{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-424/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-424/article-6.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2019/424",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/424 of 15 March 2019 laying down ecodesign requirements for servers and data storage products pursuant to Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Regulation (EU) No 617/2013 (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-424",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Circumvention",
  "text": "The manufacturer, importer or authorised representative shall not place on the market products that have been designed to be able to detect they are being tested (e.g. by recognizing the test conditions or test cycle), and to react specifically by automatically altering their performance during the test with the objective of reaching a more favourable level for any of the parameters ... in the technical documentation or included in any of the documentation provided.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 6 substituted (E.W.S.) (1.10.2021) by The Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1097), regs. 1(2), 3(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 6 omitted (E.W.S.) (1.10.2021) by virtue of The Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1097), regs. 1(2), 3(3)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/424/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:43:31.140003+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."
}