Welding equipment

1. Scope

This Regulation establishes ecodesign requirements for the placing on the market or the putting into service of electrical mains-operated welding equipment.

This Regulation shall apply to welding equipment using one or more of the following welding and allied processes:

manual metal arc welding;

shielded metal arc welding;

self-shielded flux-cored welding;

flux cored arc welding;

metal active gas and metal inert gas welding;

tungsten inert gas welding;

plasma arc cutting.

2. Exemptions

This Regulation shall not apply to welding equipment using the following welding and allied processes:

submerged arc welding;

limited-duty arc welding;

resistance welding;

stud welding.

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, or the management system set out in Annex V, to that Directive.

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.

This Regulation shall apply from 1 January 2021.

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

5. Harmonised standards

N/A

6. FAQ

FAQ – Ecodesign measures for manufacturers and importers (January 2023)