By Ministry of Industry and Technology:  
 
DRAFT COMMUNIQUE ON THE ECODESIGN REQUIREMENTS FOR SOLID 
FUEL BOILERS (2015/1189/EU) (SGM:2021/…)  
Objective  
ARTICLE 1 – (1) Without prejudice to legislation of industrial emissions, the objective 
of this Communique  is to lay down the ecodesign requirements for the placing on the market 
and putting into service of the solid fuel boilers with a rated heat output of 500 kilowatt ( kW) 
or less, including those integrated in packages of a solid fuel boiler, supplementary heaters, 
temperature controls and solar devices as defined in the Communique (EU) 2015/1187 …. dated 
and … numbered.  
 
Scope  
ARTICLE  2 - (1) This Communique  shall apply to solid fuel boilers with a rated heat 
output of 500 kilowatt (kW) or less, including those integrated in packages of a solid fuel boiler, 
supplementary heaters, temperature controls and solar devices . 
(2) This Communique  shall not apply to ; 
a) boilers generating heat exclusively for providing hot drinking or sanitary water;  
b) boilers for heating and distributing gaseous heat transfer media such as vapour or air;  
c) solid fuel cogeneration boilers with a maximum electrical capacity of 50 kW o r more;  
ç) non -woody biomass boilers.  
 
Legal Basis  
ARTICLE 3 – (1) This Communique has been prepared based on 05/03/2020 dated the 
Law No. 7223 on the Product Safety and Technical Regulations and on 23/06/2010 dated and 
2010/643 numbered and put into effect by the decision of the Council of Ministers, Regulation 
on a framework for the setting of Ecodesign Requirements For Energy -Related Products.  
 
Definitions  
ARTICLE 4 - (1) For the purposes of this Communique, in addition to the definitions 
specified in the Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:  
a) EU means European Union,  
b) Woody biomass means biomass originating from trees, bushes and shrubs, including 
log wood, chipped wood, compresse d wood in the form of pellets, compressed wood in the 
form of briquettes, and sawdust,  
c) Non -woody biomass means biomass other than woody biomass, including, inter alia, 
straw, miscanthus, reeds, kernels, grains, olive stones, olive cakes and nut shells,  
ç) Non-woody biomass boiler means a biomass boiler that uses non - woody biomass as 
the preferred fuel and for which woody biomass, fossil fuel or a blend of biomass and fossil 
fuel are not listed among its other suitable fuels;  
d) Ministry means the Ministry of Industry and Technology,  
e) Biomass means the biodegradable fraction of products, waste and residues from 
biological origin from agriculture (including vegetal and animal substances), forestry and 
related industries including fisheries and aqua culture, as well as the biodegradable fraction of 
industrial and municipal waste,  
f) Biomass boiler means a solid fuel boiler that uses biomass as the preferred fuel;   
 g) Other suitable fuel means a solid fuel, other than the preferred fuel, which can be us ed 
in the solid fuel boiler according to the manufacturer's instructions and includes any fuel that is 
mentioned in the instruction manual for installers and end -users, on free access websites of 
manufacturers, in technical promotional material and in adve rtisements;  
ğ) Fossil fuel means fuel other than biomass, including anthracite, brown coal, coke, 
bituminous coal; for the purposes of this Communique it also includes peat;  
h) Solid fuel means a fuel that is solid at normal indoor room temperatures, inclu ding 
solid biomass and solid fossil fuel;  
ı) Solid fuel heat generator means the part of a solid fuel boiler that generates the heat 
through the combustion of solid fuels;  
i) Solid fuel boiler means a device equipped with one or more solid fuel heat generators 
that provides heat to a water -based central heating system in order to reach and maintain at a 
desired level the indoor temperature of one or more enclosed spaces, with a heat loss to its 
surrounding environment of not more than 6 % of rated hea t output;  
j) Solid fuel cogeneration boiler means a solid fuel boiler capable of simultaneously 
generating heat and electricity;  
k) Commission means European Commission,  
l) Seasonal space heating energy efficiency (n S) means the ratio between the space hea ting 
demand for a designated heating season supplied by a solid fuel boiler and the annual energy 
consumption required to meet that demand, expressed in %;  
m) Rated heat output (P r) means the declared heat output of a solid fuel boiler when 
providing heati ng of enclosed spaces with the preferred fuel, expressed in kW;  
n) Particulate matter means particles of various shape, structure and density scattered in 
the gaseous phase of the flue gas.  
o) Water -based central heating system means a system using water a s a heat transfer 
medium to distribute centrally generated heat to heat emitting devices for the heating of 
enclosed spaces within buildings or parts thereof, including block heating or district heating 
networks;  
ö) Preferred fuel means the single solid fu el which is to be preferably used for the boiler 
according to the manufacturer's instructions;  
p) Regulation means 23/06/2010 dated and 2010/643 numbered and put into effect by the 
decision of the Council of Ministers, Regulation on a framework for the set ting of Ecodesign 
Requirements For Energy -Related Products.  
 (2) The other definitions in this Communique are specified in the Annex -I of this 
Communique.  
 
