1.This Regulation establishes requirements for the labelling of and the provision of supplementary product information on electric mains-operated household washing machines and electric mains-operated household washing machines that can also be powered by batteries, including those sold for non-household use and built-in household washing machines.
2.This Regulation shall not apply to household combined washer-driers.
In addition to the definitions laid down in Article 2 of Directive 2010/30/EU, the following definitions shall apply for the purposes of this Regulation:
‘household washing machine’ means an automatic washing machine which cleans and rinses textiles using water, which also has a spin extraction function and which is designed to be used principally for non-professional purposes;
‘built-in household washing machine’ means a household washing machine intended to be installed in a cabinet, a prepared recess in a wall or a similar location, requiring furniture finishing;
‘automatic washing machine’ means a washing machine where the load is fully treated by the machine without the need for user intervention at any point during the programme;
‘household combined washer-drier’ means a household washing machine which includes both a spin extraction function and also a means for drying the textiles, usually by heating and tumbling;
‘programme’ means a series of operations that are pre-defined and which are declared by the supplier as suitable for washing certain types of textile;
‘cycle’ means a complete washing, rinsing and spinning process, as defined for the selected programme;
‘programme time’ means the time that elapses from the initiation of the programme until the completion of the programme excluding any end-user programmed delay;
‘rated capacity’ means the maximum mass in kilograms stated by the supplier at 0,5 kg intervals of dry textiles of a particular type, which can be treated in a household washing machine on the selected programme, when loaded in accordance with the supplier’s instructions;
‘partial load’ means half of the rated capacity of a household washing machine for a given programme;
‘remaining moisture content’ means the amount of moisture contained in the load at the end of the spinning phase;
‘off-mode’ means a condition where the household washing machine is switched off using appliance controls or switches accessible to and intended for operation by the end-user during normal use to attain the lowest power consumption that may persist for an indefinite time while the household washing machine is connected to a power source and used in accordance with the supplier’s instructions; where there is no control or switch accessible to the end-user, ‘off-mode’ means the condition reached after the household washing machine reverts to a steady-state power consumption on its own;
‘left-on mode’ means the lowest power consumption mode that may persist for an indefinite time after completion of the programme without any further intervention by the end-user besides unloading of the household washing machine;
‘equivalent household washing machine’ means a model of household washing machine placed on the market with the same rated capacity, technical and performance characteristics, energy and water consumption and airborne acoustical noise emissions during washing and spinning as another model of household washing machine placed on the market under a different commercial code number by the same supplier;
‘end-user’ means a consumer buying or expected to buy a household washing machine;
‘point of sale’ means a location where household washing machines are displayed or offered for sale, hire or hire-purchase.
Suppliers shall ensure that:
each household washing machine, is supplied with a printed label in the format and containing information as set out in Annex I;
a product fiche, as set out in Annex II, is made available;
the technical documentation as set out in Annex III is made available on request to the authorities of the Member States and to the Commission;
any advertisement for a specific model of household washing machine contains the energy efficiency class, if the advertisement discloses energy-related or price information;
any technical promotional material concerning a specific model of household washing machine which describes its specific technical parameters includes the energy efficiency class of that model[F1;]
[F2an electronic label in the format and containing the information set out in Annex I is made available to dealers for each household washing machine model placed on the market from 1 January 2015 with a new model identifier. It may also be made available to dealers for other household washing machine models;]
[F2an electronic product fiche as set out in Annex II is made available to dealers for each household washing machine model placed on the market from 1 January 2015 with a new model identifier. It may also be made available to dealers for other household washing machine models.]
Textual Amendments
F1 Substituted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 518/2014 of 5 March 2014 amending Commission Delegated Regulations (EU) No 1059/2010, (EU) No 1060/2010, (EU) No 1061/2010, (EU) No 1062/2010, (EU) No 626/2011, (EU) No 392/2012, (EU) No 874/2012, (EU) No 665/2013, (EU) No 811/2013 and (EU) No 812/2013 with regard to labelling of energy-related products on the internet (Text with EEA relevance).
F2 Inserted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 518/2014 of 5 March 2014 amending Commission Delegated Regulations (EU) No 1059/2010, (EU) No 1060/2010, (EU) No 1061/2010, (EU) No 1062/2010, (EU) No 626/2011, (EU) No 392/2012, (EU) No 874/2012, (EU) No 665/2013, (EU) No 811/2013 and (EU) No 812/2013 with regard to labelling of energy-related products on the internet (Text with EEA relevance).
Dealers shall ensure that:
each household washing machine, at the point of sale, bears the label provided by suppliers in accordance with Article 3(a) on the outside of the front or top of the household washing machine, in such a way as to be clearly visible;
[F1household washing machines offered for sale, hire or hire-purchase where the end-user cannot be expected to see the product displayed are marketed with the information to be provided by suppliers in accordance with Annex IV. Where the offer is made through the internet and an electronic label and an electronic product fiche have been made available in accordance with Article 3(f) and 3(g) the provisions of Annex VIII shall apply instead;]
any advertisement for a specific model of household washing machine contains a reference to its energy efficiency class, if the advertisement discloses energy-related or price information;
any technical promotional material concerning a specific model of household washing machine, which describes its specific technical parameters includes a reference to the energy efficiency class of that model.
Textual Amendments
F1 Substituted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 518/2014 of 5 March 2014 amending Commission Delegated Regulations (EU) No 1059/2010, (EU) No 1060/2010, (EU) No 1061/2010, (EU) No 1062/2010, (EU) No 626/2011, (EU) No 392/2012, (EU) No 874/2012, (EU) No 665/2013, (EU) No 811/2013 and (EU) No 812/2013 with regard to labelling of energy-related products on the internet (Text with EEA relevance).
The information to be provided pursuant to Articles 3 and 4 shall be obtained by reliable, accurate and reproducible measurement procedures, which take into account the recognised state-of-the-art measurement methods.
Member States shall apply the procedure laid down in Annex V when assessing the conformity of the declared energy efficiency class, the annual energy consumption, annual water consumption, spin-drying efficiency class, power consumption in off-mode and left-on mode, duration of the left-on mode, remaining moisture content, spin speed and airborne acoustical noise emissions.
The Commission shall review this Regulation in the light of technological progress no later than four years after its entry into force. The review shall in particular assess the verification tolerances set out in Annex V.
Directive 95/12/EC shall be repealed from 20 December 2011.
1.Articles 3(d), (e), 4(b), (c) and (d) shall not apply to printed advertisements and printed technical promotional material published before 20 April 2012.
2.Household washing machines placed on the market before 20 December 2011 shall comply with the provisions set out in Directive 95/12/EC.
3.If an implementing measure for Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(1) with regards to ecodesign requirements for household washing machines was adopted, household washing machines, which comply with the provisions of this implementing measure with respect to the washing efficiency requirements and with the provisions of this Regulation, and which are placed on the market or offered for sale, hire or hire-purchase before 20 December 2011 shall be regarded as complying with the requirements of Directive 95/12/EC.
1.This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
2.It shall apply from 20 December 2011. However, Articles 3(d), (e), 4(b), (c) and (d) shall apply from 20 April 2012.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.