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 EUROPEAN 
COMMISSION  
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No …/.. 
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implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the Eu ropean Parliament and of the Council 
with regard to ecodesign requirements for prof essional storage cabinets, blast cabinets, 
condensing units and process chillers 
(Text with EEA relevance) 
  
EN 2   EN COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No …/.. 
of XXX  
implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council 
with regard to ecodesign requirements for prof essional storage cabinets, blast cabinets, 
condensing units and process chillers 
(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 th e setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-
related products
1 and in particular Article 15(1) thereof, 
After consulting the Consultation Forum referre d to in Article 18 of Directive 2009/125/EC, 
Whereas: (1) Under Directive 2009/125/EC ecodesign requirements should be set by the 
Commission for energy-related products re presenting significant vo lumes of sales and 
trade, having a significant environmental impact and presenting significant potential 
for improvement through design in terms of their environmental impact without entailing excessive costs. 
(2) The Commission has established the first Wo rking Plan in accordance with Directive 
2009/125/EC on 21 October 2008
2, covering the years 2009 to 2011, and which 
identifies refrigerating and freezing e quipment, including professional storage 
cabinets, blast cabinets, condensing units a nd process chillers, as  a priority for the 
adoption of implementing measures.  
(3) The Commission has carried out  a preparatory study on the technical, environmental 
and economic aspects of refrigerating and freezing equipment typically used in the 
Union, including professional storage cabinet s, blast cabinets, condensing units and 
process chillers. The study was devised toge ther with stakeholde rs and interested 
parties from the Union and third countries, and the results have been made publicly 
available. 
(4) The fifth product of the refrig erating and freezing equipment lot, walk-in cold rooms, 
has been kept separate because of its un ique characteristics within the group, and 
walk- in cold rooms should not curren tly be addressed by this Regulation.  
(5) As regards professional storage cabinets,  it is not necessary to set ecodesign 
requirements for direct greenhouse gas emissions  related to the use of refrigerants, as 
the increasing use of low-global warming potential (GWP) refrigerants in the 
household and commercial refrigerator market  sets a precedent that the professional 
storage cabinets sector could follow.  
                                                 
1 OJ L 285, 31.10.2009, p. 10. 
2 (COM 2008 660)  
EN 3   EN (6) As regards process chillers, it is appropria te to set ecodesign requirements for direct 
greenhouse gas emissions related to the use of refrigerants, as this will further direct 
the market towards low-global warming potenti al (GWP) refrigerants, which are at the 
same time often more energy efficient.  
(7) As regards condensing units, non-proprieta ry technologies exis t which lead to a 
reduction in the direct greenhouse gas emissi ons related to the use of refrigerants, 
through the use of refrigerants with redu ced harmful impact on the environment. 
However, the cost-effectiveness and impact on energy efficiency of these technologies 
when applied to condensing units is still not fully established, as their diffusion is either negligible or represents only a sma ll share of the market for condensing units 
today.  
(8) As refrigerants are addressed under Regul ation (EC) No 842/2006 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council of 17 Ma y 2006 on certain fluorinated greenhouse 
gases, and as a review of this Regula tion has been proposed by the Commission on 7 
November 2012, no specific restrictions on the us e of refrigerants shoul d be set in this 
Regulation. However, a bonus should be pr oposed under the ecodesign requirements 
for condensing units and process chillers to steer the market to the development of 
technologies based on the use of refrigeran ts with reduced harmful impact on the 
environment, as a bonus would lead to lo wer minimum energy efficiency requirements 
for condensing units and process chillers  intended to be used with low GWP 
refrigerants.  
(9) The environmental aspect of professional st orage cabinets, blast cabinets, condensing 
units and process chillers that has been identif ied as significant for the purposes of this 
Regulation is energy consumption in the use phase. 
(10) The preparatory study has shown that requi rements regarding the other ecodesign 
parameters referred to in Part 1 of Annex I to Directive 2009/125/EC are not necessary 
in the case of professional storage cabinet s, blast cabinets, condensing units and 
process chillers. 