Ecodesign requirements and timetable  
ARTICLE 5  - (1) The ecodesign requirements for solid fuel boilers are set out in Annex 
II. 
(2) Solid fuel boilers shall meet the requirements set out in point 1 and 2 of Annex II from 
at the date of enter into force of publication of this Communique.  
(3) Compliance  with ecodesign requirements shall be measured and calculated in 
accordance with the methods set out in Annex III.  
  
 Conformity assessment  
ARTICLE 6  – (1) The conformity assessment procedure referred to Article 10 (2) of the 
Regulation shall be the internal design control set out in Annex IV to that Directive or the 
management system set out in Annex V to that Directive.  
 (2) For the purposes of the conform ity assessment pursuant to Article 10 of the 
Regulation, the technical documentation shall contain the information set out in article 2 (c) of 
Annex II to this Communique.  
 
Verification procedure for market surveillance purposes  
ARTICLE  7 - (1) The Ministr y shall apply the verification procedure set out in Annex 
IV to this Communique when performing the market surveillance checks referred to in Article 
5(2) of the Regulation to ensure compliance with the requirements set out in Annex II to this 
Communique.  
Indicative benchmarks  
ARTICLE  8 - (1) The indicative benchmarks for best -performing solid fuel boilers 
available on the market at the date of entry into force of this Communique are set out in Annex 
V.  
Consultation Forum transactions  
ARTICLE 9 – (1) The Ministry may participate to the Consultation Forum meetings  
whether it is appropriate to  include solid fuel boilers with a rated heat output of up to 1000 
kilowatt; to include non -woody biomass boilers, with ecodesign requirements for their specific 
types of pollutant emissions; to set stricter ecodesign requirements for energy efficiency and 
for emissions of particulate matter, organic gaseous compounds and carbon monoxide; and to 
vary the verification tolerances.  
 
Compliance with the European Union Legisl ation  
ARTICLE 10 – (1) This Communique  has been prepared based on the Regulation on a 
framework for the setting of Ecodesign Requirements For  Energy -Related Products 
2009/125/EC and amended by the Commission Regulation EU/2016/2282, Commission 
Regulation (EU) 2015/1189 with regard to ecodesign requirements for solid fuel boilers.  
 
Transitional provisions  
TRANSITIONAL ARTICLE 1 – (1) The provisi ons of this Communique are not sought 
Until 01/06/2023 the Ministry may allow the placing on the market and putting into service of 
solid fuel boilers which are in conformity with the national provisions in force regarding 
seasonal space heating energy eff iciency, particulate matter emissions, gaseous organic 
compounds  carbon monoxides  and nitrogen oxides.  The placing on the market and putting these 
heaters into service cannot be prevented until 01/06/2023.  
 
Entry into force  
ARTICLE  11 – (1) This Communique  shall enter into force on the date of publication.  
 
