Energy labelling of electric household dish washers

Suppliment tal-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 18,796, 26 ta’ Awwissu, 2011

L.N. 340 of 2011

PRODUCT SAFETY ACT

(CAP. 427)

Energy labelling of electric household dish washers

(Implementing Measures) Regulations, 2011

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

Safety Act, the Prime Minister, on the advice of the Malta Competition and

Consumer Affairs Authority, has made the following regulations:-

(1) The title of these regulations is the Energy labelling of

household dish washers (Implementing Measures) Regulations, 2011.

(2) These regulations shall be interpreted in terms of

the Indication by Labelling and Standard Product Information of the

Consumption of Energy and other Resources by Energy Related Products

Regulations, 2011, herein after referred to as “the Energy Labelling

Regulations”.

(3) These regulations implement the requirements of

Commission Directive 97/17/EC of 16 April 1997 implementing Council

Directive 92/75/EEC with regard to energy labelling of household

dishwashers.

(4) These regulations constitute an implementing measure

within the meaning of the Energy Labelling Regulations with regard to the

energy labelling of household dishwashers.

(5) These regulations shall come into force on the 20th July,

2011.

(1) These regulations shall apply to electric mains-operated

household dishwashers.

(2) Appliances that can also use other energy sources are

excluded.

The definitions of the Energy Labelling Regulations shall apply.

(1) The technical documentation referred to in regulation 6(2)a

of the Energy Labelling Regulations shall include

(a) the name and address of the supplier;

(b) a general description of the model, sufficient for it to be

identified;

(c) information, including drawings as relevant, on the main

design features of the model and in particular items which appreciably

affect its energy consumption;

(d) reports of relevant measurement tests carried out under the

test procedures of the harmonised standards referred to in regulation

4(6) hereof;

(e) operating instructions, if any.

(2) The label referred to in regulation 5(1) of the Energy

Labelling Regulations shall be as specified in Schedule I to these

regulations.

The label shall be placed on the outside of the front or top of the

appliance in such a way as to be clearly visible and not obscured.

(3) The content and format of the fiche referred to in regulation

5(2) of the Energy Labelling Regulations shall be as specified in Schedule II

to these regulations.

(4) In the circumstances covered by regulation 6(4) of the

Energy Labelling Regulations, and where the offer for sale, hire or hire

purchase is provided by means of a printed communication, such as a

mail order catalogue, then that printed communication shall include all the

information specified in Schedule III to these regulations.

(5) The energy efficiency class, cleaning performance class

and drying performance class of an appliance shall be determined in

accordance with Schedule IV to these regulations.

(6) The information required by these regulations shall be

measured in accordance with harmonised standards, the reference numbers

of which have been published in the Official Journal of the European

Communities and for which Member States have published the reference

numbers of the national standards transposing those harmonised standards.

Throughout these regulations any provisions requiring the giving

of information relating to noise shall apply only where that information

is required under Article 3 of Council Directive 86/594/ EEC ( 1). Such

information, where required, shall be measured in accordance with that

Directive.

(7) The harmonized standards referred to in regulation

4(6) hereof shall be drawn up under mandate from the Commission in

accordance with Directive 83/189/EEC.

B

Schedule I

Based on Annex I of Directive 1997/17/EC

THE LABEL

1. The label shall be the relevant language version chosen from the following

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2. The following notes define the information to be included

I. Supplier's name or trade mark.

II. Supplier's model identifier.

III. The energy efficiency class of the model determined in accordance with

Schedule IV. This indicator letter shall be placed at the same level as the

relevant arrow.

IV. Without prejudice to any requirements under the Community eco-label

scheme, where a model has been granted a ‘European Union eco-label’ under

Regulation (EC) No 1980/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council

of 17 July 2000 on a revised Community eco-label award scheme ( 1) , a copy of

the eco-label may be added here.

V. Energy consumption in kWh per cycle using standard cycle, determined in

accordance with the test procedures of the harmonized standards referred to in

regulation 4(6) hereof.

VI. Cleaning performance class, determined in accordance with Schedule IV.

VII. Drying performance class, determined in accordance with Schedule IV.

VIII. Capacity of appliance in standard place settings, determined in accordance

with the harmonized standards referred to in regulation 4(6) hereof.

IX. Water consumption, in litres, per complete cycle using standard cycle,

determined in accordance with the test procedures of the harmonized standards

referred to in regulation 4(6) hereof.

X. Where applicable, noise measured during the function determining the energy

efficiency, determined in accordance with Directive 86/594/ EEC ( 2) .

The equivalent terms in other languages to those given above are set out in Schedule

2 OJ L 237, 21.9.2000, p. 1.

3 The relevant standards are EN 60704 -2-10 (noise measurement) and EN 60704-3 (verification).

B

Printing

3. The following defines certain aspects of the label

B

Colours used

CMYK — cyan, magenta, yellow, black.

Ex.07X0: 0 % cyan, 70 % magenta, 100 % yellow, 0 % black.

Arrows

A

X0X0

B

70X0

C

30X0

D

00X0

E

03X0

F

07X0

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0XX0

Outline colour: X070

All text is in black. The background is white.

