The Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products (Amendment) Regulations 2017

Statutory Instruments

2017 No. 1143

Energy Conservation

The Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products (Amendment) Regulations 2017

Made

23rd November 2017

Laid before Parliament

24th November 2017

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1

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 these Regulations under the powers conferred by that section.

Citation and commencement

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products (Amendment) Regulations 2017.

(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), these Regulations come into force on 1st January 2018.

(3) Regulation 2(3) comes into force on 1st January 2020.

(4) Regulation 2(4) comes into force on 1st January 2022.

Amendments to 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) After item 26(4), insert—

“27

An air heating product, a cooling product, a high temperature process chiller or a fan coil unit

Commission Regulation (EU) No 2016/2281 implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-related products, with regard to ecodesign requirements for air heating products, cooling products, high temperature process chillers and fan coil units(5)”

(3) After item 27 (as inserted by paragraph (2)), insert—

“28

A solid fuel boiler

Commission Regulation (EU) No 2015/1189 implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for solid fuel boilers(6)”

(4) After item 28 (as inserted by paragraph (3)), insert—

“29

A solid fuel local space heater

Commission Regulation (EU) No 2015/1185 implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for solid fuel local space heaters(7)”

Claire Perry

Minister of State for Climate Change and Industry

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

23rd November 2017

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 partially implement Commission Regulations (EU) Nos 2016/2281, 2015/1189 and 2015/1185.

The 2010 Regulations implemented Directive 2009/125/EC establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-related products.

The energy-related products are set out in Schedule 1 (declaration of conformity) to the 2010 Regulations, alongside the EU implementing measures which set the ecodesign requirements for those products. Schedule 1 has been amended periodically to include additional products in response to EU implementing measures.

Regulation 2 of these Regulations adds three new entries to the table at paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the 2010 Regulations for the following products—

(a) from 1st January 2018, air heating products, cooling products, high temperature process chillers and fan coil units;

(b) from 1st January 2020, solid fuel boilers; and

(c) from 1st January 2022, solid fuel local space heaters.

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 implementing measures being adopted by the European Commission.

(1)

S.I. 2010/1552.

(2)

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

(3)

S.I. 2010/2617, amended by S.I. 2011/1043, S.I. 2011/2677, S.I. 2012/3005, S.I. 2013/1232, S.I. 2014/1290, S.I. 2015/469 and S.I. 2016/838.

(4)

Item 26 was inserted by S.I. 2016/838 with effect from 1st January 2018.

(5)

OJ No L 346, 20.12.2016, p.1, amended by Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/2282 (OJ No L 346, 20.12.2016, p.51).

(6)

OJ No L 193, 21.7.2015, p.100, amended by Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/2282.

(7)

OJ No L 193, 21.7.2015, p.1, amended by Commission Regulation (EU) 2016/2282.