Execution  
ARTICLE 12  – (1) This Communique  shall be executed by the Ministry of Industry and 
Technology.  
  
 ANNEX I  
Definitions applicable for Annexes II to V  
 
For the purpose of Anne xes II to V the following definitions shall apply:  
 (1) ‘seasonal space heating emissions’ means:  
(a) for automatically stoked solid fuel boilers, a weighted average of the emissions at rated heat 
output and the emissions at 30 % of the rated heat output, expressed in mg/m3;  
(b) for manually stoked solid fuel boilers that can be operated at 50 % of the rated heat output 
in continuous mode, a weighted average of the emissions at rated heat output and the emissions 
at 50 % of the rated heat output, ex pressed in mg/m3;  
(c) for manually stoked solid fuel boilers that cannot be operated at 50 % or less of the rated 
heat output in continuous mode, the emissions at rated heat output, expressed in mg/m3;  
(ç) for solid fuel cogeneration boilers, the emissions  at rated heat output, expressed in mg/m3.  
(2) ‘fossil fuel boiler’ means a solid fuel boiler that has fossil fuel or a blend of biomass and 
fossil fuel as preferred fuel;  
(3) ‘solid fuel boiler housing’ means the part of a solid fuel boiler designed for f itting a solid 
fuel heat generator;  
(4) ‘model identifier’ means the code, usually alphanumeric, which distin - guishes a specific 
solid fuel boiler model from other models with the same trade mark or manufacturer's name;  
(5) ‘condensing boiler’ means a sol id fuel boiler in which, under normal operating conditions 
and at given operating water temperatures, the water vapour in the combustion products is 
partially condensed, in order to make use of the latent heat of this water vapour for heating 
purposes;  
(6) ‘combination boiler’ means a solid fuel boiler that is designed to also provide heat to deliver 
hot drinking or sanitary water at given temperature levels, quantities and flow rates during given 
intervals, and is connected to an external supply of drinkin g or sanitary water;  
(7) ‘other woody biomass’ means woody biomass other than: log wood with a moisture content 
of 25 % or less, chipped wood with a moisture content of 15 % or higher, compressed wood in 
the form of pellets or briquettes, or sawdust with a  moisture content equal to or less than 50 %;  
(8) ‘moisture content’ means the mass of water in the fuel in relation to the total mass of the 
fuel as used in solid fuel boilers;  
(9) ‘other fossil fuel’ means fossil fuel other than bituminous coal, brown co al (including 
briquettes), coke, anthracite or blended fossil fuel briquettes;  
(10) ‘electrical efficiency’ or ‘n eı means the ratio of the electricity output and the total energy 
input of a solid fuel cogeneration boiler, expressed in %, whereby the total energy input is 
expressed in terms of GCV or in terms of final energy multiplied by CC;  
(11) ‘gross calorific value’ or ‘GCV means the total amount of heat released by a unit quantity 
of fuel containing the appropriate moisture content, when it is burned c ompletely with oxygen, 
and when the products of combustion are returned to ambient temperature; this quantity 
includes the condensation heat of the water vapour formed by the combustion of any hydrogen 
contained in the fuel;  
(12) ‘conversion coefficient’ t he value of the conversion coefficient is CC = 2,5;   
 (13) ‘electric power requirement at maximum heat output’ or ‘el max‘ means the electric power 
consumption of the solid fuel boiler at rated heat output, expressed in kW, excluding electricity 
consumption f rom a back -up heater and from incorporated secondary emission abatement 
equipment;  
(14) ‘electric power requirement at minimum heat output’ or ‘el min'> means the electric power 
consumption of the solid fuel boiler at applicable part load, expressed in kW, excluding 
electricity consumption from a back -up heater and from incorporated secondary emission 
abatement equipment;  
(15) ‘back -up heater’ means a Joule -effect electric resistance element that generates heat only 
to prevent the solid fuel boiler or the wa ter-based central heating system from freezing or when 
the external heat source supply is disrupted (including during maintenance periods) or out of 
order;  
(16) ‘applicable part load’ means for automatically stoked solid fuel boilers, operation at 30 % 
of rated heat output, and for manually stoked solid fuel boilers that can be operated at 50 % of 
rated heat output, operation at 50 % of rated heat output;  
(17) ‘standby mode power consumption’ or ‘PSB means the power consumption of a solid fuel 
boiler in sta ndby mode, excluding from incorporated secondary emission abatement equipment, 
expressed in kW;  
 (18) ‘standby mode’ means a condition where the solid fuel boiler is connected to the mains 
power source, depends on energy input from the mains power source t o work as intended and 
provides only the following functions, which may persist for an indefinite time: reactivation 
function, or reactivation function and only an indication of enabled reactivation function, or 
information or status display;  
(19) ‘seasona l space heating energy efficiency in active mode’ or ‘nson’ means:  
(a) for automatically stoked solid fuel boilers, a weighted average of the useful efficiency at 
rated heat output and the useful efficiency at 30 % of the rated heat output, expressed in %;  
(b) for manually stoked solid fuel boilers that can be operated at 50 % of the rated heat output 
in continuous mode, a weighted average of the useful efficiency at rated heat output and the 
useful efficiency at 50 % of the rated heat output, expressed in %; 
(c) for manually stoked solid fuel boilers that cannot be operated at 50 % or less of the rated 
heat output in continuous mode, the useful effi - ciency at rated heat output, expressed in %;  
(ç) for solid fuel cogeneration boilers, the useful efficiency at rated heat output, expressed in 
%; 
(20) ‘useful efficiency’ or ‘n’ means the ratio of the useful heat output and the total energy input 
of a solid fuel boiler, expressed in %, whereby the total energy input is expressed in terms of 
GCV or in terms of fi nal energy multiplied by CC;  
(21) ‘useful heat output’ or ‘P’ means the heat output of a solid fuel boiler transmitted to the 
heat carrier, expressed in kW;  
(22) ‘temperature control’ means the equipment that interfaces with the end -user regarding the 
values and timing of the desired indoor temperature, and communicates relevant data to an 
interface of the solid fuel boiler such as a central processing unit, thus helping to regulate the 
indoor temperature(s);   
 (23) ‘gross calorific value moisture free’ o r ‘GCVmf means the total amount of heat released 
by a unit quantity of fuel dried of inherent moisture, when it is burned completely with oxygen, 
and when the products of combustion are returned to ambient temperature; this quantity 
includes the condensati on heat of the water vapour formed by the combustion of any hydrogen 
contained in the fuel;  
(24) ‘equivalent model’ means a model placed on the market with the same technical parameters 
set out in Table 1 of point 2 of Annex II as another model placed on t he market by the same 
manufacturer.  
  
