ANNEX I Energy efficiency, cleaning performance and dust re-emission classes

1. Energy efficiency classes

The energy efficiency class of a vacuum cleaner shall be determined in accordance with its annual energy consumption as set out in Table 1. The annual energy consumption of a vacuum cleaner shall be determined in accordance with Annex VI.

Table 1

Energy efficiency classes

Energy Efficiency Class	Annual energy consumption (AE) [kWh/yr]
	Label 1	Label 2
A+++	n/a	AE ≤ 10,0
A++	n/a	10,0 < AE ≤ 16,0
A+	n/a	16,0 < AE ≤ 22,0
A	AE ≤ 28,0	22,0 < AE ≤ 28,0
B	28,0 < AE ≤ 34,0	28,0 < AE ≤ 34,0
C	34,0 < AE ≤ 40,0	34,0 < AE ≤ 40,0
D	40,0 < AE ≤ 46,0	AE > 40,0
E	46,0 < AE ≤ 52,0	n/a
F	52,0 < AE ≤ 58,0	n/a
G	AE > 58,0	n/a

2. Cleaning performance classes

The cleaning performance class of a vacuum cleaner shall be determined in accordance with its dust pick up (dpu) as set out in Table 2. The dust pick up of a vacuum cleaner shall be determined in accordance with Annex VI.

Table 2

Cleaning performance classes

Cleaning performance class	Dust pick up on carpet (dpuc )	Dust pick up on hard floor (dpuhf )
A	dpuc ≥ 0,91	dpuhf ≥ 1,11
B	0,87 ≤ dpuc < 0,91	1,08 ≤ dpuhf < 1,11
C	0,83 ≤ dpuc < 0,87	1,05 ≤ dpuhf < 1,08
D	0,79 ≤ dpuc < 0,83	1,02 ≤ dpuhf < 1,05
E	0,75 ≤ dpuc < 0,79	0,99 ≤ dpuhf < 1,02
F	0,71 ≤ dpuc < 0,75	0,96 ≤ dpuhf < 0,99
G	dpuc < 0,71	dpuhf < 0,96

3. Dust re-emission

The dust re-emission class of a vacuum cleaner shall be determined in accordance with its dust re-emission as set out in Table 3. The dust re-emission of a vacuum cleaner shall be determined in accordance with Annex VI.

Table 3

Dust re-emission classes

Dust re-emission class	Dust re-emission (dre)
A	dre ≤ 0,02 %
B	0,02 % < dre ≤ 0,08 %
C	0,08 % < dre ≤ 0,20 %
D	0,20 % < dre ≤ 0,35 %
E	0,35 % < dre ≤ 0,60 %
F	0,60 % < dre ≤ 1,00 %
G	dre > 1,00 %