No, there is no Energy Labelling regulation for External Power Supplies.
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The 'Common Charger' is a universal interoperable (USB) power supply which is for the time being required only under the Radio Equipment Directive to be used with mobile equipment like smartphones, tablets or laptops. The EPS regulation is currently being reviewed with the objective to introduce complementary requirements for the charger itself.
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Products containing external power supplies (e.g. USB sockets) which would need to be extracted from the main product and rewired for testing, cannot be tested under Regulation (EU)2019/1782, as there are no standards or methodologies describing such operation. In such situation the Regulation cannot be enforced. Products containing external power supplies (e.g. USB sockets), for which the functions of the main product apart from the EPS can be fully disabled by user operation (e.g. a table luminaire with a mechanical on/off switch), fall under the scope of Regulation (EU)2019/1782. In such cases, the technical documentation must describe how to disable the functions of the main product apart from the EPS.
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Only the lowest and the highest output voltage, together with the related output current and power shall be included on the nameplate of adaptive EPSs.
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Annex II point 3 specifies that measurements and calculations shall be made using harmonised standards the reference number of which have been published for this purpose in the Official Journal of the European Union, or other reliable, accurate and reproducible methods, which take into account the generally recognised state of the art. Thus, a (future) harmonised European standard that would allow the measurement of adaptive EPSs, or any other generally recognised state-of-the-art testing methods could be used, provided that they are duly mentioned in the laboratory test reports. An example of such alternative method is the US DOE test method for adaptive EPSs. In this situation the applicable maximum power consumption for the no-load condition shall be 0,21 W.
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Yes, indeed. Because of this additional function it is not in scope of Regulation (EU) 107/2009, but it is in scope of 1275/2008 and has to comply with its provisions (as complex set top boxes also have to).
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These plugs limit the usability of the EPS to one manufacturer’s equipment. This is not considered specific for one model, so the replacement parts exemption cannot be claimed here.
The provision in Article 1.2 f) reads:
'external power supplies placed on the market no later than 30 June 2015 as a service part or spare part for an identical external power supply which was placed on the market not later than one year after this Regulation has come into force, under the condition that the service part or spare part, or its packaging, clearly indicates the primary load product(s) for which the spare part or service part is intended to be used with.'
To be exempted in the sense of the service/spare part, the EPS needs a specification on the device itself or on the packing establishing for which specific product/model it can be used. It is not sufficiently specific that the proprietary plug limits the application to the product range of a specific manufacturer/brand.
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