Vacuum cleaners

Ecodesign

1. Scope

This Regulation establishes eco-design requirements for the placing on the market of electric mains-operated vacuum cleaners, including hybrid vacuum cleaners.

2. Exceptions

This Regulation shall not apply to:

wet, wet and dry, battery operated, robot, industrial, or central vacuum cleaners;

floor polishers;

outdoor vacuums.

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

 

5. Harmonised standards