   
 ANNEX -II 
Ecodesign requirements  
 
1. Specific ecodesign requirements  
1.1-The solid fuel boilers shall comply with the following requirements:  
a) seasonal space heating energy efficiency for boilers with a rated heat output of 20 kW or less 
shall not be less than 75 %;  
b) seasonal space heating energy efficiency for boilers with a rated heat output of more than 20 
kW shall not be less than 77 %;  
c) seasonal space heating emissions of particulate matter shall not b e higher than 40 mg/m  for 
automatically stoked boilers and not be higher than 60 mg/m3 for manually stoked boilers;  
ç) seasonal space heating emissions of organic gaseous compounds shall not be higher than 20 
mg/m3 for automatically stoked boilers and not  be higher than 30 mg/m3 for manually stoked 
boilers;  
d) seasonal space heating emissions of carbon monoxide shall not be higher than 500 mg/m3 
for automatically stoked boilers and not be higher than 700 mg/m3 for manually stoked boilers;  
e) seasonal space  heating emissions of nitrogen oxides, expressed in nitrogen dioxide, shall not 
be higher than 200 mg/m3 for biomass boilers and not be higher than 350 mg/m3 for fossil fuel 
boilers;  
 
1.2- These requirements shall be met for the preferred fuel and for any  other suitable fuel for 
the solid fuel boiler.  
 
