# Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/2024 of 1 October 2019 laying down ecodesign requirements for refrigerating appliances with a direct sales function pursuant to Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance), Division 3: Information requirements:

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

From 1 March 2021, instruction manuals for installers and end-users, and free access websites of manufacturers, importers and authorised representatives shall include the following information:
(a) the recommended setting of temperatures in each compartment for optimum food preservation;
(b) an estimation of the impact of temperature settings on food waste;
(c) for beverage coolers: ‘This appliance is intended to operate in climates where the maximum temperature and the humidity are [fill in the applicable warmest temperature of the beverage cooler and the applicable relative humidity of the beverage cooler of Table 7] respectively.’;
(d) for ice-cream freezers: ‘This appliance is intended to operate in climates where the temperature and the humidity ranges from [fill in the applicable minimum temperature of Table 9] to [fill in the applicable maximum temperature of Table 9] and from [fill in the applicable minimum relative humidity of Table 9] to [fill in the applicable maximum relative humidity of Table 9] respectively.’;
(e) instructions for the correct installation and end-user maintenance, including cleaning, of the refrigerating appliance with a direct sales function;
(f) for integral cabinets: ‘If the condenser coil is not cleaned [the recommended frequency for cleaning the condenser coil, expressed in times per year], the efficiency of the appliance will decrease significantly.’;
(g) access to professional repair such as internet webpages, addresses, contact details;
(h) relevant information for ordering spare parts, directly or through other channels provided by the manufacturer, importer or authorised representative such as internet webpages, addresses, contact details;
(i) the minimum period during which spare parts, necessary for the repair of the refrigerating appliance with a direct sales function, are available;
(j) the minimum duration of the guarantee of the refrigerating appliance with a direct sales function offered by the manufacturer, importer or authorised representative;
(k) instructions on how to find the model information in the product database, as set out in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2018 by means of a weblink that links the model information as stored in the product database or a link to the product database and information on how to find the model identifier on the product.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/2024/annex/II/division/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-2024/annex-II/division-3
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