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Document 32019R1782
Ecodesign requirements — external power supplies
- Date of last review:
- 29/01/2020
- Initial creation date:
- 13/03/2020
- Summary code:
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- 18.09.03.00 Electricity
- 18.09.05.00 Energy efficiency
- 20.01.02.00 Clean, efficient energy
- 18.09.03.00 Electricity
- EUROVOC descriptor:
- Directory code:
- Summarised document(s):
- Author:
- Publications Office of the European Union
- Responsible entity(ies):
- Directorate-General for Energy
Ecodesign requirements — external power supplies
SUMMARY OF:
Regulation (EU) 2019/1782 — laying down ecodesign requirements for external power supplies
WHAT IS THE AIM OF THE REGULATION?
It establishes ecodesign* requirements for the placing on the market or putting into service of external power supplies*.
KEY POINTS
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The regulation does not apply to:
- voltage converters;
- uniterruptible power supplies;
- battery chargers without power supply function;
- lighting converters;
- external power supplies for medical devices;
- active power over Ethernet injectors;
- docking stations for autonomous appliances;
- external power supplies placed on the market before 1 April 2025 solely as a service part or spare part for replacing an identical external power supply placed on the market before 1 April 2020.
- The ecodesign requirements are set out Annex II.
- The regulation sets out the conformity assessment procedure and in Annex II, point 3, the measurement method and calculations that must be used.
- National authorities must apply the verification procedures laid down in Annex III when carrying out market surveillance checks.
- Annex IV sets out indicative benchmarks for the best-performing products and technologies available on the market.
- The European Commission must review this regulation in the light of technological progress and present its results, including, if appropriate, a draft revision proposal, by 14 November 2022.
FROM WHEN DOES THE REGULATION APPLY?
It applies from 1 April 2020 and repeals Regulation (EC) No 278/2009 on that date.
BACKGROUND
Directive 2009/125/EC establishes a framework to set ecodesign requirements for energy-related products. The Commission must set these for products which are widely sold and traded in the EU and have a significant environmental impact.
For more information see:
- External power supplies — Ecodesign requirements (European Commission)
- The new ecodesign measures explained (European Commission)
- About the energy label and ecodesign — Energy savings (European Commission).
KEY TERMS
- designed to convert alternating current (AC) power input from the mains power source input into one or more lower voltage direct current (DC) or AC outputs;
- used with one or more separate devices that constitute the primary load;
- contained in a physical enclosure separate from the device or devices that constitute the primary load;
- connected to the device or devices that constitute the primary load with removable or hard-wired male/female electrical connections, cables, cords or other wirings;
- nameplate output power not exceeding 250 watts; and
- used with electrical and electronic household and office equipment included in Annex I.
MAIN DOCUMENT
Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/1782 of 1 October 2019 laying down ecodesign requirements for external power supplies pursuant to Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 278/2009 (OJ L 272, 25.10.2019, pp. 95-106)
RELATED DOCUMENTS
Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-related products (OJ L 285, 31.10.2009, pp. 10-35)
Successive amendments to Directive 2009/125/EC have been incorporated into the original text. This consolidated version is of documentary value only.
last update 29.01.2020