2. Ürün bilgisi için gereklilikler  
 
2.1- the following product information on solid fuel boilers shall be provided:  
a) in the instruction manuals for installers and end -users, and on the free - access websites of 
manufacturers, their authorised representatives and importers:  
(1) the information included in Table 1, with its technical parameters measured and calculated 
in accordance with Annex III and showing the number of significant figures indicated in the 
table;  
(2) any specific precautions to be taken when the solid fuel boiler is assembled, installed or 
maintained;  
(4) for solid fuel heat generators designed for soli d fuel boilers, and solid fuel boiler housings 
to be equipped with such heat generators, their characteristics, the requirements for assembly 
(to ensure compliance with the ecodesign requirements for solid fuel boilers) and, where 
appropriate, the list of combinations recommended by the manufacturer;  
b) on a part for professionals of the free -access websites of manufacturers, their authorised  
representatives and importers: information relevant to disassembly, recycling and disposal at 
end-of-life; 
c) in the technical documentation for the purposes of conformity assessment pursuant to Article 
6: 
(1) the information listed in points (a) and (b);   
 (2) a list of all equivalent models, if applicable;  
(3) where the preferred fuel or any other suitable fuel is other woody biomass, non -woody 
biomass, other fossil fuel or other blend of biomass and fossil fuel as referred to in Table 1, a 
description of the fuel sufficient for its unambiguous identification and the technical standard 
or specification of the fuel, including the measured moisture content, and the measured ash 
content, and for other fossil fuel also the measured volatile content of the fuel;  
ç) the electrical capacity, marked in a permanent manner on the solid fuel cogeneration boiler.  
 
2.2- The information referred to in point (c) may be merged with the technical documentation 
provided in accordance with measures under 01/03/2021 dated and 3 584 numbered and put into 
Regulation on a framework for Energy Labeling.  
 
 
Tabl e-1  
Information requirements for solid fuel boilers  
 
 
Model identifier(s)  
Stoking mode: [Manual: the boiler should be operated with a hot water storage tank of a volume of at least x (*) litre/ 
Automatic: it is recommended that the boiler be operated with a hot water storage tank of a volume of at least x (**) 
litre]  
Condensing boiler: [yes/no]  
Solid fuel cogeneration boiler: [yes/no]  Combination boiler: [yes/no]  
Fuel Preferred fuel (only one):  Other suitable 
fuel(s):  n S [x%]:  Seasonal space heating emissions 
(****)  
PM OGC  CO NO x 
[x] mg/m3 
Log wood, moisture content < 25 %  [yes/no]  [yes/no]       
Chipped wood, moisture content 15 -
35 %  [yes/no]  [yes/no]       
Chipped wood, moisture content > 35 
% [yes/no]  [yes/no]       
Compressed wood in the form of 
pellets or briquettes  [yes/no]  [yes/no]       
Sawdust, moisture content < 50 %  [yes/no]  [yes/no]       
Other woody biomass  [yes/no]  [yes/no]       
Non-woody biomass  [yes/no]  [yes/no]       
Bituminous coal  [yes/no]  [yes/no]       
Brown coal (including briquettes)  [yes/no]  [yes/no]        
 Coke  [yes/no]  [yes/no]       
Anthracite  [yes/no]  [yes/no]       
Blended fossil fuel briquettes  [yes/no]  [yes/no]       
Other fossil fuel  [yes/no]  [yes/no]       
Blended biomass (30 -70 %)/fossil 
fuel briquettes  [yes/no]  [yes/no]       
Other  blend of biomass and fossil fuel  [yes/no]  [yes/no]       
  
