As of 1 January 2019, suppliers (manufacturers, importers or authorised representatives established in the EU) must register their products in the European Product Registry for Energy Labelling (EPREL). For air conditioners in particular, this obligation applies to products in the scope of Delegated Regulation (EU) 626/2011 on the labelling of air conditioners. All air conditioners in scope, either of single duct, double duct or other categories should be labelled. There is no priority ranking amongst these categories.
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If the technical documentation is not correct, the product is formally non-compliant. The Ecodesign Directive does not specifically address charges to manufacturers for testing costs, but does require Member States to lay down penalties for infringement of national provisions adopted pursuant to the Directive.
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There are no requirements for network standby for air conditioners. If there were such requirements they would be defined in Regulation (EU) 206/2012.
This is a subject that is being considered in the on-going review of this regulation.
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As indicated in the footnote to table 1, Annex I, part 3 of Regulation (EU) 206/2012: “For multi-split appliances, data shall be provided at capacity ratio of 1.” As per Annex I, part 1, definition (61): “‘capacity ratio’ means the ratio of the total declared cooling or heating capacity of all operating indoor units to the declared cooling or heating capacity of the outdoor unit at standard rating conditions”.
When the capacity ratio differs from 1, these Product Information Requirements are not mandatory. For all other models placed on the market, these requirements are mandatory. There is no direct link between the product information requirements in table 1 of Annex I, part 3 and the term ‘specific model’ used in Annex II.
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Yes, the SEER / SCOP are to be calculated with the measured capacity, because you are measuring the “real” SEER / SCOP, not the declared one; in consequence, there is an indirect tolerance on the capacity.
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Air conditioners intended (and marketed) for other purposes than comfort cooling or comfort heating are outside of the scope of the regulation.
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There is presently no label for comfort fans.
However, this is an option being presently discussed in the revision of the Regulation (EU) 626/2011 regarding the energy label for air conditioners.
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Dehumidifiers are excluded from the scope of Regulation (EU) 626/2011 on the energy label of air conditioners and from the scope of Ecodesign Regulation (EU) 206/2012 for air conditioners and comfort fans, and are not covered by other Energy Labelling regulations: the EU has not defined energy rating for dehumidifiers.
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