Energy Information (Household Air Conditioners) Regulations 2003
2003 No. 750
ENERGY CONSERVATION
The Energy Information (Household Air Conditioners) Regulations 2003
Made 14th March 2003
Laid before Parliament 17th March 2003
Coming into force 4th April 2003
The Secretary of State, being a Minister designated1for the purposes of section 2(2)2of the European Communities Act 19723in relation to measures relating to energy labelling and standard product information for household products, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by section 2(2) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Energy Information (Household Air Conditioners) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 4th April 2003.
Interpretation
2.—(1) In these Regulations—
(a)
(a) “the Air Conditioners Directive” means Commission Directive 2002/31/EC4implementing Council Directive 92/75/EECwith regard to energy labelling of household air-conditioners;
(b)
(b) “the Parent Directive” means Council Directive 92/75/EEC5on the indication by labelling and standard product information of the consumption of energy and other resources by household appliances; and
(c)
(c) “the Directives” means the Air Conditioners Directive and the Parent Directive.
(2) In these Regulations, expressions used which are also used in the Directives have the same meaning as in the Directives and—
“communication”, as a means by way of which appliances are offered for sale, means a printed or written communication or other means whereby the potential customer cannot be expected to see the appliance displayed, such as a written offer, a mail order catalogue, advertisements on the Internet or other electronic media;
“the Community” means (except in the title of the Council Regulation referred to in the definition of “Community language”) the European Community6;
“Community language” has the meaning given by Council Regulation 1958/1/EEC determining the languages to be used by the European Economic Community7;
“dealer” means a retailer or other person who offers for sale, displays or sells regulated household air conditioners to end-users;
“enforcement authority” means—
(a) in England and Wales and Scotland, a local weights and measures authority within the meaning of section 69 (local weights and measures authorities) of the Weights and Measures Act 19858; and
(b) in Northern Ireland, the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment;
“the harmonised standards” means EN 255 - 19and EN 814 - 110;
“information notice” means a standard table of information relating to a regulated household air conditioner;
“label” means a label relating to a regulated household air conditioner which contains information on its consumption of energy (whether or not it also contains other information);
“records” includes any books, documents, marks or symbols and any records in non-documentary form;
“regulated household air conditioner” has the meaning given by regulation 3(5);
“sale” includes hire and hire-purchase and related expressions shall be construed accordingly; and
“supplier” means the manufacturer of a regulated household air conditioner or his authorised representative in the Community or the person who places the regulated household air conditioner on the Community market.
Scope
3.—(1) Subject to the following provisions of this regulation and regulation 4, these Regulations apply to electric mains operated household air conditioners of the following descriptions—
(a)
(a) air cooled air conditioners;
(b)
(b) water cooled air conditioners;
(c)
(c) liquid chilling packages;
(d)
(d) air/air, water/air, air/water and water/water heat pumps with electrically driven compressors,
whether used in heating mode or for space cooling.
(2) In relation to air conditioners of a description falling within paragraph (1)—
(a)
(a) these Regulations apply to factory-made units which can be ducted;
(b)
(b) in the case of units consisting of several parts, these Regulations apply only to those designed and supplied as a complete package;
(c)
(c) units having two or more indoor sections connected to a single outdoor unit (multiple split system air conditioners or heat pumps) are excluded from the scope of these Regulations;
(d)
(d) these Regulations do not apply to continuously variable control units;
(e)
(e) in relation to liquid chilling packages, these Regulations apply only to cooling mode (and not to heating mode); and
(f)
(f) without prejudice to paragraph (4), these Regulations do not apply to installations for use in industrial processes.
(3) These Regulations do not apply to—
(a)
(a) appliances that can also use other energy sources;
(b)
(b) air-to-water and water-to-water appliances; or
(c)
(c) units with an output (cooling power) greater than 12 kW.
(4) These Regulations apply to household air conditioners notwithstanding that they are sold or displayed for non-household use.
(5) A household air conditioner to which these Regulations apply is referred to as a regulated household air conditioner.
Other exclusions
4.—(1) Nothing in these Regulations applies to the rating plate or its equivalent affixed for safety purposes to a regulated household air conditioner.
(2) There shall be no obligation on any person to label or provide information notices in accordance with these Regulations in respect of models of household air conditioners of which production has ceased before 1st January 2003, but if an appliance has been labelled or an information notice provided in respect of it, these Regulations shall apply.
(3) There shall be no obligation on any person to label or provide information notices in accordance with these Regulations in respect of second hand household air conditioners; but if a second hand appliance sold or displayed by a dealer is labelled or an information notice is provided in respect of it, these Regulations apply to the extent that they impose obligations on the dealer.
(4) These Regulations do not impose obligations on a supplier or dealer in relation to a household air conditioner which the supplier or dealer has reasonable grounds to believe is for use by an end user in a country outside the Community.
Obtaining the information required by these Regulations
5.—(1) The information required by regulations 6 to 9 shall, where applicable, be obtained by measurements made in accordance with the harmonised standards.
(2) Information obtained other than in accordance with paragraph (1) shall be taken for the purposes of these Regulations not to meet the relevant requirement.
Placing on the market: technical documentation
6.—(1) No supplier shall place on the market a regulated household air conditioner unless he has established technical documentation sufficient to enable the accuracy of the information contained in a label or information notice to be assessed.
(2) The technical documentation referred to in paragraph (1) shall include—
(a)
(a) the name and address of the supplier;
(b)
(b) a general description of the model, sufficient for it to be unequivocally and easily identified;
(c)
(c) information (including drawings as relevant) on the main design features of the air conditioner and, in particular, items which appreciably affect its energy consumption;
(d)
(d) the results of design calculations carried out, where these are relevant;
(e)
(e) reports of relevant measurement tests carried out on the air conditioner in accordance with the test procedures of the harmonised standards;
(f)
(f) test reports, where available, including those carried out by relevant notified organisations as defined under Community legislation other than the Directives;
(g)
(g) where values are derived from those obtained for similar models, the same information for those models; and
(h)
(h) operating instructions, if any.
(3) Where the information relating to a particular model combination has been obtained by calculation on the basis of design, extrapolation from other combinations or both, the documentation shall include details of such calculations extrapolations or both, as the case may require, and of tests undertaken to verify the accuracy of the calculations undertaken (details of the mathematical model for calculating performance of split systems, and of measurements taken to verify this model).
(4) For the purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2), the supplier may use documentation already required on the basis of relevant Community legislation.
(5) The supplier shall make the technical documentation available for inspection by enforcement authorities for a period ending five years after the last regulated household air conditioner of the model has been manufactured.
Supplier’s duties in respect of labels
7.—(1) All suppliers placing on the market regulated household air conditioners shall supply a label in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.
(2) The label shall in all respects comply with Schedules 1 (the label) and 3 (energy efficiency classification).
(3) The supplier shall supply the necessary labels free of charge to dealers.
(4) A supplier may choose his own system for delivery of labels.
(5) Where the dealer requests labels from the supplier, the supplier shall ensure that the requested labels are delivered promptly.
Supplier’s duties in respect of the information notice
8.—(1) A supplier of a regulated household air conditioner shall provide an information notice in accordance with this regulation.
(2) The information notice shall be in the relevant language version and shall comply with Schedules 2 (the information notice) and 3 (energy efficiency classification).
(3) Where the supplier provides a product brochure, the brochure shall contain an information...
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