Article 1Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 640/2009

Regulation (EC) No 640/2009 is amended as follows:

  1. (1)

    Article 1 is replaced by the following

    ‘Article 1Subject matter and scope

    1.

    This Regulation establishes ecodesign requirements for the placing on the market and the putting into service of motors, including those integrated in other products.

    2.

    This Regulation shall not apply to:

    (a)

    motors specified to operate wholly immersed in a liquid;

    (b)

    motors completely integrated into a product (for example gear, pump, fan or compressor) of which the energy performance cannot be tested independently from the product;

    (c)

    motors specified to operate exclusively:

    1. (i)

      at altitudes exceeding 4 000 metres above sea-level;

    2. (ii)

      where ambient air temperatures exceed 60 °C;

    3. (iii)

      in maximum operating temperature above 400 °C;

    4. (iv)

      where ambient air temperatures are less than – 30 °C for any motor or less than 0 °C for a motor with water cooling;

    5. (v)

      where the water coolant temperature at the inlet to a product is less than 0 °C or exceeding 32 °C; or

    6. (vi)
      in potentially explosive atmospheres as defined in Directive 94/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council3;

    (d)

    brake motors,

    except as regards the information requirements of Annex I, points 2(3) to (6) and (12).’.

  2. (2)

    Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 640/2009 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2Entry into force

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

It shall apply six months after the date of entry into force.

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

Done at Brussels, 6 January 2014.

For the Commission

The President

José Manuel Barroso