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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-2024/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-2024/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2019/2024",
  "legislation_title": "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)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-2024",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Subject matter and scope",
  "text": "1. This Regulation establishes ecodesign requirements for the placing on the market or the putting into service of 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) refrigerating appliances with a direct sales function that are only powered by energy sources other than electricity;\n(b) 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(c) food processing refrigerating appliances with a direct sales function;\n(d) refrigerating appliances with a direct sales function specifically tested and approved for the storage of medicines or scientific samples;\n(e) refrigerating appliances with a 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 in Table 5 of Annex III;\n(f) professional refrigerated storage cabinets, blast cabinets, condensing units and process chillers as defined in Regulation (EU) 2015/1095;\n(g) wine storage appliances and minibars.\n3. The requirements in point 1 and point 3(k) of Annex II do not apply to:\n(a) refrigerating appliances with a direct sales function that do not use a vapour compression refrigeration cycle;\n(b) 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(c) saladettes;\n(d) horizontal serve-over counters with integrated storage designed to work at chilled operating temperatures;\n(e) corner cabinets;\n(f) vending machines designed to work at frozen operating temperatures;\n(g) serve-over fish counters with flaked ice.",
  "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/2019/2024/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:42:59.732206+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."
}