Commission Regulation (EC) No 642/2009Show full title

Article 1 U.K. Subject matter and scope

This Regulation establishes ecodesign requirements for the placing on the market of televisions.

Article 2 U.K. Definitions

[F1 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 IP completion day, apply. The following definitions also apply—]

1.

‘television’ means a television set or a television monitor;

2.

‘television set’ means a product designed primarily for the display and reception of audiovisual signals which is placed on the market under one model or system designation, and which consists of:

(a)

a display;

(b)

one or more tuner(s)/receiver(s) and optional additional functions for data storage and/or display such as digital versatile disc (DVD), hard disk drive (HDD) or videocassette recorder (VCR), either in a single unit combined with the display, or in one or more separate units;

3.

‘television monitor’ means a product designed to display on an integrated screen a video signal from a variety of sources, including television broadcast signals, which optionally controls and reproduces audio signals from an external source device, which is linked through standardised video signal paths including cinch (component, composite), SCART, HDMI, and future wireless standards (but excluding non-standardised video signal paths like DVI and SDI), but cannot receive and process broadcast signals;

4.

‘on-mode’ means the condition where the television is connected to the mains power source and produces sound and picture;

5.

‘home-mode’ means the television setting which is recommended by the manufacturer for normal home use;

6.

‘standby-mode(s)’ means a condition where the equipment is connected to the mains power source, depends on energy input from the mains power source to function properly and offers the following functions only, which may persist for an indefinite time:

• reactivation function, or reactivation function and only an indication of enabled reactivation function, and/or,

• information or status display;

7.

[F2 ‘off mode’ means a condition in which the equipment is connected to a mains power source and is not providing any function other than—

(a)

an indication of off mode condition; or

(b)

functionalities intended only to ensure electromagnetic compatibility pursuant to the Electromagnetic Compatibility Regulations 2016;]

8.

‘reactivation function’ means a function facilitating the activation of other modes, including on-mode, by remote switch including remote control, internal sensor, timer to a condition providing additional functions, including on-mode;

9.

‘information or status display’ means a continuous function providing information or indicating the status of the equipment on a display, including clocks;

10.

‘forced menu’ means a set of television settings pre-defined by the manufacturer, of which the user of the television must select a particular setting upon initial start-up of the television;

11.

‘full HD resolution’ means a screen resolution with physical pixel count of at least 1 920 × 1 080 pixels [F3 ;]

12.

[F4 ‘network’ means a communication infrastructure with a topology of links, an architecture including the physical components, organisational principles, communication procedures and formats (protocols);

13.

‘network port’ means a wired or wireless physical interface of the network connection located at the television through which the television can be remotely activated;

14.

‘networked television’ means a television that can connect to a network and has one or more network ports;

15.

‘network availability’ means the capability of the television to resume functions after a remotely initiated trigger has been detected by a network port;

16.

‘remotely initiated trigger’ means a signal that comes from outside the television via a network;

17.

‘networked standby’ means a condition in which the television is able to resume a function through a remotely initiated trigger via a network connection;

18.

‘networked television with high network availability functionality’ (a television with HiNA functionality) means a television with the functionality of a router, network switch, wireless network access point (not being a terminal) or combination thereof included;

19.

‘router’ means a network device that, as its primary function, determines the optimal path along which network traffic should be forwarded. Routers forward packets from one network to another, based on network layer information (L3);

20.

‘network switch’ means a network device that, as its primary function, filters, forwards, and distributes frames based on the destination address of each frame. All switches operate at least at the data link layer (L2);

21.

‘wireless network access point’ means a device that, as its primary function, provides IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi) connectivity to multiple clients.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Art. 2 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/539), reg. 1(3), Sch. 2 para. 8(2)(a) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1528, regs. 1(2), 4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F2 Art. 2(7) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/539), reg. 1(3), Sch. 2 para. 8(2)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 801/2013 of 22 August 2013 amending Regulation (EC) No 1275/2008 with regard to ecodesign requirements for standby, off mode electric power consumption of electrical and electronic household and office equipment, and amending Regulation (EC) No 642/2009 with regard to ecodesign requirements for televisions (Text with EEA relevance).

F4 Inserted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 801/2013 of 22 August 2013 amending Regulation (EC) No 1275/2008 with regard to ecodesign requirements for standby, off mode electric power consumption of electrical and electronic household and office equipment, and amending Regulation (EC) No 642/2009 with regard to ecodesign requirements for televisions (Text with EEA relevance).

Article 3 U.K. Ecodesign requirements

The ecodesign requirements for televisions are set out in Annex I.

Compliance with the ecodesign requirements shall be measured in accordance with the methods set out in Annex II.

Article 4 U.K. Conformity assessment

[F5 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.]

The technical documentation to be provided for the conformity assessment is set out in point 1 of Part 5 of Annex I to this Regulation.

Textual Amendments

F5 Words in Art. 4 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/539), reg. 1(3), Sch. 2 para. 8(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Article 5 U.K. Verification procedure for market surveillance purposes

Surveillance checks shall be carried out in accordance with the verification procedure set out in Annex III.

F6 Article 6 U.K. Revision

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Textual Amendments

F6 Art. 6 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/539), reg. 1(3), Sch. 2 para. 8(4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Article 7 U.K. Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 1275/2008

Annex I, point 3 to Regulation (EC) No 1275/2008 is replaced by the text set out in Annex IV to this Regulation.

Article 8 U.K. Entry into force

1. This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

2. The ecodesign requirements set out in point 1 of Part 1, Part 3, Part 4, and point 2 of Part 5 of Annex I shall apply from 20 August 2010.

The ecodesign requirements set out in point 2, Part 1 of Annex I shall apply from 1 April 2012.

The ecodesign requirements set out in points 1(a) to 1(d) of Part 2 of Annex I shall apply from 7 January 2010.

The ecodesign requirements set out in points 2(a) to 2(e) of Part 2 of Annex I shall apply from 20 August 2011.

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Textual Amendments

F7 Words in Signature omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/539), reg. 1(3), Sch. 2 para. 8(5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)