The Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Amendment) Regulations 2014

Statutory Instruments

2014 No. 1290

Energy Conservation

The Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Amendment) Regulations 2014

Made

19th May 2014

Laid before Parliament

27th May 2014

Coming into force

1st July 2014

The Secretary of State is a Minister designated(1) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(2) in relation to the environmental aspects of product design and makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by that section.

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information (Amendment) Regulations 2014 and come into force on 1st July 2014.

Amendment of the Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products Regulations 2010

2.—(1) The table at paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 (declaration of conformity) to the Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products Regulations 2010(3) is amended as follows.

(2) For the entry relating to electrical and electronic household and office equipment at item 2 substitute—

“2

Electrical and electronic household and office equipment

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1275/2008 implementing Directive 2009/125/EC(4) of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for standby and off mode, and networked standby, electric power consumption of electrical and electronic household and office equipment(5)”

(3) For the entry relating to a television at item 6 substitute—

“6

A television

Commission Regulation (EC) No 642/2009 implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for televisions(6)”

(4) After item 17 insert—

“18	A computer or a computer server	Commission Regulation (EU) No 617/2013 implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for computers and computer servers(7)
19	A vacuum cleaner	Commission Regulation (EU) No 666/2013 implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for vacuum cleaners(8)
20	A water heater or a hot water storage tank	Commission Regulation (EU) No 814/2013 implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for water heaters and hot water storage tanks(9)
21	A space heater or a combination heater	Commission Regulation (EU) No 813/2013 implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for space heaters and combination heaters(10)
22	A domestic oven, a hob or a range hood	Commission Regulation (EU) No 66/2014 implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for domestic ovens, hobs and range hoods(11)”

Amendment of the Energy Information Regulations 2011

3.—(1) The table at Schedule 1 (EU measures) of the Energy Information Regulations 2011(12) is amended as follows.

(2) After the entry relating to Electrical lamps and luminaires insert—

“Vacuum cleaners	Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 665/2013 supplementing Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to energy labelling of vacuum cleaners(13)	The dates set out in Articles 3, 4 and 8 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 665/2013
Water heaters, hot water storage tanks and packages of water heater and solar device	Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 812/2013 supplementing Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the energy labelling of water heaters, hot water storage tanks and packages of water heater and solar device(14)	The dates set out in Article 3 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 812/2013
Space heaters, combination heaters, packages of space heater, temperature control and solar device and packages of combination heater, temperature control and solar device	Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 811/2013 supplementing Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the energy labelling of space heaters, combination heaters, packages of space heater, temperature control and solar device and packages of combination heater, temperature control and solar device(15)	The dates set out in Article 3 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 811/2013
Domestic ovens and range hoods	Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 65/2014 supplementing Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the energy labelling of domestic ovens and range hoods(16)	The dates set out in Article 10 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 65/2014”

Gregory Barker

Minister of State

Department of Energy and Climate Change

19th May 2014

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/2617) (“the 2010 Regulations”) and the Energy Information Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/1524) and partially implement Commission Regulations (EU) Nos 617/2013, 666/2013, 801/2013, 813/2013, 814/2013 and 66/2014, and Commission Delegated Regulations (EU) Nos 665/2013, 811/2013, 812/2013, and 65/2014 as follows—

(a) regulation 2(2) updates the reference to the applicable implementing measure for electrical and electronic household and office equipment in Schedule 1 (declaration of conformity) to the 2010 Regulations;

(b) regulation 2(3) updates the reference to the applicable implementing measure for televisions in Schedule 1 (declaration of conformity) to the 2010 Regulations;

(c) regulation 2(4) adds the following products to Schedule 1 (declaration of conformity) to the 2010 Regulations from 1st July 2014: computers and computer servers, vacuum cleaners, water heaters and hot water storage tanks, space heaters and combination heaters, domestic ovens, hobs and range hoods; and

(d) regulation 3 adds the following products to Schedule 1 (EU measures) to the Energy Information Regulations 2011 to apply from the dates referred to in regulation 3: vacuum cleaners, water heaters, hot water storage tanks and packages of water heater and solar device, space heaters, combination heaters, packages of space heater, temperature control and solar device and packages of combination heater, temperature control and solar device, domestic ovens and range hoods.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as an assessment of costs and benefits is carried out prior to each of the product-specific EU Regulations concerned being passed at EU level.

(1)

S.I. 2010/1552.

(2)

1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51), section 27(1)(a) and Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7) and section 3 of the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008.

(3)

S.I. 2010/2617, amended by S.I. 2011/1043, 2011/2677, 2012/3005 and 2013/1232.

(4)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1275/2008 originally implemented Directive 2005/32/EC, however that Directive was repealed by Article 24 of Directive 2009/125/EC, which provides that all references to Directive 2005/32/EC are to be construed as references to Directive 2009/125/EC.

(5)

OJ No L 339, 18.12.2008, p45, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 801/2013, OJ No L 225, 23.8.2013, p1.

(6)

OJ No L 191, 23.7.2009, p42, amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 801/2013.

(7)

OJ No L 175, 27.6.2013, p13.

(8)

OJ No L 192, 13.7.2013, p24.

(9)

OJ No L 239, 6.9.2013, p162.

(10)

OJ No L 239, 6.9.2013, p136.

(11)

OJ No L 29, 31.1.2014, p33.

(12)

S.I. 2011/1524, amended by S.I. 2011/2677, 2012/3005 and 2013/1232; there is another amending instrument but it is not relevant.

(13)

OJ No L 192, 13.7.2013, p1.

(14)

OJ No L 239, 6.9.2013, p83.

(15)

OJ No L 239, 6.9.2013, p1.

(16)

OJ No L 29, 31.1.2014, p1.