Laboratory equipment is typically designed to operate at temperatures which are (much) lower than those ones defined in Regulation (EU) 2015/1095 (Annex I, chilled operating temperature’ and frozen operating temperature’, definitions 2 and 3), therefore these cabinets are out of scope of Regulation (EU) 2015/1094 and Regulation (EU) 2015/1095.
Moreover, if a professional refrigerated storage cabinet is capable to operate in one of the temperature ranges foreseen in Regulation (EU) 2015/1095 (Annex I, chilled operating temperature’ and frozen operating temperature’, definitions 2 and 3), we can have two situations:
- If the cabinet is specifically designed and marketed to maintain the temperature of materials other than foodstuff, it is out of scope of Regulation (EU) 2015/1094 and Regulation (EU) 2015/1095.
- If the cabinet is designed and marketed to maintain the temperature of foodstuff and other materials, it is in scope to Regulation (EU) 2015/1094 and Regulation (EU) 2015/1095.
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