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Ref : EIC 230/2/11

15 May 2012

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 349/2012

European Union (EU)* : Energy Labelling of Household Tumble Driers

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 419/2011 dated 12 July 2011, the European Commission (the Commission) has adopted a Regulation concerning the energy labelling of household tumble driers. Details are set out in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 392/2012 (the Regulation) and its corrigendum, which can be accessed through the following links:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2012:123:0001:0026:EN:PDF
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2012:124:0056:0056:EN:PDF

DETAILS

2.The Regulation establishes requirements for the labelling and provision of supplementary product information on electric mains-operated and gas-fired household tumble driers as well as built-in household tumble driers, including those sold for non-household use. However, the Regulation shall not apply to household combined washer-driers and household spin-extractors.

3.Under the Regulation, both suppliers and dealers of household tumble driers have their respective responsibilities. Suppliers shall ensure that :

1. each household tumble drier is supplied with a printed label in the format containing information as set out in Annex I of the Regulation;
2. a product fiche, as set out in Annex II of the Regulation, is made available;
3. technical documentation as set out in Annex III of the Regulation is made available on request to the authorities of the Member States and to the Commission;
4. any advertisement disclosing energy-related or price information for a specific model of household tumble drier shall contain the energy efficiency class; and
5. any technical promotional material with the description of its specific technical parameters for a specific model of household tumble drier shall include the energy efficiency class.

4.As for dealers of household tumble driers, besides observing similar obligations of suppliers as stipulated in para. 3(iv) and (v), they shall also ensure that:

1. each household tumble drier, at the point of sale, bears the label provided by suppliers as mentioned in para. 3 above. The label should be on the outside of the front or top of the appliance in the way to be clearly visible; and
2. each household tumble drier offered for sale, hire or hire-purchase, shall be marketed with the information provided by suppliers as set out in Annex IV of the Regulation.

5.To allow suppliers and dealers of household tumble driers to have time to adapt to the responsibilities under the Regulation, unless some provisions specified, the Regulation shall apply from 29 May 2013. Household tumble driers placed on the market before 29 May 2013 shall comply with the provisions set out in Directive 95/13/EC.

ENQUIRIES

6.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.