Appliances (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 2003

Suppliment tal-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta, Nru. 17,468 5 ta’ Settembru, 2003

L.N. 235 of 2003

PRODUCT SAFETY ACT

(ACT NO. V OF 2001)

Indication by Labelling and Standard Product Information of

the Consumption of Energy and other Resources by Household

Appliances (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 2003

IN exercise of the powers conferred by articles 38 to 40 of the

Product Safety Act, the Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, on

the advice of the Malta Standards Authority, has made the following

regulations>-

(1) The title of these regulations is the Indication by Labelling Citation and

and Standard Product Information of the Consumption of Energy and commencement.

other Resources by Household Appliances (Amendment) (No. 2) L.N. 99 of 2002

Regulations, 2003, and they shall be read and construed as one with the

Indication by Labelling and Standard Product Information of the

Consumption of Energy and other Resources by Household Appliances

Regulations, 2002, hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”.

(2) These regulations shall come into force on the date of

publication in the Gazette>

Provided that the labels, fiches and communications referred to in

regulation 5.8.1 of the principal regulations, as amended by these

regulations, shall be allowed to circulate no later than 1 st July 2004.

(a) For Section 2 of the principal regulations, there shall be Amends Section 2

of Schedule I of the

substituted the following>

principal

regulations.

“The information required by these regulations shall be

obtained by measurements made in accordance with harmonised

standards adopted by the European Standardisation Bodies (CEN,

CENELEC, ETSI) under mandate from the Commission in

accordance with Directive 98#34#EC of the European Parliament

and of the Council(*), the reference numbers of which have been

(*)

OJ No. L 204, 21-07-1998, p. 37.

published in the Official Journal of the European Union and for

which Member States have published the reference numbers of

the national standards transposing those harmonised standards.”.

(b) Immediately after the first paragraph of section 2 of

Schedule I to the principal regulations, there shall be inserted the

following paragraph>

“The provisions in sections 4, 5 and 6 of this Schedule,

requiring the giving of information relating to noise shall apply

only where that information is required by Member States

under Article 3 of Directive 86#594#EEC. This information

shall be measured in accordance with that Directive.”.

(a) Immediately after the first paragraph of section 3 of

Schedule I to the principal regulations, there shall be inserted the

following paragraph>

“Where the information relating to a particular model

combination has been obtained by calculation on the basis of design,

and, or extrapolation from other combinations, the documentation

should include details of such calculations and, or extrapolations,

and of tests undertaken to verify the accuracy of the calculations

undertaken (details of mathematical model for calculating

performance and of measurements taken to verify this model).”.

(a) For regulation 5.8.1 of the principal regulations, there

shall be substituted the following>

“5.8.1. Where the appliances are offered for sale, hire or

hire purchase by means of a printed or written communication, or

by other means which imply that the potential customer cannot be

expected to see the appliance displayed, such as a written offer, a

mail order catalogue, advertisements on the Internet or on other

electronic media, that communication shall include all the

information specified in section 6 of Schedule I to these

regulations.”.

(a) Under the heading ‘Notes on label’, the final sentence

‘NB> the equivalent terms on other languages to those described above

are given in section 9 of this Schedule’, shall be deleted.

(b) Under the heading ‘Printing’, the following text shall

be inserted after the illustration>

(i) “The indicator letter for A+ and A++ appliances

shall be in accordance with the following illustrations, and

shall be placed in the same position as the A indicator for A

class appliances

(ii) The final text, commencing with the words>

‘Complete printing information is contained in a

“refrigerator#freezer label design guide” … shall be deleted.

(a) For point 4 of section 5 of Schedule I to the principal Amends Section 5

of Schedule I of the

regulations there shall be substituted the following>

principal

regulations.

“4. The energy efficiency class of the model as defined in

Annex V, expressed as ‘Energy efficiency class ... on a scale of

A++ (most efficient) to G (least efficient)’. Where this information

is provided in a table this may be expressed by other means provided

it is clear that the scale is from A++ (most efficient) to G (least

efficient).”

(b) For point 8 of section 5 of Schedule I to the principal

regulations there shall be substituted the following>

“8. Net storage volume of frozen food storage

compartment, and of chill compartment when available, in

accordance with standards referred to in section 2 of this

Schedule - omit for classes 1, 2 and 3. For class 3 appliances

the net volume of the ‘ice box’.”.

(c) In Section 5 of Schedule I to the principal regulations,

the following point 15 shall be added>

“15. If the model is produced in order to be built-in, this

should be stated.”.

(d) In Section 5 of Schedule I to the principal regulations,

the following Note shall be deleted>

“The equivalent terms in other languages to those

described above are given in section 9 of this Schedule.”.

(a) In Section 6 of Schedule I to the principal regulations,

the following Note shall be deleted

“The equivalent terms in other languages to those

described above are given in section 9 of this Schedule.”.

(a) In Section 8 of Schedule I to the principal regulations, the following

text shall be inserted after the title ‘ENERGY EFFICIENCY CLASS’

“PART 1: Definitions of Classes A+ and A++

An appliance shall be classified as A+ or A++, where the energy efficiency

index alpha (I α ) is within the ranges specified in Table 1.