Characteristics when operating with the preferred fuel only:  
Item Symbol  Value  Unit  
Item Symbol  Value  Unit 
Useful heat output   
Useful efficiency  
At rated heat 
output  Pn (***)  x,x kW  
At rated heat output  n„ x,x % 
At [30 %/50 %] 
of rated heat 
output, if appli - 
cable  PP [x,x/N.A.]  kW  At [30 %/50 %] of rated heat 
output, if applicable  np [x,x/N.A.]  % 
For solid fuel cogeneration boilers: Electrical 
efficiency   
Auxiliary electricity consumption  
 
At rated heat output  el x,xxx  kW 
At rated heat 
output  P el,n  x,x %  
At [30 %/50 %] of rated heat 
output, if applicable  el. 
‘ mm  [x,xxx/N.A.]  kW 
 
Of incorporated secondary emission 
abatement equipment, if applicable  [x,xxx/N.A.]  kW 
 
In standby mode  PSB x,xxx  kW 
 
  
 ANNEX -III 
Measurements and calculations  
 
1. For the purposes of compliance and verification of compliance with the requirements of this 
Communique, measurements and calculations shall be made using harmonised standards the 
reference numbers of which have been published for this purpose in the Offici al Journal of the 
European Union,  or using other reliable, accurate and reproducible methods that take into 
account the generally recognised state -of-the-art methods. They shall meet the conditions and 
technical parameters set out in points 2 to 6.  
 
2. General conditions for measurements and calculations  
a) Solid fuel boilers shall be tested for the preferred fuel and any other suitable fuels indicated 
in Table 1 of Annex II, with the exception that boilers tested for chipped wood with a moisture 
content of more than 35 % meeting the applicable requirements are considered to also meet 
such requirements for chipped wood with a moisture content of 15 -35 % and are not required 
to be tested for chipped wood with a moisture content of 15 -35 %.  
b) Declar ed values for seasonal space heating energy efficiency and seasonal space heating 
emissions shall be rounded to the nearest integer.  
c) Any solid fuel heat generator designed for a solid fuel boiler, and any solid fuel boiler housing 
to be equipped with su ch a heat generator, shall be tested with an appropriate solid fuel boiler 
housing and heat generator.  
 
3. General conditions for seasonal space heating energy efficiency  
a) The useful efficiency values nn, np and the useful heat output values Pn, Pp shall  be 
measured, as appropriate. For solid fuel cogeneration boilers the electrical efficiency value neln 
is also measured.  
b) The seasonal space heating energy efficiency ns shall be calculated as the seasonal space 
heating energy efficiency in active mode n son, corrected by contributions accounting for 
temperature controls, auxiliary electricity consumption, and, for solid fuel cogeneration boilers, 
by adding the electrical efficiency multiplied by a conversion coefficient CC of 2,5.  
c) The consumption of el ectricity shall be multiplied by a conversion coefficient CC of 2,5.  
 
4. Specific conditions for seasonal space heating energy efficiency  
a) The seasonal space heating energy efficiency n s is defined as:  
 
ηs = ηson – F(1) – F(2) + F(3)  
 
Where : 
(1) ηson: is the seasonal space heating energy efficiency in active mode expressed as a 
percentage, calculated as set out in point 4(b);  
(2) F(1): accounts for a loss of seasonal space heating energy efficiency due to adjusted 
contributions of temperature controls;   
  
F(1) = %3  
 
(3) F(2): accounts for a negative contribution to the seasonal space heating energy efficiency 
by auxiliary electricity consumption, expressed as a percentage, and is calculated as set out in 
point 4(c);  
(4) F(3): accounts for a positive contr ibution to the seasonal space heating energy efficiency by 
the electrical efficiency of solid fuel cogeneration boilers, expressed as a percentage, and is 
calculated as follows:  
F(3) = 2,5 × ηel,n 
 
b) the seasonal space heating energy efficiency in active mode, nson, is calculated as follows:  
(1) for manually stoked solid fuel boilers that can be operated at 50 % of the rated heat output 
in continuous mode, and for automatically stoked solid fuel boiler s: 
 
