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Ref : EIC 230/2/11

13 February 2014

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 134/2014

European Union (EU)* : Energy Labelling of Domestic Ovens and Range Hoods

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 734/2013 dated 11 September 2013, the European Commission (the Commission) has adopted a Regulation concerning the energy labelling of domestic ovens and range hoods. Details are set out in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 65/2014 (the Regulation), which can be accessed through the following link:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2014:029:0001:0032:EN:PDF.

DETAILS

2.The Regulation establishes requirements for the energy labeling and the provision of supplementary product information for domestic electric and gas ovens (including when incorporated into cookers) and for domestic electric range hoods (including when sold for non-domestic purposes). However, it shall not apply to products listed in Article 1(2) of the Regulation.

3.The responsibilities of suppliers and dealers placing the above-mentioned products on the market are set out in Article 3 and Article 4 of the Regulation respectively. To allow suppliers and dealers of domestic ovens and range hoods to have time to adapt to the responsibilities under the Regulation, unless some provisions specified, the Regulation shall apply from 1 January 2015. Domestic ovens and range hoods placed on the market or offered for sale, hire or hire-purchase before 1 January 2015 shall comply with the provisions set out in Directive 2002/40/EC.

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, Croatia, 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.