Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade - Notification - European Union - Household tumble dryers

NOTIFICATION

The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6

 

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Notifying Member: EUROPEAN UNION

If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):

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Agency responsible:

European Commission

Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:

European Commission,

EU-TBT Enquiry Point,

Fax: +(32) 2 299 80 43,

E-mail: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu

Website: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/tbt/en/

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Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], other:

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Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Household tumble dryers

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Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Draft Commission Delegated Regulation amending Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2534 as regards information on the repairability index for household tumble dryers; (8 page(s), in English), (23 page(s), in English)

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Description of content: This draft Commission Regulation amends the recently approved Regulation (EU) 2023/2534 on energy labelling for household tumble dryers to implement a repairability score in the energy label. Subsequently, information on repairability shall be included in the product information sheet and in the technical information of household tumble dryers.

In addition, in Annex IV, references to the average final moisture content, including the calculation method, are removed. In Annex IX on verification procedure for market surveillance purposes, some redrafting has been made.

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Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: The repairability score in the energy label is implemented in compliance with Article 7(2) of Regulation (EU) 2023/2534, whereby the Commission is to present to the Consultation Forum, no later than 1 January 2025, a repairability score for household tumble dryers and a draft legislative act for its enactment.

The calculation of the average final moisture content needs to be removed, in order to prevent that a 0% for the average final moisture content is declared in the technical documentation of the product, which could lead to damage to textiles and excessive energy consumption.

Compliance with the repair information on the label and in the product information sheet should be carried out on the same model instead of on the same or equivalent models, to prevent that products with the same repairability score but different internal architecture, are used for verification of compliance. It is also necessary to stress the difference between validity criteria and verification criteria to avoid misinterpretations among manufacturers; Consumer information, labelling

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Relevant documents:

Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2017 setting a framework for energy labelling and repealing Directive 2010/30/EU, OJ L 198, 28.7.2017, p. 1–23

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_.2017.198.01.0001.01.ENG&toc=OJ:L:2017:198:TOC

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2534 of 13 July 2023 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to energy labelling of household tumble dryers and repealing Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 392/2012

Delegated regulation - EU - 2023/2534 - EN - EUR-Lex (europa.eu)

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Proposed date of adoption: March 2025

Proposed date of entry into force: 20 days from publication in the Official Journal of the EU.

From 1 January 2027, all suppliers will need to provide the label featuring a repairability scale in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2023/2534 as amended by this Regulation. From 1 July 2025 until 31 December 2026, suppliers may choose to provide the label with or without repairability scale.

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Final date for comments: 60 days from notification

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Texts available from: National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:

European Commission,

EU-TBT Enquiry Point,

Fax: + (32) 2 299 80 43,

E-mail: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu

The text is available on the EU-TBT Website : http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/tbt/en/

https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/TBT/EEC/24_07371_01_e.pdf