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Ref : EIC 230/2/11

16 March 2012

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 216/2012

European Union (EU)* : Ecodesign Requirements for Air Conditioners and Comfort Fans

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 560/2009 of 6 November 2009, the European Commission (the Commission) has adopted a Regulation specifying the ecodesign requirements for air conditioners and comfort fans. Details are set out in Commission Regulation (EU) No. 206/2012 (the Regulation), which can be accessed through the following link:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2012:072:0007:0027:EN:PDF

DETAILS

2.The Regulation establishes the ecodesign requirements for electric mains-operated air conditioners with a rated capacity up to 12kW for cooling, or heating if the product has no cooling function; as well as comfort fans with an electric fan power input up to 125W. However, it shall not apply to appliances that use non-electric energy sources nor to air conditioners of which the condenser-side or evaporator-side, or both, do not use air for heat transfer medium.
 

3.Details of the eco-design requirements for air conditioners and comfort fans are set out in Annex I of the Regulation. The conformity assessment requirements and the verification procedures for market surveillance purposes are set out in Annex II and Annex III respectively. The indicative benchmarks for best-performing air conditioners can be found in Annex IV. The ecodesign requirements shall be implemented in two stages, 1 January 2013 and 1 January 2014, to provide a sufficient timeframe for manufacturers to re-design products subject to the Regulation. 

ENQUIRIES

4.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5556.

Yours faithfully,




(Miss Anita WONG)

for Director-General of Trade and Industry

* The EU includes Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.





Note ：

  • (1) While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the above information, the Department cannot guarantee this to be so and will not be held liable for any reliance placed on the same.
  • (2)The biweekly newsletter "Business Alert - EU" of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council provides up-to-date information on the latest developments in EU trade policy and trade regulations. The newsletter is available for free e-subscription and can be accessed through
    http://www.tdctrade.com/alert/eualert.htm.