1.This Regulation establishes ecodesign requirements for the placing on the market or putting into service of external power supplies.
2.This Regulation shall not apply to:
(a)voltage converters;
(b)uninterruptible power supplies;
(c)battery chargers without power supply function;
(d)lighting converters;
(e)external power supplies for medical devices;
(f)active power over Ethernet injectors;
(g)docking stations for autonomous appliances;
(h)external power supplies placed on the market before 1 April 2025 solely as a service part or spare part for replacing an identical external power supply placed on the market before 1 April 2020, under the condition that the service part or spare part, or its packaging, clearly indicate ‘External power supply to be used exclusively as spare part for’ and the primary load product(s) it is intended to be used with.