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COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) …/…  
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implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council 
with regard to ecodesign requirements for household tumble dryers, amending 
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1275/2008, and repealing Commission Regulation (EU) 
No 932/2012  
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EN 1  EN COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) …/…  
of XXX  
implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council 
with regard to ecodesign requirements for household tumble dryers, amending 
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1275/2008, and repealing Commission Regulation (EU) 
No 932/2012  
(Text with EEA relevance)  
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,  
Having regard to  the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,  
Having regard to 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 products1 and in particular Article 15(1) thereof,  
Whereas:  
(1) Pursuant to  Article 15 of  Directive 2009/125/EC the Commission is to set ecodesign 
requirements for energy -related products which account for significant volumes of 
sales and trade in the Union and which have a significant environmental impact and 
presenting significant potential for improvement through design in terms of their 
environmental impact, without entailing excessive costs.  
(2) The Ecodesign Working Plan 2016 -20192 drawn up  by the Commission in accor dance 
with Article 16(1) of Directive 2009/125/EC , sets out the working priorities under the 
ecodesign and energy labelling framework for the years 2016  to 2019. The working 
plan identifies the energy -related product groups as priorities for preparatory st udies 
and, if necessary,  adoption of implementing measures . Th at includes household 
tumble dryers. Further more , household tumble dryers fall into the three main groups 
earmarked for review before the end of 2025 by the ecodesign  and energy labelling  
workin g plan 2022 -20243. 
(3) Measures envisaged by  the Ecodesign Working Plan 2022 -2024 have the potential to 
deliver a n estimated  total annual final energy savings in excess of 170 TWh in 2030, 
which is equivalent to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by approximate ly 24 million 
tonnes a year in 2030. For h ousehold tumble dryers , electricity savings of 0.6 
TWh /year could potentially be achieved by 2030 , and 1 .7 TWh/year by 2040 . 
                                                 
1 OJ L 285, 31.10.2009, p. 10.  
2 Communication from the Commission Ecodesign Working Plan 2016 -2019 (COM(2016) 773 final of 
30.11.2016).  
3 Communication from the Commission Ecodesign and Energy Labelling Working Plan 2022 -2024 
2022/C 182/01 (OJ C 182, 4.5.2022, p. 1).    
EN 2  EN (4) Commission  Regulation (EU) No 932/20124 established ecodesign requirements for 
household tumble dryers . 
(5) Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 932/2012 requires the Commission to review that 
Regulation in the light of technological progress. The Commission carried out the 
review and analysed the techn ical, environmental and economic aspects of household 
tumble dryers as well as real -life user behaviour. The review was carried out in close 
cooperation with stakeholders and interested parties from the Union and third 
countries. The results of the review were made public and presented to the 
Consultation Forum established in accordance with Article 18 of Directive 
2009/125/EC.  
(6) The environmental aspects of household tumble dryers, identified as significant for the 
purposes of this Regulation are the consump tion of energy during the use phase, the 
generation of waste at the end of life , emissions to air in the production phase due to 
the extraction and processing of raw materials , and in the use phase due to the 
consumption of electricity . 
(7) In the Union,  annua l energy consumption by household tumble dryers subject to 
Regulation (EU) No 932/2012 was estimated at 10.5 TWh /year  in 2020. In a business -
as-usual scenario, that consumption  is expected  to decrease to 9 TWh /year  in 2030. 
That decrease may occur more quickly  if existing ecodesign requirements are updated  
to remove household tumble dryers with low energy efficiency performance  from the 
market .  
(8) The EU action plan for the circular economy5 and the Ecodesign and Energy Labelling 
Working Plan 2022 -2024  underline th e importance of using the ecode sign framework 
in order to support the move towards more resource efficient and circular economy. It 
is estimated that t he service life -time of household tumble dryers has decreased in 
recent years from 14 to around 12 years and the trend is likely to continue in the 
absence of incentives to properly maintain and repair household tumble dryers. 
Therefore this Regulation should lay down appropriate requirements contributing to 
circular economy objectives , in particular  making the availability of spare parts 
mandatory and improving the quality of  information on self-maintenance by the user .  
(9) The review referred to in recital (5) indicates  that a large majority of tumble dryers on 
the market feature  condensation efficienc ies above  80%. The minimum threshold for 
the condensation efficiency should be raised from 70% to 80%.  
