FAQs - European Commission

This section contains questions and answers of general interest concerning Ecodesign and Energy Labelling. The answers typically reflect a common understanding between Commission services and the Market Surveillance Authorities of Member States. However, a binding interpretation of Union law is the sole competence of the European Court of Justice, and the Commission shall not be liable for any damage or loss howsoever caused that may result from relying on the information provided here.

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Does an electric fixed visibly glowing radiant local space heater have to comply with the requirements of an electric radiant local or an electric fixed one ?

Visibly glowing radiant local space heaters are subject to specific Ecodesign requirements and are therefore not considered as electric fixed local ...

Does an oven that reaches the selected temperature only for a short time at the beginning of the heating process satisfy the criteria set out in the regulation?

An oven cavity which reaches the temperature setting of the thermostat within the duration of the test cycle even only for a short time satisfies the ...

Does it have to be made clear that the energy efficiency class of a package in an advertisement is related to a package and not a product?

In the case of a package, both the classes of the heater and of the package have to be indicated. If multiple classes have to be indicated in advertisements, it is ....

Does monochrome identify as a single color or as a black-white color?

In Regulation (EU) 2019/2015 the word monochrome is used, with illustrations in Annex III and VII of the intended labels and arrows to be used. The ...

Does such an oven satisfy the criterion set out in Annex II Nr.1 of the delegated act ?

If the product meets the criterion for temperature check set in section 7.4.3 of harmonised standard EN IEC 60350-1:2016, then the product should be ...

Does that imply that the shop mode configuration is not subject to this requirement?

The shop configuration is not intended for the end-user, but for demonstration purposes in highly luminous environments specific to retailer ...

Does the Ecodesign regulation for External Power Supplies requires the 'Common Charger' for certain products?

The 'Common Charger' is a universal interoperable (USB) power supply which is for the time being required only under the Radio Equipment Directive to ...

Does the exemption from Article 11, 13 (b) ii) of (EU) 2017/1369 apply in the case of light sources?

Yes. According to Regulation (EU) 2017/1369, Article 11, 13. (b) (ii), the supplier is exempt from the obligation to supply a rescaled label for units ...

Does the indication of a warm plate fall under the definition of ‘information and status display’?

The regulation explicitly requires “a continuous function providing information or indicating the status of the equipment on a display”. In the example, ...

Does the regulation consider these electric fixed local space heaters, electric portable local space heaters, or both?

According to the definitions of ‘electric fixed local space heater’ and ‘electric portable local space heater’ these two types are mutually exclusive, ...