(11) Annual electricity consumption related to  condensing units, process chillers and 
professional storage cabinets was estimated to have been  116,5 TWh (terawatt hour) in 
the Union in 2012, corresponding to 47 Mt CO
2 emissions. Unless specific measures 
are taken, annual energy consumption is expected to be 134,5 TWh in 2020 and 154,5 TWh in 2030, corresponding to 54,5 and 62,5 Mt CO
2 respectively. The combined 
effect of this Regulation, and of the Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing 
Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parlia ment and of the Council with regard to 
energy labelling of storage cabinets3, is expected to result in  annual electricity savings 
of 6,3 TWh by 2020 and 15,6 TWh by 2030, if comp ared to what would happen if no 
measures were taken.  
(12) The preparatory study show s that the use-phase en ergy consumption can be 
significantly reduced by applying cost-eff ective non-proprietary technologies which 
lead to a reduction in the combined cost s of purchasing and operating these products. 
(13) Ecodesign requirements should harmonise energy consumption requirements for 
professional storage cabinets, blast cabinet s, condensing units and process chillers 
throughout the Union, thus helping to make th e Internal Market ope rate better and to 
improve the environmental performance of those products. 
                                                 
3  Number of the Regulation and OJ reference to be inserted before publication in the OJ  
EN 4   EN (14) The ecodesign requirements should not affect the functionality or affordability of 
professional storage cabinets, blast cabinet s, condensing units and process chillers 
from the end-user's perspective and should not  negatively affect h ealth, safety or the 
environment. 
(15) The ecodesign requirements should be introduc ed gradually to give manufacturers a 
sufficient timeframe to redesi gn their products s ubject to this Regulation. The timing 
should be such that cost impact for manufact urers is taken into account, while ensuring 
timely achievement of the obj ectives of this Regulation. 
(16) Product parameters should be measured a nd calculated using reliable, accurate and 
reproducible methods which take into account  recognised state-of-the-art measurement 
and calculation methods, including, where avai lable, harmonised standards adopted by 
the European standardisation bodies under a request from the Commission, in accordance with the procedures laid down in  Directive 98/34/EC of the European 
Parliament and of the Council of 22 June  1998 laying down a procedure for the 
provision of information in th e field of technical standards and regulations and of rules 
on Information Society services
4. 
(17) In accordance with Article 8(2) of Direct ive 2009/125/EC, this Regulation specifies 
which conformity assessment procedures apply. 
(18) To facilitate compliance checks, manufactur ers should provide information in the 
technical documentation referred to in A nnexes IV and V to Directive 2009/125/EC 
insofar as that information relates to the requirements laid down in this Regulation. 
(19) To further limit the environmental impact of professional stor age cabinets, blast 
cabinets, condensing units and process chillers, manufactur ers should provide 
information on disassembly, recycling or disposal. 
(20) In addition to the legally bindi ng requirements laid down in  this Regulation, indicative 
benchmarks for best available technologies  should be identified to ensure that 
information on the life-cycle environmenta l performance of professional storage 
cabinets, blast cabinets, condensing units and process chillers is widely available and 
easily accessible. 
(21) The measures provided for in this Regulati on are in accordance with the opinion of the 
Committee established by Article 19(1) of Directive 2009/125/EC, 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Subject matter and scope 
1. This Regulation establishes ecodesign requirements for the placing on the market of 
professional storage cabinets and blast cabinets.  
This Regulation shall apply to electric mains-operated blast cabinets, and electric mains-
operated professional storage cabinets including thos e sold for the refrigeration of items other 
than foodstuffs. 