ηson = 0,85 × ηp + 0,15 × ηn 
 
(2) for manually stoked solid fuel boilers that cannot be operated at 50 % or less of the rated 
heat output in continuous mode, and for solid fuel cogeneration boilers:  
 
ηson = ηn 
 
c) F(2) is calculated as follows:  
 
(1) for manually stoked solid fuel boilers that can be operated at 50 % of the rated heat output 
in continuous mode, and for automatically stoked solid fuel boilers:  
 
F(2) = 2,5 × (0,15 × elmax + 0,85 × elmin + 1,3 × PSB) / (0,15 × Pn + 0,85 × Pp) 
 
(2) for manually stoked solid fuel boilers that cannot be operated at 50 % or less of the rated 
heat output in continuous mode, and for solid fuel cogeneration boilers:  
 
F(2) = 2,5 × (el max + 1,3 × P SB) / Pn 
 
5. Calculation of gross calorific value  
The gross calorific value (GCV) shall be obtained from the gross calorific value moisture free 
(GCVmf) by applying the following conversion:  
 
GCV = GCV mf × (1 – M) 
 
Where :  
a) GCV and GCV mf, are expressed in megajoules per kilogram;   
b) M , is the moisture content of the fuel, expressed as a proportion.   
  
6. Seasonal space heating emissions  
a) Emissions of particulate matter, organic gaseous compounds, carbon monoxide and nitrogen 
oxides shall be expressed standardised to a dry flue gas basis at 10 % oxygen and standard 
conditions at 0 °C and 1 013 millibar.  
 
b) The seasonal space heating emis sions Es of respectively particulate matter, organic gaseous 
compounds, carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides are calculated as follows:  
 
(1) for manually stoked solid fuel boilers that can be operated at 50 % of the rated heat output 
in continuous mode, and  for automatically stoked solid fuel boilers:  
 
Es = 0,85 × Es,p + 0,15 × Es,n 
 
(2) for manually stoked solid fuel boilers that cannot be operated at 50 % or less of the rated 
heat output in continuous mode, and for solid fuel cogeneration boilers:  
 
Es = Es,n 
 
Where : 
 
(a) E s,p; are the emissions of respectively particulate matter, organic gaseous compounds, 
carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides measured at 30 % or 50 % of rated heat output, as 
applicable;  
(b)  E s,n; are the emissions of respectively particulate matter, organic gaseous compounds, 
carbon monoxide and nitrogen oxides measured at rated heat output.  
 
c) Emissions of particulate matter shall be measured by a gravimetric method excluding any 
particulate matter formed by organic gaseous compounds when flue gas is mixed with ambient 
air. 
 
ç) Emissions of nitrogen oxides shall be calculated as the sum of nitrogen monoxide and 
nitrogen dioxide, and expressed in nitrogen dioxide.  
 
  
 ANNEX -IV 
Verification Method for Market Surv eillance and Inspection  
  
1. The verification tolerances defined in this Annex relate only to the verification of the 
measured parameters by The Ministry and shall not be used by the manufacturer or importer as 
an allowed tolerance to establish the values in the technical documentation or in interpreting 
these values with a view to achieving compliance or to communicate better performance by any 
means.  
 
