The Ecodesign for Energy-Related Products and Energy Information Regulations 2021

Label designs

8.—(1) The labels must meet the following requirements.

(2) A label must be a minimum size of 96mm wide and 192mm high.

(3) Where the label is printed in a size larger than the minimum, its content must remain proportionate to the specifications in this paragraph.

(4) The background of the label must be 100 per cent white.

(5) The typefaces must be Verdana and Calibri.

(6) The dimensions and specifications of the elements constituting the label must be as indicated in the label designs in paragraph 7.

(7) Colours used must be cyan, magenta, yellow and black (CMYB) in the proportions specified below.

(8) For the purposes of this paragraph, colour proportions are expressed in CMYB percentages, for example—

• 0,70,100,0 = 0 per cent cyan, 70 per cent magenta, 100 per cent yellow, 0 per cent black.

(9) The labels must fulfil all the following requirements in relation to the areas marked by numbers in the figures above—

(a) area 1: the colours of the UK flag must be as follows—

(i) the blue background: 100,72,00,18.5;

(ii) the red crosses: 00,100,81,4;

(iii) the remaining part: 100 per cent white;

(b) area 2: the colour of the energy logo must be 100,80,0,0;

(c) area 3: the QR code must be 100 per cent black;

(d) area 4: the supplier’s name must be 100 per cent black and in Verdana Bold, 9 points (pt);

(e) area 5: the model identifier must be 100 per cent black and in Verdana Regular 9 pt;

(f) area 6: the A to G scale must be as follows—

(i) the letters of the energy efficiency scale must be 100 per cent white and in Calibri Bold 19 pt, and must be centred on an axis at 4.5 mm from the left side of the arrows;

(ii) the colours of the A to G scale arrows must be as follows—

• A-class: 100,0,100,0;

• B-class: 70,0,100,0;

• C-class: 30,0,100,0;

• D-class: 0,0,100,0;

• E-class: 0,30,100,0;

• F-class: 0,70,100,0;

• G-class: 0,100,100,0;

(g) area 7: the internal dividers must have a weight of 0.5 pt and the colour must be 100 per cent black;

(h) area 8—

(i) the letter of the energy efficiency class must be 100 per cent white and in Calibri Bold 33 pt;

(ii) the energy efficiency class arrow and the corresponding arrow in the A to G scale must be positioned in such a way that their tips are aligned;

(iii) the letter in the energy efficiency class arrow must be positioned in the centre of the rectangular part of the arrow, which must be 100 per cent black;

(i) area 9: the annual energy consumption value must be in Verdana Bold 28 pt, ‘kWh/annum’ must be in Verdana Regular 18 pt, and both must be centred and 100 per cent black;

(j) area 10: the pictograms must be as shown as in the label designs and as follows—

(i) the pictograms’ lines must have a weight of 1.2 pt and they and the texts (numbers and units) must be 100 per cent black;

(ii) the numbers under the pictograms must be in Verdana Bold 16 pt with the units in Verdana Regular 12 pt and they must be centred under the pictograms;

(iii) the temperature values must be in Verdana Bold 12 pt with the ‘°C’ in Verdana Regular 12 pt, and must be placed either on the right side of the thermometer pictogram or inside the pictogram representing the ambient temperature;

(iv) for refrigerating appliances with a direct sales function, except beverage coolers and ice-cream freezers, where the appliance contains only frozen compartment(s) or only unfrozen compartment(s)—

(aa) only the relevant pictograms, required by paragraph 2(g) to (j) must be shown; and

(bb) those pictograms must be centred between the internal divider below the annual energy consumption and the bottom of the energy label;

(k) area 11: the S.I. number of the Regulations must be 100 per cent black and in Verdana Regular 6 pt.