However, it shall not apply to the following products: 
(a) professional storage cabinets that ar e primarily powered by energy sources 
other than electricity; 
                                                 
4 OJ L 204, 21.7.1998, p. 37  
EN 5   EN (b) professional storage cabinets operati ng with a remote condensing unit; 
(c) open cabinets, where their openess is a fundamental requirement for their 
primary functionality; 
(d) cabinets specifically designed for carryi ng out food processing, where the mere 
presence of one compartment, with a ne t volume equivalent to less than 20% of 
the cabinet total net volume and specifi cally designed for carrying out food 
processing is not sufficient for exemption; 
(e) cabinets specifically designed only for th e purpose of thawing frozen foodstuff 
in a controlled manner, where the mere presence of one compartment specifically designed for thawing frozen foods in a controlled manner is not 
sufficient for exemption; 
(f) serve-over counters and othe r similar forms of cabine t primarily intended for 
display and sale of foodstuffs in a ddition to refrigeration and storage; 
(g) cabinets specifically designed for the st orage of medicine s and scientific 
samples; 
(h) cabinets that do not use a vapour compression refrigeration cycle; 
(i) blast cabinets and blast rooms,with a capaci ty superior to 300 kg of foodstuff; 
(j) continuous-process blast equipment; 
(k) custom-made professional storage cabine ts and blast cabinets, made on a one-
off basis and not equivalent functionally  or materially to other professional 
storage cabinets or blast cabinets; 
2. This Regulation also esta blishes ecodesign requireme nts for the placing on the 
market of condensing units operating  at low and medium temperature. 
However, it shall not apply to the following products: 
(a) condensing units including an evaporator, which may be an integral evaporator, 
such as in “monoblock units”, or a remote  evaporator, such as in “split units”; 
(b) compressor packs or racks, which do not include a condenser; 
(c) condensing units of which the condenser-si de does not use air for heat transfer 
medium. 
3. This Regulation also esta blishes ecodesign requireme nts for the placing on the 
market of process chillers intended to operate at low and medium temperature.  
However, it shall not apply to the following products:  
(a) process chillers intended to operate at high temperature 
(b) process chillers exclusively using evaporative condensing; 
(c) process chillers assembled on site; 
(d) 
process chillers usi ng absorption technology. 
Article 2 
Definitions 
1. The following definitions shall apply:  
EN 6   EN (a)  ‘professional storage cabinet’ means an insulated refrigerating appliance 
integrating one or more compartments  accessible via one or more doors or 
drawers, capable of continuously maintaining the temperature of foodstuffs within prescribed limits at chilled or  frozen operating temperature, using a 
vapour compression cycle, and intended for the storage of foodstuff in non-
household environments but not for the display to or access by customers; 
(b) ‘blast cabinet’ means an insulated refrigerating appliance primarily intended to 
rapidly cool hot foodstuff down to be low 10°C in the case of chilling and 
below -18°C in the case of freezing; 
(c) ‘foodstuffs’ means food, ingredients, be verages, including wine, and other 
items primarily intended for consump tion which require refrigeration at 
specified temperatures;  
(d) ‘built-in cabinet’ means a fixed refrigerat ing appliance intended to be installed 
in a cabinet, in a prepared recess in a wall or similar location, and requiring 
furniture finishing; 
(e) ‘roll-in cabinet’ means a cabinet including one unique compartment that allows 
wheeled racks of product to be wheeled in;  
(f) ‘pass-through cabinet’ means a cabinet accessible from both sides; 
(g) ‘static air cabinet’ means a storage cab inet without internal forced-air 
circulation, specifically designed to store temperature sensitive foodstuffs or to 
avoid a drying effect on foodstuffs stored  without a sealed enclosure, where a 
single static air compartment within the cabinet is not sufficient to designate 
the cabinet as a st atic air cabinet;  
(h) ‘heavy-duty cabinet’ means a profe ssional storage cabinet capable of 
continuously maintaining chilled or frozen operating temperature in ambient conditions corresponding to climate class 5, as detailed in Table 2 of Annex 
