Space and water heaters-Ecodesign | Sustainable legislative framework

Ecodesign

1. Scope

This Regulation establishes ecodesign requirements for the placing on the market and/or putting into service of space heaters and combination heaters with a rated heat output ≤ 400 kW, including those integrated in packages of space heater, temperature control and solar device or packages of combination heater, temperature control and solar device as defined in Article 2 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 811/2013.

2. Exemptions

This Regulation shall not apply to:

heaters specifically designed for using gaseous or liquid fuels predominantly produced from biomass;

heaters using solid fuels;

heaters within the scope of Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council heaters generating heat only for the purpose of providing hot drinking or sanitary water;

heaters for heating and distributing gaseous heat transfer media such as vapour or air;

cogeneration space heaters with a maximum electrical capacity of 50 kW or above;

heat generators designed for heaters and heater housings to be equipped with such heat generators placed on the market before 1 January 2018 to replace identical heat generators and identical heater housings. The replacement product or its packaging shall clearly indicate the heater for which it is intended.

3. Conformity assessment

The conformity assessment procedure referred to in Article 8(2) of Directive 2009/125/EC shall be the internal design control set out in Annex IV to that Directive or the management system set out in Annex V to that Directive without prejudice to Articles 7(2) and 8 of and Annexes III to V to Council Directive 92/42/EEC.

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 (OJ: 20. 12. 2016).

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