Cooking appliances

1. Scope

This Regulation establishes eco-design requirements for the placing on the market and putting into service of domestic ovens (including when incorporated in cookers), domestic hobs and domestic electric range hoods, including when sold for non-domestic purposes.

2. Exemptions

This Regulation shall not apply to:

appliances that use energy sources other than electricity or gas;

appliances which offer ‘microwave heating’ function;

small ovens;

portable ovens;

heat storage ovens;

ovens which are heated with steam as a primary heating function;

covered gas burners in hobs;

outdoor cooking appliances;appliances designed for use only with gases of the ‘third family’ (propane and butane);

grills.

3. Conformity assessment

The conformity assessment procedure referred to in Article 8 of Directive 2009/125/EC shall be the internal design control system set out in Annex IV to that Directive or the management system set out in Annex V to that Directive.

4. Entry into force and application

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

It shall apply from 1 year after the entry into force.

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

5. Harmonised standards

Commission Communication: Harmonised standards for domestic ovens and range hoods

6. FAQ

FAQ – Ecodesign measures for manufacturers and importers (January 2023)

A consumer guide to domestic ovens and range hoods

Commission guidelines: Ecodesign required for cooking appliances