Fridges and freezers

1. Scope

This Regulation establishes requirements for the labelling of, and the provision of supplementary product information on, electric mains-operated refrigerating appliances with a volume of more than 10 litres and of less than or equal to 1 500 litres.

2. Exemptions

This Regulation shall not apply to products meeting at least one of the following criteria:

professional refrigerated storage cabinets and blast cabinets, with the exception of professional chest freezers;

refrigerating appliances with a direct sales function;

mobile refrigerating appliances;

appliances where the primary function is not the storage of foodstuffs through refrigeration.

3. Measurement methods

The information to be provided pursuant to Articles 3 and 4 shall be obtained by reliable, accurate and reproducible measurement and calculation methods, which take into account the recognised state-of-the-art measurement and calculation methods set out in Annex IV.

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 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.

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

5. Harmonised standards

6. Guide, FAQ

FAQ – Energy Labelling Regulation EU 2017/1369 of 4 July 2017 setting a framework for energy labelling and repealing Directive 2010/30/EU and its delegated acts