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

Interpretation

1.  In this Schedule and Schedules 4 and 5—

“annual energy consumption” (“AE”) means the average daily energy consumption multiplied by 365 (days per year), expressed in kilowatt hours per year (“kWh/a”), calculated in accordance with paragraph 2 of Schedule 4;

“beverage cooler” means a refrigerating appliance with a direct sales function—

(a)

which is designed to cool, at a specified speed, packaged non-perishable beverages, excluding wine, loaded at ambient temperature, for sale at specified temperatures below the ambient temperature;

(b)

which allows access to the beverages directly through open sides or through one or more doors, drawers or both;

(c)

in which the temperature may increase during periods of no demand, for the purpose of energy saving, in view of the non-perishable nature of the beverages;

“chilled operating temperature” means a temperature—

(a)

between -3.5 degrees Celsius (°C) and 15 °C for appliances equipped with energy management systems for saving energy; and

(b)

between -3.5 °C and 10 °C for appliances not so equipped;

“climate class factor” (“CC”) means a correction factor that accounts for the difference in ambient conditions for which the refrigerating appliance with a direct sales function is designed;

“carousel cabinet” means a round or circular shape supermarket cabinet equipped with a turning system which provides a 360° display of foodstuff, and can be installed as—

(a)

a standalone unit, or

(b)

a unit connecting two linear supermarket cabinets;

“combined cabinet” means a refrigerating appliance with a direct sales function which combines display and opening directions from a vertical and a horizontal cabinet;

“corner or curved cabinet” means a refrigerating appliance with a direct sales function—

(a)

which is used to achieve geometrical continuity between two linear cabinets that are at an angle to each other or that form a curve;

(b)

which does not have a recognisable longitudinal axis or length since it consists only of a filling shape (wedge or similar) and is not designed to function as a stand-alone refrigerated unit;

(c)

in which the two ends of the corner or curved cabinet are inclined at an angle between 30 ° and 90 °;

“daily energy consumption” (“E_daily”) means the energy used by a refrigerating appliance with a direct sales function over 24 hours at reference conditions, expressed in kilowatt hours per day (kWh/24h);

“declared values” means the values provided by the manufacturer, importer or authorised representative for the stated, calculated or measured technical parameters in the technical documentation, in accordance with the conformity assessment procedure referred to in regulation 11;

“door gasket” means a mechanical seal which fills the space between the door and the cabinet of the refrigerating appliance with a direct sales function to prevent leakage from the cabinet to the outdoor air;

“energy efficiency index” (“EEI”) means an index number for the relative energy efficiency of a refrigeration appliance with a direct sales function expressed as a percentage, calculated in accordance with paragraph 2 of Schedule 4;

“equivalent model” means a model which has the same technical characteristics relevant for the technical information to be provided, but which is placed on the market or put into service by the same manufacturer, importer or authorised representative as another model with a different model identifier;

“freezer” means a refrigerating appliance with a direct sales function that continuously maintains the temperature of the products stored in the cabinet at frozen operating temperature;

“frozen operating temperature” means a temperature below -12 °C;

“gelato-scooping cabinet” means a refrigerating appliance with a direct sales function in which ice-cream can be stored, displayed and scooped, within prescribed temperature limits as set out in Part 1 of Table 7 in Schedule 4;

“guarantee”’ means any undertaking by the retailer or a manufacturer, importer or authorised representative to the consumer, to—

(a)

reimburse the price paid for the appliance; or

(b)

repair or replace refrigerating appliances with a direct sales function in any way,

if they do not meet the specifications set out in the guarantee statement or in the relevant advertising;

“horizontal cabinet” means a refrigerating appliance with a direct sales function with horizontal display, opening on its top, and accessible from above;

“horizontal serve-over counter with integrated storage” means a horizontal cabinet for assisted service, which includes refrigerated storage which is of at least 100 litres (L) per metre (m) length and which is normally placed at the serve-over counter’s base;

“ice-cream freezer” means a horizontal cabinet intended to store or display and sell pre-packed ice cream, where access by the consumer to the pre-packed ice cream is achieved by opening a non-transparent or transparent lid from the top, with a net volume ≤ 600 litres (L) and, only in the case of transparent lid ice-cream freezers, a net volume divided by the total display area ≥ 0.35 meters (m);

“integral cabinet” means a refrigerating appliance with a direct sales function that has an integrated refrigeration system which incorporates a compressor and condensing unit;

“M” and “N” mean modelling parameters that take into account the total display area or volume-dependence of the energy use, with values as set out in Table 6 in Schedule 4;

“M-package” means a test package fitted with a temperature measuring device;

“model identifier” means the code, usually alphanumeric, which distinguishes a specific product model from other models with the same trade mark or the same manufacturer’s, importer’s or authorised representative’s name;

“multi-temperature vending machine” means a refrigerated vending machine including at least two compartments with different operating temperatures;

“P” means a correction factor that accounts for the differences between integral and remote cabinets;

“professional repairer” means a person who provides services of repair and professional maintenance of refrigerating appliances with a direct sales function;

“refrigerated drum vending machine” means a refrigerated vending machine with rotating drums each divided in partitions, in which the foodstuffs and other items are placed on a horizontal surface, and are retrieved through individual delivery doors;

“refrigerator” means a refrigerating appliance with a direct sales function that continuously maintains the temperature of the products stored in the cabinet at chilled operating temperature;

“roll-in cabinet” means a supermarket cabinet which enables goods to be displayed directly on their pallets or rolls which can be placed inside by lifting, swinging, or removing the lower front part, where fitted;

“saladette” means a refrigerating appliance with a direct sales function with one or more doors or drawer fronts in the vertical plane that has cut-outs in the top surface into which temporary storage bins can be inserted for easy access storage of foodstuffs such as pizza toppings or salad items;

“serve-over fish counter with flaked ice” means a cabinet for horizontal assisted service, designed and marketed specifically for fresh fish display. It is characterised by having on its top a bed of flaked ice used to maintain the temperature of the displayed fresh fish, and it also has a built in drain outlet;

“spare part” means a separate part that can replace a part with the same or similar function in a product;

“standard annual energy consumption” (“SAE”) means the reference annual energy consumption of a refrigeration appliance with a direct sales function, expressed in kilowatt hours per year (kWh/a), calculated in accordance with paragraph 2 of Schedule 4;

“supermarket cabinet” means a refrigerating appliance with a direct sales function intended for the sale and display of foodstuffs and other items in retail applications, such as in supermarkets, but does not include beverage coolers, refrigerated vending machines, gelato-scooping cabinets and ice-cream freezers;

“temperature coefficient” (“C”) means a correction factor that accounts for the difference in operating temperature;

“total display area” (“TDA”) means the total visible foodstuffs and other items area, including visible area through glazing, defined by the sum of horizontal and vertical projected surface areas of the net volume, expressed in square meters (m²);

“transparent lid” means a door made of a transparent material that covers at least 75 per cent of the door surface and that allows the end-user to see items through it;

“vacuum insulation panel” (“VIP”) means an insulation panel consisting of a firm, highly-porous material encased in a thin, gas-tight outer envelope, from which the gases are evacuated and which is sealed to prevent outside gases from entering the panel;

“vertical cabinet” means a refrigerating appliance with a direct sales function with a vertical or inclined display opening from the front.