This Regulation establishes ecodesign requirements for the placing on the market of electric mains-operated household refrigerating appliances with a storage volume up to 1 500 litres.
Commission Regulation (EC) No 643/2009 of 22 July 2009 implementing Directive 2005/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for household refrigerating appliances (Text with EEA relevance)
Commission Regulation (EC) No 643/2009 of 22 July 2009 implementing Directive 2005/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for household refrigerating appliances (Text with EEA relevance)
Article 1 Subject matter and scope
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This Regulation shall apply to electric mains-operated household refrigerating appliances, including those sold for non-household use or for the refrigeration of items other than foodstuffs.
It shall also apply to electric mains-operated household refrigerating appliances that can be battery-operated.
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This Regulation shall not apply to:
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refrigerating appliances that are primarily powered by energy sources other than electricity, such as liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), kerosene and bio-diesel fuels;
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battery-operated refrigerating appliances that can be connected to the mains through an AC/DC converter, purchased separately;
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custom-made refrigerating appliances, made on a one-off basis and not equivalent to other refrigerating appliance models;
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refrigerating appliances for tertiary sector application where the removal of refrigerated foodstuffs is electronically sensed and that information can be automatically transmitted through a network connection to a remote control system for accounting;
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appliances where the primary function is not the storage of foodstuffs through refrigeration, such as stand-alone ice-makers or chilled drinks dispensers.
Article 2 Definitions
In addition to the definitions set out in Directive 2005/32/EC, the following definitions shall apply:
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‘foodstuffs’ means food, ingredients, beverages, including wine, and other items primarily intended for consumption which require refrigeration at specified temperatures;
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‘household refrigerating appliance’ means an insulated cabinet, with one or more compartments, intended for refrigerating or freezing foodstuffs, or for the storage of refrigerated or frozen foodstuffs for non-professional purposes, cooled by one or more energy-consuming processes including appliances sold as building kits to be assembled by the end-user;
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‘refrigerator’ means a refrigerating appliance intended for the preservation of foodstuffs with at least one compartment suitable for the storage of fresh food and/or beverages, including wine;
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‘compression-type refrigerating appliance’ means a refrigerating appliance in which refrigeration is effected by means of a motor-driven compressor;
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‘absorption-type refrigerating appliance’ means a refrigerating appliance in which refrigeration is effected by an absorption process using heat as the energy source;
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‘refrigerator-freezer’ means a refrigerating appliance with at least one fresh-food storage compartment and at least one other compartment suitable for the freezing of fresh food and the storage of frozen foodstuffs under three-star storage conditions (the food-freezer compartment);
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‘frozen-food storage cabinet’ means a refrigerating appliance with one or more compartments suitable for the storage of frozen foodstuffs;
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‘food freezer’ means a refrigerating appliance with one or more compartments suitable for freezing foodstuffs with temperatures ranging from ambient temperature down to – 18 °C, and which is also suitable for the storage of frozen foodstuffs under three-star storage conditions; a food freezer may also include two-star sections and/or compartments within the compartment or cabinet;
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‘wine storage appliance’ means a refrigerating appliance that has no compartment other than one or more wine storage compartments;
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‘multi-use appliance’ means a refrigerating appliance that has no compartment other than one or more multi-use compartments;
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‘equivalent refrigerating appliance’ means a model placed on the market with the same gross and storage volumes, same technical, efficiency and performance characteristics, and same compartment types as another refrigerating appliance model placed on the market under a different commercial code number by the same manufacturer.
Additional definitions for the purpose of Annexes II to VI are set out in Annex I.
Article 3 Ecodesign requirements
The generic ecodesign requirements for household refrigerating appliances within the scope of this Regulation are set out in Annex II, point 1. The specific ecodesign requirements for household refrigerating appliances within the scope of this Regulation are set out in Annex II, point 2.
Article 4 Conformity assessment
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The conformity assessment procedure referred to in Article 8 of Directive 2005/32/EC shall be the internal design control system set out in Annex IV to that Directive or the management system set out in Annex V to that Directive.
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For the purposes of conformity assessment pursuant to Article 8 of Directive 2005/32/EC, the technical documentation file shall contain a copy of the product information provided in accordance with Annex III, point 2, and the results of the calculations set out in Annex IV to this Regulation.
Where the information included in the technical documentation for a particular household refrigerating appliance model has been obtained by calculation on the basis of design, or extrapolation from other equivalent household refrigerating appliances, or both, the documentation shall include details of such calculations or extrapolations, or both, and of tests undertaken by manufacturers to verify the accuracy of the calculations undertaken. In such cases, the technical documentation shall also include a list of all other equivalent household refrigerating appliance models where the information included in the technical documentation was obtained on the same basis.
Article 5 Verification procedure for market surveillance purposes
When performing the market surveillance checks referred to in Article 3(2) of Directive 2005/32/EC for the requirements set out in Annex II to this Regulation, the Member State authorities shall apply the verification procedure described in Annex V to this Regulation.