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Schedule II

Based on Annex II of Directive 1997/17/EC

FICHE

The fiche shall contain the following information. The information may be given in the

form of a table covering a number of models supplied by the same supplier, in which case

it shall be given in the order specified, or given close to the description of the appliance

1. Supplier's trade mark.

2. Supplier's model identifier.

3. The energy efficiency class of the model determined in accordance with Schedule

IV. Expressed as ‘Energy efficiency class on a scale of A (more efficient) to G

(less 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 (more

efficient) to G (less efficient).

4. Where the information is provided in a table, and where some of the appliances

listed in the table have been granted a ‘European Union eco-label’ under

Regulation (EC) No 1980/2000, this information may be included here. In this

case the row heading shall state ‘European Union eco-label’, and the entry shall

consist of a copy of the eco-label mark. This provision is without prejudice to any

requirements under the Community eco-label scheme.

Manufacturer's name, code or indication for the ‘standard’ cycle to which the

information in the label and the fiche relate.

Energy consumption in kWh per cycle using standard, cycle determined in

accordance with the test procedures of the harmonized standards referred to in

regulation 4(6) hereof, and described as ‘Energy consumption XYZ kWh per

standard test cycle, using cold water fill. Actual energy consumption will depend

on how the appliance is used’.

Cleaning performance class, determined in accordance with Schedule IV.

Expressed as ‘Cleaning performance class a scale of A (higher) to G (lower)’.

This may be expressed by other means provided it is clear that the scale is from A

(higher) to G (lower).

Drying performance class, determined in accordance with Schedule IV.

Expressed as: ‘Drying performance on a scale of A (higher) to G (lower)’. This

B

may be expressed by other means provided it is clear that the scale is from A

(higher) to G (lower).

Capacity of appliance in standard place settings, as defined in Schedule I, note

VIII.

Water consumption per cycle in litres using standard cycle, as defined in Schedule

I, note IX.

Programme time for standard cycle, determined in accordance with the test

procedures of the harmonized standards referred to in regulation 4(6) hereof.

Suppliers may include the information in points 5 to 11 in respect of other cycles.

The estimated annual consumption of energy and water equal to 220 times the

consumptions expressed in points 6 (energy) and 10 (water). This shall be

expressed as ‘estimated annual consumption (220 cycles)’.

Where applicable, noise during standard cycle, in accordance with Council

Directive (EEC) No 86/594.

The information on the label may be given in the form of a representation of the

label in colour or in black and white.

NB

The equivalent terms in other languages to those given above are set out in Schedule V.

B

Schedule III

Based on Annex III of Directive 1997/17/EC

MAIL ORDER AND OTHER DISTANCE SELLING

Mail order catalogues and other printed communications referred to in regulation 4(4)

hereof shall contain the following information, given in the order specified

1. Energy efficiency class

(Schedule II, point 3)

2. Name of standard cycle

(Schedule II, point 5)

3. Energy consumption

(Schedule II, point 6)

4. Cleaning performance class

(Schedule II, point 7)

5. Drying performance class

(Schedule II, point 8)

6. Capacity

(Schedule I, note VIII)

7. Water consumption

(Schedule II, note IX)

8. Estimated annual consumption (220 cycles)

(Schedule II, point 13)

9. Noise (where applicable)

(Schedule II, note X)

Where other information contained in the fiche is provided, it shall be in the form defined

in Schedule II and shall be included in the above table in the order required for the fiche.

NB

The equivalent terms in other languages to those given above are set out in Schedule V.

B

Schedule IV

Based on Annex IV of Directive 1997/17/EC

ENERGY EFFICIENCY CLASS

1. The energy efficiency class of an appliance shall be determined as follows

A reference consumption C R shall be calculated as follows

C R = 1.35 + 0.025 ! S

when S " 10

C R = 0.45 + 0.09 ! S

when S # 9

where S is the capacity of the appliance in standard place settings (Schedule I, note VIII).

An energy efficiency index E I is then set as

where C is the energy consumption of the appliance (Schedule I, note V).

The energy efficiency class is then determined in accordance with Table 1

Table 1

Energy efficiency class

Energy Efficiency index E I

A

E I < 0.64

B

0.64 # E I < 0.76

C

0.76 # E I < 0.88

D

0.88 # E I < 1.00

E

1.00 # E I < 1.12

F

1.12 # E I < 1.24

G

1.24 # C

B

2. The cleaning performance class of an appliance shall be determined in accordance with

Table 2

Table 2

Cleaning Performance Class

Cleaning performance index P C as defined in the

harmonized standards referred to in regulation

4(6) hereof, using a standard cycle

A

P C < 1.12

B

1.12 # P C < 1.00

C

1.00 # P C < 0.88

D

0.88 # P C < 0.76

E

0.76 # P C < 0.64

F

0.64 # P C < 0.52

G

0.52 # P C

B

3. The drying performance class of an appliance shall be determined in accordance with

Table 3

Table 3

Drying Performance Class

Drying performance index P D as defined in the

harmonized standards referred to in regulation

4(6) hereof.

A

P D < 1.08

B

1.08 # P D < 0.93

C

0.93 # P D < 0.78

D

0.78 # P D < 0.63

E

0.63 # P D < 0.48

F

0.48 # P D < 0.33

G

0.33 # P D

B

Schedule V

Based on Annex V of Directive 1997/17/EC

TERMS TO BE USED IN LABEL AND FICHE

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