IV; 
(i) ‘open cabinet’ means a storage cabinet whose refrigerated enclosure can be 
reached from the outside without opening a door or a drawer; 
(j) ‘saladette’ means a cabinet with one or more doors or  drawer fronts in the 
vertical plane that has cut-outs in the top surface into which temporary storage 
bins can be inserted for easy-access storage of foodstuffs such as pizza 
toppings or salad items; 
 (k) ‘condensing unit’ means a product integrati ng at least one elec trically driven 
compressor and one condenser, capable of cooling down and continuously maintaining low or medium temperature inside a refrigerated appliance or system, using a vapour compression cycle once connected to an evaporator and 
an expansion device; 
(l)  ‘low temperature’ means that the conde nsing unit is capable  of delivering its 
rated cooling capacity at a saturated evaporating temperature of -35°C; 
(m) ‘medium temperature’ means that the c ondensing unit is capable of delivering 
its rated cooling capacity at a saturate d evaporating temperature of -10°C;   
EN 7   EN (n) ‘rated cooling capacity’ means the coo ling capacity which the condensing unit 
allows the vapour compression cycle to reach, once connected to an evaporator and an expansion device, when operating at  full load, and measured at standard 
rating conditions with the reference ambi ent temperature set at 32°C, expressed 
in kW; 
 (o) ‘process chiller’ means a pr oduct integrating at leas t one compressor and one 
evaporator, capable of cooling dow n and continuously maintaining the 
temperature of a liquid in order to provi de cooling to a refrigerated appliance 
or system; it may or may not integrat e the condenser, the coolant circuit 
hardware and other ancillary equipment;  
(p)  ‘low temperature’ means that the pro cess chiller is capable of delivering its 
rated cooling capacity at an indoor heat exchanger outlet temperature of -25°C, 
at standard rating conditions;  
(q) ‘medium temperature’ means that the pro cess chiller is capable of delivering its 
rated cooling capacity at an indoor heat  exchanger outlet temperature of -8°C, 
at standard rating conditions; 
(r) ‘high temperature’ means that the proce ss chiller is capable of delivering its 
rated cooling capacity at an  indoor heat exchanger outle t temperature of 7°C, at 
standard rating conditions; 
(s) ‘rated cooling capacity’ means the cooling capacity which the process chiller is 
capable to reach, when operating at full load, and measured at standard rating 
conditions with the reference ambient temperature at 35°C for air-cooled 
chillers and 30°C water inlet temperat ure at the condenser for water-cooled 
chillers, expressed in kW. 
Article 3 
Ecodesign requirements and timetable 
1. The ecodesign requirements for professional st orage cabinets and blast cabinets are 
set out in Annex II. 
2. The ecodesign requirements for condensi ng units are set out in Annex V. 
3. The ecodesign requirements for process ch illers are set out in Annex VII. 
4. Ecodesign requirements shall apply in acco rdance with the following timetable: 
(a) From 1 July 2015: 
(1) condensing units shall comply with the requirements set out in points 
1(a) and 2 of Annex V; 
(2) process chillers shall comply with th e requirements set out in points 1(a) 
and 2 of Annex VII; 
(b) From 1 January 2016: 
(1) professional storage cabinets shall co mply with the requirements set out 
in points 1(a)(i) and 2(a) of Annex II; 
(2) heavy-duty cabinets shall comply with  the requirements set out in point 
1(b) of Annex II;  
EN 8   EN (c) From 1 July 2016: 
(1) Blast cabinets shall comply with requi rements set out in point 2(b) of 
Annex II;  
(d) From 1 July 2017: 
(1) professional storage cabinets shall co mply with requirements set out in 
point 1(a)(ii) of Annex II; 
(e) From 1 July 2018: 
(1) condensing units shall comply with th e requirements set out in point 1(b) 
of Annex V; 
(2) process chillers shall comply with th e requirements set out in point 1(b) 
of Annex VII; 
(f) From 1 July 2019: 
(1) professional storage cabinets shall co mply with requirements set out in 
point 1(a)(iii) of Annex II; 
5. The following professional storage cabinet s are exempted from the requirements set 
out in Annex II, with th e exception of points 2(a) (ii) and 2(a) (iii):  
(a) Built-in cabinets 
(b) Roll-in and pass-through cabinets  
(c) Static air cabinets.  
