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Ref : EIC 230/2/11

16 October 2012

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 831/2012
European Union (EU)* : Ecodesign Requirements for Household Tumble Driers

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 household tumble driers. Details are set out in Commission Regulation (EU) No 932/2012 (the Regulation), which can be accessed through the following link:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2012:278:0001:0010:EN:PDF

DETAILS

2.The Regulation establishes the ecodesign requirements for electric mains-operated and gas-fired household tumble driers and built-in household tumble driers, including those sold for non-household use. However, it shall not apply to household combined washer-driers and household spin-extractors.

3.There are four Annexes under the Regulation and their respective content is as follows:

1. Annex I - Ecodesign requirements for household tumble driers;
    
2. Annex II - Measurements and calculations requirements;
    
3. Annex III - Verification procedures for market surveillance purposes; and
    

4. Annex IV - Indicative benchmarks for best-performing household tumble driers

4.The Regulation shall apply from 1 November 2013, except that the generic ecodesign requirements set out in points 1.1 and 1.2 of Annex I and the specific ecodesign requirements set out in point 2.2 of Annex I shall apply from 1 November 2014 and 1 November 2015 respectively.

ENQUIRIES

5.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.