(10) Multi -drum h ousehold tumble dryers  feature the same basic characteristics as 
household tumble dryers and should therefore be included in the scope of th is 
Regulation . 
(11) Built -in household tumble dryers are installed in cabinetry or encased by panels that, 
when tested for conformity, retain the heat produced inside the tumble dryer, leading 
to higher energy efficiencies and contributing to  compliance with ec odesign 
requirements. The definition of built -in household tumble dryers should be improved 
in order to differentiate them from other household tumble dryers that are just placed 
                                                 
4 Commission Regulation (EU) No 932/2012 of 3 October 2012 implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of 
the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for household 
tumble driers (OJ L 278, 12.10.2012, p. 1).  
5 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European 
Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions. Closing the loop — An EU action 
plan for the circular economy (COM (2015 )/614 final of 2.12.2015).   
EN 3  EN under a panel but not encased by panels, and therefore cannot be tested as bu ilt-in 
household tumble dryers.   
(12) Household tumble dryers powered by batteries which can also be connected to the 
mains through an AC/DC converter purchased separately , are likely to be  used in 
mobile settings , such as but not limited to motorhomes. They should  therefore  be 
excluded from the scope of this Regulation . 
(13) Specific thresholds for the low power modes of household tumble dryers should be 
laid down. The requirements of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1275/20086 should 
not apply to products covered by  the scope of this Regulation. Regulation (EC) No 
1275/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly.  
(14) The relevant product parameters should be measured using reliable, accurate and 
reproducible methods. Those methods should take into account recognised sta te-of-
the-art measurement methods including, where available, harmonised standards 
adopted by the European standardisation organisations listed in Annex I to Regulation 
(EU) No 1025/20127 of the European Parliament and of the Council.  
(15) In accordance with Ar ticle 8 (2) of Directive 2009/125/EC, this Regulation should 
specify the applicable conformity assessment procedures.  
(16) To facilitate compliance checks, manufacturers, importers or authorised 
representatives should provide information in the technical documen tation referred to 
in Annexes IV and V to Directive 2009/125/EC in so far as that information relates to 
the requirements laid down in this Regulation.  
(17) Where parameters in the technical documentation specified  by this Regulation are 
identical to the parame ters in the product information sheet specified  by Commission 
Delegated Regulation [OP - Please insert here references of the energy labelling 
regulation on household tumble dr yers], manufacturers, importers or authorised 
representatives should enter the c orresponding data into the product database in 
accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 of the European Parliament and of the 
Council8 and should no longer need to provide them to market surveillance authorities 
as part of the technical documentation.  
(18) In order  to protect consumers, products that in test conditions automatically alter their 
performance in terms of  the declared parameters should not be allowed on the market. 
In the same way, software updates to the product should not worsen performance in 
terms of the declared parameters unless the user  gives their express consent , and 
should in no circumstances  worsen the performance  to a level below the minimum 
levels required in this Regulation.  
                                                 
6 Commission Regulation (EC) No 1275/2008 of 17 December 2008 implementing Directive 2005/32/EC 
of the European Parliament and of the Council with re gard to ecodesign requirements for standby and 
off mode, and networked standby, electric power consumption of electrical and electronic household 
and office equipment (OJ L 339, 18.12.2008, p. 45).  
7 Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on 
European standardisation, amending Council Directives 89/686/EEC and 93/15/EEC and Directives 
94/9/EC, 94/25/EC, 95/16/EC, 97/23/EC, 98/34/EC, 2004/22/EC, 2007/23/EC, 2009/23/EC and 
2009/105/EC of the European Parli ament and of the Council and repealing Council Decision 
87/95/EEC and Decision No 1673/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 316, 
14.11.2012, p. 12).  
8 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).   
EN 4  EN (19) The verification procedure for market survei llance purposes should  provide for cases 
where tests performed on household tumble dryers do not produce results that are 
valid for comparison with  the values declared by the manufacturer .  
(20) In accordance with Part 3, point (2), of Annex I to Directive 2009 /125/EC,  indicative 
benchmarks for best available technologies should be identified to make information 
on the life -cycle environmental performance of products subject to this Regulation 
widely available and easily accessible.  