6. Compliance with ecodesign requirements fo r professional storag e cabinets and blast 
cabinets shall be measured and calculated in accordance with the methods set out in Annexes III and IV. 
7. Compliance with ecodesign requirements for condensing units shall be measured and 
calculated in accordance with the methods set out in Annex VI. 
8. Compliance with ecodesign requirements for pr ocess chillers shall be measured and 
calculated in accordance with the methods set out in Annex VIII. 
Article 4 
Conformity assessment 
1. The conformity assessment procedure referred to in Article 8(2) of Directive 
2009/125/EC shall be the internal design contro l set out in Annex II I to that Directive 
or the management system set out in Annex V to that Directive. 
2. For the purposes of conformity assessmen t pursuant to Article 8 of Directive 
2009/125/EC, the technical documentation sha ll contain the information set out in 
point 2 of Annex II, point 2(b) of Annex V and point 2(b) of Annex VII to this 
Regulation. 
Article 5 
Verification procedure for market surveillance purposes 
The authorities of the Member States shall ap ply the verification pro cedure set out in Annex 
IX, Annex X and Annex XI when performing the market surveillance checks referred to in  
EN 9   EN Article 3(2) of Directive 2009/125/EC to ensure compliance with the requ irements set out in 
Annex II, Annex V and Annex VII to this Regulation.  
Article 6 
Indicative benchmarks 
The indicative benchmarks for best-perform ing professional storag e cabinets, condensing 
units and process chillers available on the market at the time of entry into force of this Regulation are set out in Annex XII. 
Article 7 
Review 
The Commission shall review th is Regulation in the light of  technological progress and 
present the result of that review to the Consu ltation Forum no later than five years from the 
date of entry into force of this Regulation: 
1. concerning professional storage cabinets, the review shall include an assessment of 
the appropriateness of intr oducing requirements on the cabin ets listed in Article 1 (1) 
and in Article 3 (5).   
2. concerning blast cabinets, the review shall include an as sessment of the 
appropriateness of introducing ecodesign requirements for these products.    
3. concerning walk-in cold rooms, the review shall include an assessment of the 
appropriateness of introducing ecodesi gn requirements for these products.  
4. concerning condensing units and process chillers, the review shall include: 
(a) the appropriateness of setting ecode sign requirements covering direct 
greenhouse gas emissions re lated to refrigerants; 
(b) the appropriateness of setting ecodesi gn requirements for condensing units 
with a rated cooling capacity  lower than 0.1 kW at low temperature and 0.2 kW 
at medium temperature and condensing units with a rated cooling capacity 
higher than 20 kW at low temperature and 50 kW at medium temperature; 
(c) the appropriateness of setting ecodesign re quirements for condensing units sold 
with an evaporator, compressor pack s and racks which do not include a 
condenser, and condensing units which do not  use air as heat transfer medium 
for the condenser; 
(d) the appropriateness of setting ecodesign requirements for process chillers using 
evaporative condensing and process ch illers using absorption technology. 
Article 8 
Entry into force 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth 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.  
