ECODESIGN REQUIREMENTS FOR AIRCONDITIONERS AND COMFORT FANSS (IMPLEMENTATION) REGULATIONS

ECODESIGN REQUIREMENTS FOR AIRCONDITIONERS

AND COMFORT FANS (IMPLEMENTATION)

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 427.86

ECODESIGN REQUIREMENTS FOR

AIRCONDITIONERS AND COMFORT FANSS

(IMPLEMENTATION) REGULATIONS

14th June, 2013

LEGAL NOTICE 156 of 2013.

The title of these regulations is the Ecodesign

Requirements for Air Conditioners and Comfort Fans

(Implementation) Regulations.

These regulations implement the requirements set by

Regulation (EC) No 206/2012 of the European Commission of 6

March 2012 implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European

Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign

requirements for air conditioners and comfort fans. Regulation

(EC) No 206/2012 establishes eco-design requirements for the placing

on the market of electric mains-operated air conditioners with a rated

capacity of ≤ 12 kW for cooling, or heating if the product has no cooling

function, and comfort fans with an electric fan power input ≤ 125W. In

the implementation of the above-mentioned (EC) No 206/2012,

these regulations shall apply to

(a) appliances that use non-electric energy sources;

(b) air conditioners of which the condenser-side or

evaporator-side, or both, do not use air for heat

transfer medium.

For the purpose of Articles 4 and 5 of Regulation (EC) No

206/2012, the Technical Regulations Division, as established by the

Malta Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority Act, shall be

the competent authority.

The penalties applicable for the infringement of the

provisions of Regulation (EC) No 206/2012 shall be those provided

for in Part IV of the Product Safety Act.