(21) The possible leakage of refri gerant contained in heat pump tumble dryers may 
contribute to global warming. The household tumble dryer should display in a visible 
place the type of refrigerant used in order to facilitate appropriate handling of the 
refrigerant when the appliance is bei ng repaired, recycled or scrapped.  
(22) This Regulation should be reviewed to assess the appropriateness and effectiveness of 
its provisions in achieving its goals. The timing of the review should be sufficient to 
allow all provisions to be implemented and produce  an effect on the market.  
(23) In order to facilitate the transition from  Regulation (EU) No 932/2012 to this 
Regulation, use of the new term ‘eco’ should be allowed from the entry into force of 
this Regulation.  Further, a t the same time, manufacturers shou ld be allowed to meet  
the requirements of this Regulation 4 months before its date of application.  
(24) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the 
Committee set up  by Article 19 of Directive 2009/125/EC .  
(25) Regulation (EU) No 932/2012 should be repealed.  
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:  
Article 1  
Subject matter and scope  
1. This Regulation lays down  ecodesign requirements for the placing on the market or 
the putting into service of electric mains -operated and gas -fired househo ld tumble 
dryers. It also applies to  tumble dryers  sold for non -household use  and built-in 
household tumble dryers, multi -drum household tumble dryers  and battery -operated 
household tumble dryers.  
2. This Regulation shall not apply to : 
(a) household washer -dryer s and household spin -extractors ; 
(b) tumble dryers within the scope of Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament 
and of the Council9; 
(c) battery -operated household tumble -dryers that can be connected to the mains through 
an AC/DC converter purchased separately . 
3. The requirements in Sections 2 and 3, and Section 6, points (1)(a) and (1)(b) of 
Annex II shall not apply to household tumble dryers with a rated capacity for the eco 
programme lower than 3 kg.  
                                                 
9 Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on machinery, 
and amending Directive 95/16/EC (OJ L 157, 9.6.2 006, p. 24).   
EN 5  EN Article 2  
Definitions  
For the purposes of this Reg ulation , the following  definitions shall apply:  
(1) ‘household tumble dr yer’ or ‘tumble dryer’ means an appliance in which textiles are 
dried  by tumbling  in a rotating drum through which heated air is passed and which is 
declared by the manufacturer in the declaration of conformity as complying with 
Directive 2014/35/EU  of the European Parliament and of the Council10 or with 
Directive 2014/53/EU  of the European Parliament and of the Council11; 
(2) ‘mains’ means the electricity s upply from the grid of 230 (±10 %) volts of alternating 
current at 50 Hz;  
(3) ‘built -in household tumble dr yer’ means a household tumble dr yer that is designed, 
tested and marketed exclusively  to comply with all the following characteristics :  
(a) to be installed in cabinetry or encased (top and/or  bottom, and sides) by panels;  
(b) to be securely fastened to the sides, top or floor of the cabinetry or panels;  
(c) to be equipped with an integral factory -finished face or to be fitted with a 
custom front panel ; 
(4) ‘household washer -dryer’ means a n appliance as d efined in Article 2 (4), point (4), of 
Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/202312; 
(5) ‘household spin -extractor’  means an appliance in which water is removed from the 
textiles by centrifugal action in a rotating drum and drained through an automatic 
pump or by gravity and which is designed to be used principally for non -professional 
purposes  and is also commercially known as ‘spin-dryer ’; 
(6) ‘multi -drum household tumble dryer ’ means a household tumble dryer  equipped with 
more than one drum, whether in separate casings  or in the same casing;  
(7) ‘equivalent model’  means a model which has the same technical characteristics 
relevant for the technical information to be provided, but which is placed on the 
market or put into service by the same manufacturer, importer or authorised 
representative as another model with a different model identifier;  
(8) ‘programme’  means a series of operations that are pre -defined and which are 
declared by the manufacturer , importer or authorised representative  as suitable for 
drying certain types of textile;  
(9) ‘model identifier’  means the code, usually alphanumeric, which distinguishes a 
specific product model from other models with the same trade mark or the same 
manufacturer’s, importe r’s or authorised representative’s name;  
                                                 
10 Directive 2014/35/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the 
harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of 
electrical equipment designed for use within certa in voltage limits (OJ L 96, 29.3.2014, p. 357).  
