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Article 1U.K.Subject matter

This Regulation establishes requirements for the labelling and the provision of supplementary product information for televisions.

Article 2U.K.Definitions

In addition to the definitions laid down in Article 2 of Directive 2010/30/EU, the following definitions shall 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:

(a)

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

(b)

information or status display;

(7)

‘off-mode’ means a condition in which the equipment is connected to the mains power source and is not providing any function; the following shall also be considered as off-mode:

(a)

conditions providing only an indication of off-mode condition;

(b)

conditions providing only functionalities intended to ensure electromagnetic compatibility pursuant to Directive 2004/108/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(1);

(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)

‘peak luminance ratio’ means the ratio of the peak luminance of the home-mode condition or of the on-mode condition of the television as set by the supplier, as applicable, and the peak luminance of the brightest on-mode condition;

(12)

‘point of sale’ means a location where televisions are displayed or offered for sale, hire or hire purchase;

(13)

‘end-user’ means a consumer buying or expected to buy a television.

Article 3U.K.Responsibilities of suppliers

1.Suppliers shall ensure that:

(a)each television is supplied with a printed label in the format and containing information as set out in Annex V;

(b)a product fiche, as set out in Annex III, is made available;

(c)the technical documentation, as set out in Annex IV, is made available on request to the authorities of Member States and to the Commission;

(d)any advertisement for a specific television model contains the energy efficiency class, if the advertisement discloses energy-related or price information;

(e)any technical promotional material concerning a specific television model, which describes its specific technical parameters, includes the energy efficiency class of that model[F1;]

[F2(f) an electronic label in the format and containing the information set out in Annex V is made available to dealers for each television model placed on the market from 1 January 2015 with a new model identifier. It may also be made available to dealers for other television models;]

[F2(g) an electronic product fiche as set out in Annex III is made available to dealers for each television model placed on the market from 1 January 2015 with a new model identifier. It may also be made available to dealers for other television models.]

2.The energy efficiency classes shall be based on the Energy Efficiency Index calculated in accordance with Annex II.

3.The format of the label set out in Annex V shall be applied according to the following timetable:

(a)for televisions placed on the market from 30 November 2011, labels for televisions with energy efficiency classes:

(i)

A, B, C, D, E, F, G shall be in accordance with point 1 of Annex V or, where suppliers deem appropriate, with point 2 of that Annex;

(ii)

A+ shall be in accordance with point 2 of Annex V;

(iii)

A++ shall be in accordance with point 3 of Annex V;

(iv)

A+++ shall be in accordance with point 4 of Annex V;

(b)for televisions placed on the market from 1 January 2014 with energy efficiency classes A+, A, B, C, D, E, F, labels shall be in accordance with point 2 of Annex V or, where suppliers deem appropriate, with point 3 of that Annex;

(c)for televisions placed on the market from 1 January 2017 with energy efficiency classes A++, A+, A, B, C, D, E, labels shall be in accordance with point 3 of Annex V or, where suppliers deem appropriate, with point 4 of that Annex;

(d)for televisions placed on the market from 1 January 2020 with energy efficiency classes A+++, A++, A+, A, B, C, D labels shall be in accordance with point 4 of Annex V.

Textual Amendments

Article 4U.K.Responsibilities of dealers

Dealers shall ensure that:

(a)

each television, at the point of sale, bears the label provided by suppliers in accordance with Article 3(1) on the front of the television, in such a way as to be clearly visible;

(b)

[F1televisions offered for sale, hire or hire-purchase, where the end-user cannot be expected to see the television displayed, are marketed with the information to be provided by the suppliers in accordance with Annex VI. 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(1)(f) and 3(1)(g) the provisions in Annex IX shall apply instead;]

(c)

any advertisement for a specific television model contains the energy efficiency class, if the advertisement discloses energy-related or price information;

(d)

any technical promotional material concerning a specific television model, which describes its specific technical parameters, includes the energy efficiency class of that model.

Textual Amendments

Article 5U.K.Measurement methods

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, as set out in Annex VII.

Article 6U.K.Verification procedure for market surveillance purposes

Member States shall apply the procedure laid down in Annex VIII when assessing the conformity of the declared energy efficiency class.

Article 7U.K.Revision

The Commission shall review this Regulation in the light of technological progress no later than 5 years after its entry into force.

Article 8U.K.Transitional provision

Article 3(1)(d) and (e) and Article 4(b), (c) and (d) shall not apply to printed advertisement and printed technical promotional material published before 30 March 2012.

Article 9U.K.Entry into force

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

It shall apply from 30 November 2011. However, Article 3(1)(d) and (e) and Article 4(b), (c) and (d) shall apply from 30 March 2012.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.