22. (22)

    ‘supermarket cabinet’ means a refrigerating appliance with a direct sales function intended for the sale and display of foodstuffs and other items in retail applications, such as in supermarkets. Beverage coolers, refrigerated vending machines, gelato-scooping cabinets and ice-cream freezers are not considered supermarket cabinets;

  23. (23)

    ‘roll-in cabinet’ means a supermarket cabinet which enables goods to be displayed directly on their pallets or rolls which can be placed inside by lifting, swinging, or removing the lower front part, where fitted;

  24. (24)

    ‘M-package’ means a test package fitted with a temperature measuring device;

  25. (25)

    ‘multi-temperature vending machine’ means a refrigerated vending machine including at least two compartments with different operating temperatures.