ANNEX V Verification procedure for market surveillance purposes
For the purposes of checking conformity with the requirements laid down in Articles 3 and 4, Member State authorities shall test a single household washing machine. If the measured parameters do not meet the values declared by the supplier within the ranges set out in Table 1, the measurements shall be carried out on three more household washing machines. The arithmetic mean of the measured values of these three household washing machines shall meet the values declared by the supplier within the range defined in Table 1, except for the energy consumption, where the measured value shall not be greater than the rated value of Et by more than 6 %.
Otherwise, the model and all other equivalent household washing machines models shall be considered not to comply with the requirements laid down in Articles 3 and 4.
Member State authorities shall use reliable, accurate and reproducible measurement procedures, which take into account the generally recognised state-of-the-art measurement methods, including methods set out in documents the reference numbers of which have been published for that purpose in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Table 1
| a ‘Rated value’ means a value that is declared by the supplier. | |
| Measured parameter | Verification tolerances |
|---|---|
| Annual energy consumption | The measured value shall not be greater than the rated valuea of AEC by more than 10 %. |
| Energy consumption | The measured value shall not be greater than the rated value of Et by more than 10 %. |
| Programme time | The measured value shall not be longer than the rated values Tt by more than 10 %. |
| Water consumption | The measured value shall not be greater than the rated value of Wt by more than 10 %. |
| Remaining moisture content | The measured value shall not be greater than the rated value of D by more than 10 %. |
| Spin speed | The measured value shall not be less than the rated value by more than 10 %. |
| Power consumption in off-mode and left-on mode | The measured value of power consumption Po and Pl of more than 1,00 W shall not be greater than the rated value by more than 10 %. The measured value of power consumption Po and Pl of less than or equal to 1,00 W shall not be greater than the rated value by more than 0,10 W. |
| Duration of the left-on mode | The measured value shall not be longer than the rated value of Tl by more than 10 %. |
| Airborne acoustical noise emissions | The measured value shall meet the rated value. |