Local space heaters
Labelling
1. Regulation
This Regulation establishes requirements for the energy labelling of, and the provision of supplementary product information on local space heaters with a nominal heat output of 50 kW or less.
2. Exemptions
This Regulation shall not apply to:
electric local space heaters;
local space heaters using a vapour compression cycle or sorption cycle for the generation of heat driven by electric compressors or fuel;
solid fuel local space heaters that are specified for the combustion of non-woody biomass only;
local space heaters specified for purposes other than indoor space heating to reach and maintain a certain thermal comfort of human beings by means of heat convection or heat radiation;
local space heaters that are specified for outdoor use only;
local space heaters of which the direct heat output is less than 6 % of the combined direct and indirect heat output at nominal heat output;
solid fuel local space heaters that are not factory assembled, or are not provided as prefabricated components or parts by a single manufacturer which are to be assembled on site;
luminous local space heaters and tube local space heaters;
air heating products;
sauna stoves.
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 VIII.
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 January 2018 for local space heaters that are not flueless heaters using solid fuels or open to chimney heaters using solid fuels. However, Article 3(1)(f) and (g) and Article 4(b), (c) and (d) shall apply from 1 April 2018.
It shall apply from 1 January 2022 for flueless heaters using solid fuels and open to chimney heaters using solid fuels. However, Articles 3(2)(f) and (g) and Article 4(b), (c) and (d) shall apply from 1 April 2022.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
5. Label and energy efficiency classes