Legislation
The Energy Using Products Directive 2005/32/EC (EuP) came into force on 10 August 2005 was replaced by the Energy Related Products Directive 2009/125/EC (ERP) on 20 November 2009.
The Directive was originally transposed into UK law under statutory instrument SI 2007 No. 2037, amended by SI 2009 No. 2560 and repealed by SI 2010 No. 2617.
The Directive provides a framework for establishing minimum eco design requirements for energy using and energy related products.
Implementing measures have been established (and more will be added) in the form of regulations by the European Commission (EC) for specific product groups.
The regulations currently in force are:
Domestic lighting
Standby and off mode
Simple set top boxes
Tertiary lighting
External power supplies
Household refrigerating appliances
Televisions
Motors
Circulators
Washing Machines
Dishwashers
Domestic lighting – Regulation EC No 244/2009 came into force on 14 April 2009 and was amended on 18 September 2009 by Regulation EC No 859/2009.
Key domestic lighting dates are:
1 September 2009
1 September 2010
1 September 2011
1 September 2012
1 September 2013
1 September 2016
Standby and Off Mode – Regulation EC No 1275/2008 came into force on 7 January 2009.
Key Standby and Off Mode dates are:
7 January 2010
7 January 2013
More information can be found by downloading the Standby and Off Mode guidance document or by downloading our information leaflet (PDF, 264 Kb) .
Simple Set Top Boxes
– Regulation EC No 107/2009 came into force on 25 January 2009.
Key simple set top box dates are:
25 February 2010
25 February 2012
More information can be found by downloading our information leaflet (PDF, 3.0 Mb) .
Tertiary Lighting – Regulation EC No 245/2009 came into force on 14 April 2009 and was amended on 21 April 2010 by Regulation EC No 347/2010.
Key tertiary lighting dates are:
14 April 2010
14 April 2012
14 April 2017
External Power Supplies – Regulation EC No 278/2009 came into force on 27 April 2009.
Key external power supply dates are:
27 April 2010
27 April 2011
More information can be found by downloading our information leaflet (PDF, 1.8 Mb) .
Household Refrigeration Appliances
– Regulation EC No 643/2009 came into force on 12 August 2009.
Key domestic refrigeration appliances are:
1 July 2010
1 July 2012
1 July 2014
1 July 2015
More information can be found by downloading our information leaflet (PDF, 1.7 Mb) .
Televisions – Regulation EC No 642/2009 came into force on 12 August 2009.
Key television dates are:
7 January 2010
20 August 2010
20 August 2011
1 April 2012
More information can be found by downloading the television guidance document or by downloading our information leaflet (PDF, 1.9 Mb) .
Motors – Regulation EC No 640/2009 came into force on 12 August 2009.
Key dates are:
16 June 2011
1 January 2015
1 January 2017
Circulators – Regulation EC No 641/2009 came into force on 12 August 2009.
Key circulator events are:
1 January 2013
1 January 2015
Washing Machines – Regulation EU No 1015/2010 came into force on 1 December 2010.
Key washing machine dates are:
1 June 2011
1 December 2011
1 December 2012
1 December 2013
Dishwashers – Regulation EU No 1016/2010 came into force on 1 December 2010.
Key dishwasher dates are:
1 December 2011
1 June 2012
1 December 2012
1 December 2013
1 December 2016
The European Commission has developed the Blue Guide which is intended to contribute to better understanding of Directives based on the New Approach and the Global Approach, and to their more uniform and coherent application across different sectors and throughout the Single Market.
Glossary
Directive – A directive is a legislative act of the European Union, which requires member states to achieve a particular result without dictating the means of achieving that result.
Regulation – A regulation is a legislative act of the European Union that becomes immediately enforceable in law in all member states simultaneously.
Statutory Instrument - A Statutory Instrument (SI) is the principal form in which delegated or secondary legislation is made in Great Britain.
Repeal - To revoke or rescind, especially by an official or formal act.
Recast - To set down or present in a new or different arrangement.
Commission Decision – A decision is one of the three binding instruments provided by secondary EU legislation. A decision is binding on the person or entity to which it is addressed which may be a member state.
Corrigendum - An error to be corrected especially a printer's error.
