Article 3Responsibilities of suppliers and timetable

1.Suppliers shall ensure that from 1 September 2014:

(a)each vacuum cleaner is supplied with a printed label in the format and containing the information set out in Annex II;

(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 the Member States and to the Commission;

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

(e)any technical promotional material concerning a specific model of vacuum cleaner which describes its specific technical parameters includes the energy efficiency class of that model.

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

(a)for vacuum cleaners placed on the market from 1 September 2014 labels shall be in accordance with label 1 of Annex II;

(b)for vacuum cleaners placed on the market from 1 September 2017 labels shall be in accordance with label 2 of Annex II.