EN    EN  
 EUROPEAN 
COMMISSION  
Brussels, XXX   
[…](2013) XXX  draft 
  
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No …/.. 
of XXX  
amending Regulation (EC) No 640/2009 im plementing Directive  2005/32/EC of the 
European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for 
electric motors 
(Text with EEA relevance)  
Ref. Ares(2013)512103 - 27/03/2013 
EN 1   EN COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No …/.. 
of XXX  
amending Regulation (EC) No 640/2009 impl ementing Directive 2005/32/EC of the 
European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for 
electric motors 
(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 Eu ropean Parliament and of the Council of 21 
October 2009 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-
related products
1 and in particular Article 15(1) thereof, 
After consulting the Ecodes ign Consultation Forum, 
Whereas: (1) Experience gained in implemen ting Commission Regulation (EC) No 640/2009
2 has 
revealed the need to amend certain pr ovisions of Regulati on (EC) No 640/2009 to 
avoid unintended impacts on the motor market  and on the performance of the products 
covered by that Regulation. 
(2) Recent developments in the market of elect ric motors have led to chages on the limit 
values applied to altitude, maximum and mi nimum ambient air temperatures and water 
coolant temperatures applied to consider that a motor works under extreme conditions and in consequece a special de sign is needed. These developm ents need to be reflected 
on the Regulation. 
(3) The measures provided for in this Regulat ion are in accordance with the opinion of the 
Committee established by Article 19(1) of Directive 2009/125/EC, 
HAS ADOPTED THE FOLLO WING REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 640/2009 
Regulation (EC) No 640/2009 is amended as follows: 
1. Article 1 is replaced by the following 
'Article 1 
Subject matter and scope 
1. This Regulation establishes ecodesign requirements for the placing on the 
market and the putting into service of motors, including t hose integrated in 
other products. 
                                                
 
1 OJ L 285, 31.10.2009, p. 10. 
2  OJ L 191, 23.7.2009, p. 26.  
EN 2   EN 2. This Regulation shall not apply to: 
(a) motors specified to operate wholly immersed in a liquid; (b) motors completely integrated into  a product (for example gear, pump, fan 
or compressor) of which the energy performance cannot be tested independently from the product; 
(c) motors specified to operate exclusively:  
(i) at altitudes exceeding 4 000 metres above sea-level; (ii) where ambient air temperatures exceed 60 °C; (iii) in maximum operating temperature above 400 °C; 
(iv) where ambient air temperatures are less than −30 °C for any motor 
or less than 0 °C for a motor with water cooling; 
(v) where the water coolant temperatur e at the inlet to a product is less 
than 0 °C or exceeding 32 °C; 
(vi) in potentially explosive atmospheres as defined in Directive 
94/9/EC(*); 
(d) brake motors, except as regards the information require ments of Annex 1, points 2 (3) to (6) 
and (12). 
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(*) OJ L 100, 19.4.1994, p. 1.';  
2. Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 640/2009 is  amended in accordance with the Annex 
to this Regulation. 
Article 2 
Entry into force 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the tw entieth day following that of its publication in 
the Official Journal of  the European Union . 
This Regulation shall be binding in  its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States . 
Done at Brussels,  
 For the Commission 
 The President 
 José Manuel BARROSO   
EN 3   EN ANNEX 
Amendments to Annex I to Regulation (EC) 640/2009 
1. In Annex I, point 2, the following s ubparagraph is inserted after the third 
subparagraph: 
'Where the size of the rating plate makes it impossible to mark all the information 
referred to in point 1, only  the nominal efficiency ( η) at full rated load voltage (U N) 
shall be marked.'.