2. When verifying the compliance of a product model with the requirements laid down in this 
Communique pu rsuant to Regulation, for the requirements referred to in this Annex, the 
Ministry shall apply the following procedure:  
2.1. The Ministry shall verify one single unit of the model.  
2.2. The model shall be considered to comply with the applicable requiremen ts if: 
2.2.1. the values given in the technical documentation pursuant to related articles of Regulation 
(declared values), and, where applicable, the values used to calculate these values, are not more 
favourable for the manufacturer or importer than the results of the corresponding measurements 
carried out thereof; and  
2.2.2. the declared values meet any requirements laid down in this Communique, and any 
required product information published by the manufacturer or importer does not contain values 
that ar e more favourable for the man ufacturer or importer than the declared values; and  
2.2.3.  when the Ministry test the unit of the model, the determined values (the values of the 
relevant parameters as measured in testing and the values calculated from these  measurements) 
comply with the respective verification tolerances as given in Table 2. The unit shall be tested 
with one or more fuels with characteristics in the same range as the fuel(s) that were used by 
the manufacturer to perform the measurements desc ribed in Annex III.  
2.3. If the results referred to in point 2(a) or (b) are not achieved, the model and all models that 
have been listed as equivalent models in the manufacturer's or importer's technical 
documentation shall be considered not to comply with this Communique.  
2.4. If the result referred to in point 2(c) is not achieved, the Ministry shall select three additional 
units of the same model for testing. As an alternative, the three additional units selected may be 
of one or more differen t models that have been listed as equivalent models in the manufacturer's 
or importer's technical documentation.  
2.5. The model shall be considered to comply with the applicable requirements if, for these 
three units, the arithmetical mean of the determine d values complies with the respective 
verification tolerances given in Table 2.  
2.6. If the result referred to in point 5 is not achieved, the model and all models that have been 
listed as equivalent models in the manufacturer's or importer's technical documentation shall be 
considered not to comply with this Communique.  
2.7. The Ministry shall provide all relevant Information to the authorities of the other Member 
States and to the Commission by the coordination of the Ministry of Trade withou t delay after 
a decision being taken on the non -compliance of the model according to points 3 and 6.  
3. The Ministry shall use the measurement and calculation methods set out in Annex III.   
 4. The Ministry shall only apply the verification tolerances that are set out in Table 2 and shall 
only use the procedure described in points 1 to 7 for the requirements referred to in this Annex. 
No other tolerances, such as those set out in harmonised standards or in any other measurement 
method, shall be applied.  
 
 
Table-2  
Verification tolerances  
 
Parameters  Verification tolerances  
 
Seasonal space -heating energy 
efficiency, ns The determined value shall not be lower than the 
declared value 4%.  
Emissions of particulate matter  The determined value shall not exceed the declared 
value by more than 9 mg/m3 
Emissions of organic gaseous 
compounds  The determined value shall not exceed the declared 
value by more than 7 mg/m3'. 
Emissions of carbon monoxide  The determined value shall not exceed the declared 
value by  more than 30 mg/m3. 
Emissions of nitrogen oxides  The determined value shall not exceed the declared 
value by more than 30 mg/m3. 
 
 
 
   
 ANNEX -V 
Indicative benchmarks referred to in Article 8 of this Communique  
 
1. The indicative benchmarks for the best available technology on the market for solid fuel 
boilers at the time of entry into force of this Regulation are as follows. At the time of entry into 
force of this Regulation, no single solid fuel boiler was identified meeting all the values 
specifie d in points 1 and 2. Several solid fuel boilers met one or more of these values:  
 
1.1- For seasonal space heating energy efficiency: 96 % for solid fuel cogeneration boilers, 
90 % for condensing boilers and 84 % for other solid fuel boilers.  
 
1.2- For seas onal space heating emissions:  
1.2.1 - 2 mg/m3 for particulate matter for biomass boilers; 10 mg/m3 for fossil fuel boilers;  
1.2.2 - 1 mg/m3 for organic gaseous compounds;  
1.2.3 - 6 mg/m3 for carbon monoxide;  
1.2.4 - mg/m3 for nitrogen oxides for biomass boiler s; 170 mg/m3 for fossil fuel boilers.  
The benchmarks specified in points 1 and 2(a) to (d) do not necessarily imply that a combination 
of those values is achievable for a single solid fuel boiler. An example of a good combination 
is an existing model with a seasonal space heating energy efficiency of 81 % and seasonal space 
heating emissions of particulate matter of 7 mg/m3, of organic gaseous compounds of 2 mg/m3, 
of carbon monoxide of 6 mg/m3 and of nitrogen oxides of 120 mg/m3.