Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/340 of 17 December 2020 amending Delegated Regulations (EU) 2019/2013, (EU) 2019/2014, (EU) 2019/2015, (EU) 2019/2016, (EU) 2019/2017 and (EU) 2019/2018 with regard to energy labelling requirements for electronic displays, household washing machines and household washer-dryers, light sources, refrigerating appliances, household dishwashers, and refrigerating appliances with a direct sales function (Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2017 setting a framework for energy labelling and repealing Directive 2010/30/EU (1), and in particular Article 11(5) and Article 16 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 empowers the Commission to adopt delegated acts.

(2) Provisions on the energy labelling of electronic displays, household washing machines and household washer-dryers, light sources, refrigerating appliances, household dishwashers and refrigerating appliances with a direct sales function were established by Commission Delegated Regulations (EU) 2019/2013 (2), (EU) 2019/2014 (3), (EU) 2019/2015 (4), (EU) 2019/2016 (5), (EU) 2019/2017 (6) and (EU) 2019/2018 (7) (thereafter the ‘amended Regulations’).

(3) In order to avoid confusion for manufacturers and national market surveillance authorities about the values to be included in technical documentation, uploaded in the product database and in relation to verification tolerances, a definition of declared values should be added.

(4) Technical documentation should be sufficient to allow market surveillance authorities to check the values published on the label and in the product information sheet. In accordance with Article 12 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1369, declared values of the model should be entered into the product database.

(5) The relevant product parameters should be measured or calculated using reliable, accurate and reproducible methods. Those methods should take into account recognised state-of-the-art measurement methods including, where available, harmonised standards adopted by the European standardisation bodies, as listed in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (8).

(6) Products containing light sources from which these light sources cannot be removed for verification without damaging one or more of them, should be tested as light sources for compliance assessment and verification.

(7) For electronic displays, harmonised standards have not yet been developed, and relevant existing standards do not cover all necessary regulated parameters, notably as regards High Dynamic Range and Automatic Brightness Control. Until the adoption of harmonised standards by the European standardisation bodies for those product groups, the transitional methods set out in this Regulation or other reliable, accurate and reproducible methods, which take into account the generally recognised state-of-the-art, should be used in order to ensure the comparability of measurements and calculations.

(8) Vertical static-air cabinets with non-transparent doors are professional refrigerating appliances and are defined in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/1094 (9), and therefore should be excluded from Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2018.

(9) The terminology and testing methods of use in Regulation (EU) 2019/2018 are consistent with the terminology and testing methods adopted in EN 16901, EN 16902, EN 50597 and EN ISO 23953-2 and EN 16838.

(10) The measures provided for in this Regulation were discussed by the Consultation Forum and with the Member States experts in accordance with Articles 14 and 17 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1369.

(11) Delegated Regulations (EU) 2019/2013, (EU) 2019/2014, (EU) 2019/2015, (EU) 2019/2016, (EU) 2019/2017 and (EU) 2019/2018 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Amendments to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2013

Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2013 is amended as follows:

(4) Annexes I, II, III, IV, V, VI and IX are amended as set out in Annex I to this Regulation.

Article 2

Amendments to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2014

Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2014 is amended as follows:

(2) Annexes I, IV, V, VI, VIII, IX and X are amended as set out in Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 3

Amendments to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2015

Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2015 is amended as follows:

(4) the last paragraph of Article 10 is amended as follows: ‘It shall apply from 1 September 2021. However, point 1(b) of Article 3 shall apply from 1 May 2021, and point 2(a) of Article 3 shall apply from 1 March 2022.’;

(5) Annexes I, III, IV, V, VI and IX are amended as set out in Annex III to this Regulation.

Article 4

Amendments to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2016

Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2016 is amended as follows:

(3) in Article 11, the last paragraph is replaced by the following: ‘It shall apply from 1 March 2021. However, Article 10 shall apply from 25 December 2019, point 1(a), (b) and (c) of Article 3 shall apply from 1 November 2020, and the obligation to provide the energy efficiency class for the light source parameters referred to in Annex V, Table 6 shall apply from 1 March 2022.’;

(4) Annexes I, II, IV, V, VI and IX are amended as set out in Annex IV to this Regulation.

Article 5

Amendments to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2017

Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2017 is amended as follows:

(2) Annexes I, II, IV, V, VI and IX are amended as set out in Annex V to this Regulation.

Article 6

Amendments to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2018

Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2018 is amended as follows:

(4) in Article 9, the last paragraph is replaced by the following: ‘It shall apply from 1 March 2021, with the exception of the obligation to provide the energy efficiency class for the light source parameters referred to in in Annex V, Table 10, part 5, which shall apply from 1 March 2022.’;

(5) Annexes I, III, IV, V, VI and IX are amended as set out in Annex VI to this Regulation.

Article 7

Entry into force and application

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 1 (4), Article 2(2), Article 4(4), Article 5(2) and Article 6(5) shall apply from 1 May 2021. Article 3(2)(a) shall apply from 1 May 2021. Article 3(2)(c) shall apply from 1 July 2021. Article 3(1), 3(2)(b), 3(3), and 3(5) shall apply from 1 September 2021.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 17 December 2020.

For the Commission The President Ursula VON DER LEYEN

(1) OJ L 198, 28.7.2017, p. 1.

(2) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2013 of 11 March 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to energy labelling of electronic displays and repealing Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1062/2010 (OJ L 315, 5.12.2019, p. 1).

(3) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2014 of 11 March 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to energy labelling of household washing machines and household washer-dryers and repealing Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1061/2010 and Commission Directive 96/60/EC (OJ L 315, 5.12.2019, p. 29).

(4) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2015 of 11 March 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to energy labelling of light sources and repealing Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 874/2012 (OJ L 315, 5.12.2019, p. 68).

(5) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2016 of 11 March 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to energy labelling of refrigerating appliances and repealing Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1060/2010 (OJ L 315, 5.12.2019, p. 102).

(6) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2017 of 11 March 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to energy labelling of household dishwashers and repealing Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1059/2010 (OJ L 315, 5.12.2019, p. 134).

(7) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2018 of 11 March 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to energy labelling of refrigerating appliances with a direct sales function (OJ L 315, 5.12.2019, p. 155).

(8) Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on European standardisation, amending Council Directives 89/686/EEC and 93/15/EEC and Directives 94/9/EC, 94/25/EC, 95/16/EC, 97/23/EC, 98/34/EC, 2004/22/EC, 2007/23/EC, 2009/23/EC and 2009/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Decision 87/95/EEC and Decision No 1673/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 316, 14.11.2012, p. 12).

(9) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/1094 of 5 May 2015 supplementing Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the energy labelling of professional refrigerated storage cabinets (OJ L 177, 8.7.2015, p. 2).