The Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Commission Regulation (EU) No 666/2013 U.K.

18.—(1) Commission Regulation (EU) No 666/2013 of 8 July 2013 implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for vacuum cleaners is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 2 (definitions)—

(a) at the beginning, for the words from “In addition” to “this Regulation:”, substitute—

“The definitions set out in the Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products Regulations 2010 apply; and for any term that is not defined in those Regulations, the definitions set out in Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-related products, as it had effect immediately before [F1 IP completion day], apply. The following definitions also apply—”;

(b) in subparagraph (10), for the words from “Directive” to “Council” substitute “ Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008 M1 ”;

(c) in subparagraph (16), for the words from “Directive” to “Council” substitute “ the Electrical Equipment (Safety) Regulations 2016 M2 ”.

(3) In Article 4 (conformity assessment)—

(a) for paragraph 1, substitute—

“1.   For the purposes of regulation 4(2)(a) of the Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products Regulations 2010, the procedure for assessing whether an energy-related product complies with this implementing measure is the internal design control system set out in Part 1 of Schedule 1A to the Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products Regulations 2010 or the management system for assessing conformity set out in Part 2 of Schedule 1A to those Regulations.”;

(b) in paragraph 2, for “Article 8 of Directive 2009/125/EC” substitute “ regulation 4(2)(a) of the Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products Regulations 2010 ”.

(4) For Article 5 (verification procedure for market surveillance purposes) substitute—

“When performing market surveillance checks to assess compliance with the requirements set out in Annex 1, the authorities of [F2 Great Britain] must apply the verification procedure described in Annex 3.”.

(5) Omit Article 7 (revision).

(6) At the end of Article 9 (entry into force), omit “This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.”.

(7) In Annex 1 (ecodesign requirements), in paragraph 2(a), after “any delegated acts”, insert “ , as they had effect immediately before [F1 IP completion day], ”.

(8) In Annex 2 (measurement and calculation methods), in paragraph 1, for the words from “harmonised” to “Union”, substitute “ designated standards ”.

(9) Annex 3 (product compliance verification by market surveillance authorities) is amended as follows—

(a) in each instance, for “Member State” or “Member States”, substitute “ [F3 Great Britain] ”;

(b) for the second paragraph, substitute—

“When verifying the compliance of a product model with the requirements laid down in this Regulation, for the requirements referred to in this Annex the authorities of [F4 Great Britain] must apply the following procedure—”;

(c) in subparagraph (2)(a)—

(i) for “point 2 of Annex IV to Directive 2009/125/EC (declared values)” substitute “ paragraph 1(2) of Part 1 of Schedule 1A to the Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products Regulations 2010 ”; and

(ii) for “paragraph (g) thereof”, substitute “ paragraph 1(2)(b)(vii) of Part 1 of Schedule 1A to those Regulations ”;

(d) subparagraph (7) is omitted; and

(e) in the fourth paragraph—

(i) for “7” substitute “ 6 ”; and

(ii) for “harmonised” substitute “ designated ”.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Regulations substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1528), regs. 1(2), 4

F2 Words in Sch. 2 para. 18(4) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1528), regs. 1(2), 6(3)(4)(b)(xvii)

F3 Words in Sch. 2 para. 18(9)(a) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1528), regs. 1(2), 6(1)(2)(b)(xvii)

F4 Words in Sch. 2 para. 18(9)(b) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1528), regs. 1(2), 6(3)(4)(b)(xvii)

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 2 para. 18 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(3)

Marginal Citations

M1 S.I. 2008/1597, amended by S.I. 2011/2157, O. 2014/469, S.I. 2015/1630, S.I. 2015/1682, S.I. 2016/1105, S.I. 2018/235 and S.I. 2018/236.

M2 S.I. 2016/1101, amended by S.I. 2017/1206 and S.I. 2018/966.