Table 1

Energy efficiency index α (I α )

“Energy efficiency class”

A++

30 > I α

42 > I α ≥ 30

A+

I α ≥ 42

A to G (see below)

In Table 1

AC

I α =

× 100

SC α

where

AC = annual energy consumption of appliance (in accordance with section 4, note V)

SC α = standard annual energy consumption α of appliance

SC α is calculated as

( 25 − Tc ) × FF × CC × BI  + N + CH



∑

 Vc ×



M α X

α

Compartmen ts 



where

Vc is the net volume (in litres) of the compartment (in accordance with standards

referred to in section 2 of this Schedule).

Tc is the design temperature (in °C) of the compartment.

B

The values of M α and N α are given in Table 2 and the values of FF, CC, BI and CH are

given in Table 3.

Table 2

Type of appliance

Temperature of coldest

M α

N α

compartment

> - 6 °C

1 Larder Fridge

0.233

> - 6 °C

2 Refrigerator/chiller

0.233

> - 6 °C

3 Refrigerator no star

0.233

≤ - 6 °C *

4 Refrigerator *

0.643

≤ - 12 °C **

5 Refrigerator **

0.450

≤ - 18 °C ***/*(***)

6 Refrigerator ***/

0.777

≤ - 18 °C ***/*(***)

7 Fridge-freezer *(***)

0.777

≤ - 18 °C *(***)

8 Upright freezer

0.539

≤ - 18 °C *(***)

9 Chest freezer

0.472

(1)

(1)

10 Multi-door or other appliance

(1)

For these appliances, the temperature and star rating of the compartment with the lowest

temperature will determine the values of M and N. Appliances with – 18 ° *(***) compartments shall

be considered as fridge-freezers *(***).

Table 3

Correction factor

Value

Condition

FF (frost-free)

1.2

For “frost-free” (ventilated) frozen food compartments

Otherwise

CC (climate class)

1.2

For “tropical” appliances

1.1

For “subtropical” appliances

Otherwise

For built-in appliances (1) of under 58 cm in width

BI (built-in)

1.2

Otherwise

CH (chill compartment)

For appliances with a chill compartment of at least 15

litres

50 KWh/y

Otherwise

(1)

An appliance is “built-in” only if it is designed exclusively for installation within a kitchen cavity

with a need of furniture finishing, and tested as such.

If an appliance is not A+ or A++, it shall be classified in accordance with Part 2.

…”

PART 2: Definitions of Classes A to G

(a)Section 9 of Schedule I to the principal regulations shall be

(a) For Section 8, Table, row 5, Portuguese thereof, there shall be

substituted the following

“Mais eficiente”; and

(b) For Section 8, Table, row 6, Portuguese thereof, there shall be

substituted the following

“Menos eficiente”; and

(c) For Section 8, Table, row 8, Portuguese thereof, there shall be

deleted the following

The whole row 8 “Baking area”; and

(d) For Section 8, Table, row 11, Finnish thereof, there shall be

substituted the following

“Kuumennustapa”; and

(e) For Section 8, Table, row 16, Finnish thereof, there shall be

substituted the following

“Koko”; and

(f) For Section 8, Table, row 20, Danish and Finnish thereof,

there shall be substituted the following

“Tilberedningstid ved standardbelastning” and “Paistoaika

vakiokuormalla”

(g) For Section 8, Table, row 21, Swedish thereof, there shall be

substituted the following

“Bullernivå dB(A)”; and

(h) For Section 8, Table, row 21, Finnish thereof, there shall be

substituted the following

“Ääni”.

(a) For “Norm EN 814” in Label 1 thereof, there shall be

substituted the following

“Norm EN XYZ”; and

(b) For “Norm EN 814” in Label 2 thereof, there shall be

substituted the following

“Norm EN XYZ”; and

(c) For “Norm EN XYZ” in the third label thereof, there shall be

substituted the following

“Norm EN XYZ”.

(a) For Section 8, Table, row 6, SV thereof, there shall be

substituted the following

“Låg forbrukning”; and

(b) For Section 8, Table, row 7, SV thereof, there shall be

substituted the following

“Hög forbrukning”; and

(c) For Section 8, Table, row 8, SV thereof, there shall be

substituted the following

“Energieffektivitetsklass på

en

skala

från

A

(låg

forbrukning) till G (hög forbrukning)”; and

(d) For Section 8, Table, row 20, EL thereof, there shall be substituted

the following

“Ενεργειακή

απόδοση

της

λειτουργίας

θέρµανσης

Α: υψηλή — G: χαµηλή”; and

(e) For Section 8, Table, row 20, SV thereof, there shall be

substituted the following

“Energieffektivitetsklass för uppvärmingslåget: A (låg

forbrukning) G (hög forbrukning)”; and

(f) For Section 8, Table, row 23, all languages thereof, there shall

be substituted the following

“…EN XYZ”; and

(g) For Section 8, Table, row 24, DA thereof, there shall be

substituted the following

“Klimaanlæg”; and

(h) For Section 8, Table, row 25, DA thereof, there shall be substituted

the following

“Direktiv 2002/31/EF om energimærkning”.

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