11 Directive 2014/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on the 
harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of radio 
equipment an d repealing Directive 1999/5/EC (OJ L 153, 22.5.2014, p. 62).  
12 Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/2023 of 1 October 2019 laying down ecodesign requirements for 
household washing machines and household washer -dryers pursuant to Directive 2009/125/EC of the 
European Parliament and of the Council, amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 1275/2008 and 
repealing Commission Regulation (EU) No 1015/2010 (OJ L 315, 5.12.2019, p. 285).   
EN 6  EN (10) ‘declared values’ means the values provided by the manufacturer, importer or 
authorised representative for the stated, calculated or measured technical parameters 
in accordance with Article 4, for the verification o f compliance by the Member State 
authorities.  
(11) ‘product database’  means a database as defined in Article 2, point (25) of  Regulation 
(EU) 2017/1369;  
(12) ‘rated capacity ’ means the maximum mass in kilograms, stated by the manufacturer , 
importer or authorised rep resentative , at 0,5 kg intervals , of dry textiles of a 
particular type, which can be treated in one drying cycle of a household tumble dryer 
on the selected programme, when loaded in accordance with the manufacturer’s 
instructions;  
(13) ‘eco programme ’ means a programme which is able to dry cotton laundry from an 
initial moisture content of the load of 60% down to a final moisture content of the 
load of 0%;  
(14) ‘initial moisture content’ means the amount of moisture contained in the load at the 
beginning of the dryi ng cycle;  
(15) ‘final moisture content’ means the amount of moisture contained in the load at the 
end of the drying cycle;  
(16) ‘drying cycle’ means a complete drying process, as defined by the required 
programme, consisting of a series of different operations including heating and 
tumbling . 
For the purpose s of Annexes  II to V , additional definitions set out in Annex I  apply.  
Article 3  
Ecodesign requirements  
1. Household tumble dr yers shall meet the ecodesign requirements set out in Annex II . 
2. Compliance with ecodes ign requirements shall be measured and calculated in 
accordance with  the methods set out in Annex III.  
Article 4  
Conformity assessment  
1. The conformity assessment procedure referred to in Article 8 of Directive 
2009/125/EC shall follow  the internal design control system 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 conformity assessment referred  to in Article 8 of Directive 
2009/125/EC, the technical documentation file shall cont ain the declared values of 
parameters listed in Sections  2, 3 and  4 of Annex II to this Re gulation  and the details 
and results of the calculations carried out in accordance with Annex III  to this 
Regulation . 
3. Where the information included in the technical documentation for a particular 
model has been obtained  by either of the following means, th e technical 
documentatio n shall include the details of the  calculation, the assessment undertaken 
by the manufacturer to verify the accuracy of the calculation and, where appropriate, 
the declaration of identity between the models of different manufacturers :  
EN 7  EN (a) from a model that has the same technical characteristics relevant for the technical 
information to be provided but is produced by a different manufacturer, or   
(b) by calculation on the basis of design or extrapolation from another model of the same 
or a different manufacturer, or both .  
4. The technical documentation shall include a list of all equivalent models , including 
the model identifiers.  
5. The technical documentation shall include the information in the order and as set out 
in Annex VI to Regulation (EU) 20 XX/XXX [OP - Please insert here references of 
the energy labelling regulation on household tumble dr yers]. For market surveillance 
purposes, manufacturers, importers or authorised representatives may, without 
prejudice to point 2(g) of Annex IV to Directive 2009/125/EC, refer to the technical 
documentation uploaded to the product database which contains the s ame 
information as laid down in Regulation (EU) 20 XX/XXX [OP - Please insert here 
references of the energy labelling r egulation on household tumble d ryers]. 
Article 5  
Verification procedure for market surveillance purposes  
Member States shall apply the ver ification procedure set out  in Annex I V to this Regulation  
when performing the market surveillance checks referred to in Article 3(2) of Directive 
2009/125/EC.  
Article 6  
Circumvention  
1. Manufacturers, importers or authorised representatives shall not place o n the market 
or put into service products designed to alter their behaviour or properties when 
being tested, to achieve  a more favourable result for any declared value of the 
parameters regulated in this Regulation. Th at includes, but is not limited to, pr oducts 
designed to detect they are being tested by recognising the test conditions or test 
cycle and to automatically alter their behaviour or properties in response , and 
products pre -set to alter their behaviour or properties at the time of testing.  
