# 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), Article 1: Subject matter and scope

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

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.
2. This Regulation does not apply to:
(a) refrigerating appliances with a direct sales function that are only powered by energy sources other than electricity;
(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;
(c) food processing refrigerating appliances with a direct sales function;
(d) refrigerating appliances with a direct sales function specifically tested and approved for the storage of medicines or scientific samples;
(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;
(f) professional refrigerated storage cabinets, blast cabinets, condensing units and process chillers as defined in Regulation (EU) 2015/1095;
(g) wine storage appliances and minibars.
3. The requirements in point 1 and point 3(k) of Annex II do not apply to:
(a) refrigerating appliances with a direct sales function that do not use a vapour compression refrigeration cycle;
(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;
(c) saladettes;
(d) horizontal serve-over counters with integrated storage designed to work at chilled operating temperatures;
(e) corner cabinets;
(f) vending machines designed to work at frozen operating temperatures;
(g) serve-over fish counters with flaked ice.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/2024/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-2024/article-1
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