G/TBT/N/EU/960  
17 March 2023  
(23-1965) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  EUROPEAN UNION  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. 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 Comm ission,  
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/  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CC CN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  local space 
heaters  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Commission Regulation implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament 
and of the Council as regards ecodesign requirements for local space heaters and 
repealing Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1188 (10 pages, in English), (33 pages, in 
English)  
6. Description of content:  This draft Com mission Regulation covers local space heaters to 
be placed on the EU market.  
The draft regulation lays down minimum energy performance requirements, in particular 
on power demand in active mode and for the low power modes of local space heaters; 
The draft regulation extends and clarifies the scope of ecodesign requirements by 
removing the exemption for slave heaters, which will now come in the scope of ecodesign 
rules, and by including energy efficiency targets for towel rails. It also lays down 
appro priate requirements contributing to circular economy objectives in particular, 
requirements on resource efficiency including availability of necessary spare parts and 
maximum delivery time thereof, access to repair and maintenance information, 
requirements  for disassembly for the purpose of repair and for material recovery and 
recycling, and information requirements. In accordance with the Ecodesign Directive 
2009/125/EC, local space heaters not meeting these requirements will not be allowed to 
be placed on  the EU market. The draft Regulation is based on the findings of technical, 
environmental and economic studies and takes into account the opinions of the different 
stakeholders.  G/TBT/N/EU/960  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The aim of the draft Regulation is to address regulatory and market failures 
existing in the local space heaters sector in the EU. The Commission has reviewed 
Regulation (EU) 2015/1188 in the light of technological progress. The review study 
analy sed technical, environmental and economic aspects of local space heaters as well as 
the real -life user behaviour. The study was developed in consultation with stakeholders 
and interested parties from the European Union and third countries. The results of t he 
study have been made publicly available and presented to the Consultation Forum 
established by Article 18 of Directive 2009/125/EC. The study concluded that there was 
a need to extend and clarify the scope of ecodesign requirements for local space heate rs 
in order to close the different loopholes that made many products to be declared as out 
of the scope of Regulation (EU) 2015/1188, and to introduce energy consumption limits 
for low power modes. Existing EU measures addressing energy efficiency of local  space 
heaters need therefore to be adapted in order to capture energy savings from product 
subgroups which inclusion in the ecodesign requirements was not fully clear under the 
current scope. Moreover, the Review study and the consultation with stakeholde rs have 
identified poor "circular economy" performance. The proposed regulation addresses a 
number of identified failures hindering the full realisation of the existing energy and 
carbon emissions savings potential and the move towards a more resource effi cient and 
circular economy; Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant 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 ener gy-related 
products, Official Journal L 285 , 31 October 2009, P. 010.  
http://eur -
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:285:0010:0035:en:PDF  
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2015/1188 of 28 April 2015 implementing Directive 
2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign 
requirements for local space heaters  
https://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32015R1188&from=EN  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  June 2023  
Proposed date of entry into force:  20 days from publication in the Official Journal of 
the EU. The provisions shall apply from 1 July 2025  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. 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/2023/TBT/EEC/23_2089_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/EEC/23_2089_01_e.pdf