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Overview Ecodesign

The Ecodesign Directive aims at setting mandatory minimum requirements for individual product groups. Whereas the directive only sets the frame, product group specific implementing measures (so far without exception regulations) are elaborated in a subsequent process, in case no self-regulatory initiative (SRI) has been presented by the industry.

After a product group has been selected and listed in the working plan, the next steps to obligatory regulations are as follows:

  1. Compiling background data in preparatory study
  2. Working Document drafted by the European Commission, discussion in the Consultation Forum; depending on the development of the discussions, draft documents can be revised several times (only the most recent version is linked below)
  3. Draft Implementing Measure (voted by the Regulatory Committee)
  4. The draft regulation is sent to the EU-Parliament for scrutiny
  5. Mandatory regulation – published in the Official Journal of the European Union
Product groups Prepatory Study Working document / Consultation Forum Regulatory Committee EU-Parliament Scrutiny Regulation /
SRI*		 Regulation mandatory from
Lot- Simple Set-Top Boxes Completed       Regulation 25.02.2010
Lot 1 Boilers and combiboilers Completed Working document        
Lot 2 Water heaters Completed Working document        
Lot 3 PC (Desktops and Laptops) and Computermonitors Completed Working document        
Lot 4 Imaging Equipment Completed Draft SRI*        
Lot 5 Consumer Electronics: TV Completed       Regulation 07.01.2010
Lot 6 Standby and off-mode losses Completed       Regulation 07.01.2010
Lot 7 Battery chargers and external power supplies Completed       Regulation 27.04.2010
Lot 8 Office lighting Completed       Regulation
Amendment of Reg		 13.04.2010
Lot 9 Street lighting Completed       Regulation
Amendment of Reg		 13.04.2010
Lot 10 Room air conditioning Completed   Scrutiny    
Lot 10 Comfort Fans Completed   Scrutiny    
Lot 10 Residential Ventilation Completed Working document        
Lot 11 Electric motors Completed       Regulation 16.06.2011
Lot 11 Circulators Completed       Regulation 01.01.2013
Lot 11 Fans Completed       Regulation 01.01.2013
Lot 11 Water pumps Completed Working document        
Lot 12 Commercial refrigerators and freezers Completed Working document        
Lot 13 Domestic refrigerators and freezers Completed       Regulation 01.07.2010
Lot 14 Domestic dishwashers Completed       Regulation 01.12.2011
Lot 14 Domestic washing machines Completed       Regulation 01.12.2011
Lot 15 Solid fuel small combustion installations Ongoing          
Lot 16 Laundry dryers Completed   Draft Regulation      
Lot 17 Vacuum cleaner Completed Working document        
Lot 18 Complex set-top boxes Completed Draft SRI*        
Lot 19 Domestic lighting part I “non-directional lamps“ Completed       Regulation 01.09.2009
Lot 19 Domestic lighting part II “directional lamps” Completed Working document        
Lot 20 Local room heating products Ongoing          
Lot 21 Central heating products using hot air to distribute heat Ongoing          
Lot 22 Domestic and commercial ovens Ongoing          
Lot 23 Domestic and commercial hobs and grills Ongoing          
Lot 24 Professional washing machines, dryers and dishwasher Completed          
Lot 25 Non-tertiary coffee machines Completed Working document        
Lot 26 Networked standby losses of energy using products Completed Working document        
ENTR Medical imaging equipment   Draft SRI*        
ENTR Lot 1 Refrigerating and freezing equipment Completed Working document        
ENTR Lot 2 Transformers Completed          
ENTR Lot 3 Sound and imaging equipment Completed          
ENTR Lot 4 Industrial and laboratory furnaces and ovens Ongoing          
ENTR Lot 5 Machine tools Ongoing Draft SRI*        
ENTR Lot 6 Air-conditioning and ventilation systems Ongoing          

* SRI = Self-regulatory initiative (Voluntary agreement)