Space and water heaters-Labelling | Sustainable legislative framework

Labelling

1. Regulation

This Regulation establishes requirements for the energy labelling of, and the provision of supplementary product information on, space heaters and combination heaters with a rated heat output ≤ 70 kW, packages of space heater ≤ 70 kW, temperature control and solar device and packages of combination heater ≤ 70 kW, temperature control and solar device.

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;c

ogeneration space heaters with a maximum electrical capacity of 50 kW or above.

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, as set out in Annex VII.

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 (15. 2. 2017).

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