2. Manuf acturers, importers or authorised representatives shall not prescribe  specific  
test instructions which  alter the behaviour or the properties of products to achieve  a 
more favourable result for any of the  declared value of the parameters regulated in 
this Regulation . That includes, but is not limited to, prescribing a manual alteration 
of a product in preparation for the test which alters the product’s  behaviour or 
properties compared with when it is in  normal use and operated by the user.  
3. Manufacturers, im porters or authorised representatives shall not place on the market 
or put into service products designed to alter their behaviour or properties within a 
short period of being put into service in a way that  worsen s any declared value for 
the parameters reg ulated in this Regulation.  
Article 7  
Software updates  
1. Software or firmware updates shall not worsen any declared value for the parameters 
of a household tumble dryer  when measured using  the testing method applicable at 
the time of its being placed on the m arket or put into service, except with the explicit  
EN 8  EN consent of the user before  the update. No change shall occur as a result of rejecting 
the update.  
2. Software or firmware updates shall not modify any declared value of the parameters 
of a household tumble d ryer to the extent that it becomes non -compliant with the 
requirements set out in this Regulation  applicable when the household tumble dryer  
was placed  on the market or put into service.  
Article 8 
Indicative b enchmarks  
The benchmarks for best -performing household tumble dr yers available on the market at the 
time of entry into force of this Regulation are set out in Annex V.  
Article 9 
Revi ew 
The Commission shall review this Regulation in the light of technological progress and shall 
present the results of that review, including, if appropriate, a draft revision proposal, to the 
Consultation Forum by [OP – please insert date - 6 years after its entry into force ].  
The review shall in particular assess :  
(a) the improvement potential with regard to energy and env ironmental performance of 
household tumble dr yers; 
(b) developments in  consumer behaviour and the feasibility of a mandatory feedback 
mechanism on the loading of the appliance and the energy consumption of the 
selected programme;  
(c) the effectiveness of existing requirements on resource efficiency;  
(d) the appropriateness of setting additional resource efficiency requirements for 
products in accordance with the objectives of the circular economy, including the 
availability of additional spare parts ; 
(e) the appropriateness of setting ecodesign requirements on cabinet dryers;  
(f) the appropriateness of setting requiremen ts for reducing the spreading of 
microplastics.  
Article 10 
Amendment to Regulation (EU) No 1275 /2008 
In point 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1275/2008:  
(a) the entry ‘Clothes dryers’ is deleted;  
(b) the entry ‘Other appliances for cooking and other processing of food, cleaning, and 
maintenance of clothes  with the exception of household washing machines and 
household washer -dryers ’ is replaced by the fo llowing:  
‘Other appliances for cooking and other processing of food, cleaning and 
maintenance of clothes with the exception of household washing machines, 
hous ehold washer dryers and household tumble dr yers’.  
EN 9  EN Article 11 
Repeal  
Regulation (EU) No 932/2012 is repealed . 
Article 1 2 
Transitional measures  
1. Until 3 0 June 2025 , by way of derogation from  the requirement in point 1.1 of Annex 
I to Regulation (EU) No 932/2012, the indication of the standard cotton programme 
shall not need to be displayed on the progra mme selection device of household 
tumble dryers where both  the following conditions are met: 
(a) the standard cotton programme is clearly identifiable in the booklet of instructions 
referred to in point 1.2 of Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 932/2012 and in the 
technical documentation referred to in  Article  4(2) of that Regulation;  
(b) the eco programme is clearly displayed on the household tumble dryers ’s programme 
selection device  or display, in accordance with Section  1, point (b)  of Annex II . 
2. Where  no unit belonging to the same model or equivalent models was placed on the 
market before 1 March 2025 , the units of models placed on the market between 1 
March 2025 and 30 June 2025  which comply with the provisions of this Regulation 
shall be considered to be in compliance  with the requirements of Regulation (EU) No 
932/2012 . 
Article 13 
Entry into force and application  
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in 
the Official Journal of the European Union .  
It shall apply from 1 July 2025. However, Article s 6 and 7  shall apply from [OP – please 
insert the day of entry into force of this Regulation] . 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.  
Done at Brussels,  
For the Commission  
The President  
Ursula VON DER LEYEN