EN 10   EN Done at Brussels,  
 For the Commission 
 The President       
EN 11   EN ANNEX I 
Definitions applicable for Annexes II to XI 
For the purposes of Annexes II to V th e following definitions shall apply: 
Definitions related to prof essional storage cabinets: 
(1)  ‘net volume’ means the volume containing foodstuffs within the load limit, 
minus the volume of shelves and any internal fittings; 
(2) ‘gross storage volume’ means the volume w ithin the inside walls of the cabinet 
or compartment, excluding internal fittings, doors or lids, if any, with these being closed; 
(3) ‘chilled operating temperature’ means that  the temperature of foodstuff stored 
in the cabinet is continuously maintain ed at a temperature comprised between -
1°C and 5°C; 
(4) ‘frozen operating temperature’ means that  the temperature of foodstuff stored 
in the cabinet is continuously maintained at a temperature lower than -15°C; 
(5) ‘multi-use’ means that a professional storage cabinet or separate compartment 
of the same cabinet may be set at differe nt temperatures for chilled or frozen 
foodstuffs; 
(6) ‘combined cabinet’ means a storage prof essional cabinet including two or more 
compartments with different temperature( s) for the refrigeration and storage of 
foodstuffs; 
(7) ‘refrigerator-freezer’ means a type of co mbined cabinet including at least one 
compartment exclusively intended for ch illed operating temperature and one 
compartment exclusively intended fo r frozen operating temperature;  
(8) ‘vertical cabinet’ means a cabinet that has overall height eq ual or higher than 
1050 mm with one or more vertical doors or drawers accessing the same 
compartment; 
(9) ‘counter cabinet’ means a cab inet that has overall he ight lower than 1050 mm 
with one or more vertical doors or drawers accessing the same compartment; 
(10) ‘light-duty cabinet’ means a professional storage cabinet only capable of 
continuously maintaining chiller or fro zen operating temperature in ambient 
conditions corresponding to climate class 3, as detailed in Table 2 of Annex 
IV; if the cabinet is able to mainta in temperature in ambient conditions 
corresponding to climate class 4 as detail ed in Table 2 of Annex IV, it shall not 
be considered a light-duty cabinet; 
(11) 'open cabinet' means a cabinet for which some or all of the stored contents are 
accessible without opening a door or drawer; 
(12) ‘equivalent refrigerating appliance’ means a refrigerating appliance model 
placed on the market with the same net and gross storage volumes, same 
technical, efficiency and performance ch aracteristics, and same compartment 
types as another refrigerating applia nce model placed on the market under a 
different commercial code number by the same manufacturer; 
 
Definitions related to condensing units:  
EN 12   EN (13) ‘rated cooling capacity’ ( PA) means the cooling capacity which the condensing 
unit allows the vapour compression cycl e to reach, once connected to an 
evaporator and an expansion device, when  operating at full load, and measured 
at standard rating conditions with the reference ambient temperature set at 
32°C, expressed in kW at two decimal places; 
(14) ‘rated power input’ ( DA) means the electri cal power input which is needed by 
the condensing unit (including the comp ressor, the condenser fan(s) and 
possibile auxiliaries) to reach the rated cooling capaci ty, expressed in kW at 
two decimal places; 
(15) ‘rated coefficient of performance’ ( COP A) means the rated cooling capacity, 
expressed in kW, divided by the rated pow er input, expressed in kW, expressed 
at two decimal places; 
(16) ‘seasonal energy performance ratio’ ( SEPR ) is the efficiency ratio of a 
condensing unit for providing cooling at standard rating conditions, representative of the vari ations in load and ambien t temperature throughout the 
year, and calculated as the ratio betw een the annual cooling demand and the 
annual electricity consumption, e xpressed at two decimal places; 
(17) ‘annual cooling demand’ means the sum of each bin-specif ic cooling demand 
multiplied by the corresponding number of bin hours; 
(18) ‘bin-specific cooling demand’ means th e cooling demand for every bin in the 
year, calculated as the rated cooling capacity multiplied by the part load ratio, expressed in kW at two decimal places; 
(19) ‘part load’ ( PR(T
j)) means the refrigeration load at a specific ambient 
temperature, calculated as the full load  multiplied by the part load ratio; 
(20) ‘part load ratio’ (P L(T ref)) means the ambient temperature minus 5 ºC divided 
by the reference ambient temperature minus 5  ºC, multiplied by 0.4 and added 
to 0.6 for medium, and multiplied by 0.2 and added to 0.8 for low temperature. 
For ambient temperatures higher than the reference ambient temperature, the part load ratio shall be 1. For ambient temperatures lower than 5°C, the part load ratio shall be 0.6 for medium te mperature and 0.8 for low temperature; 
(21) ‘annual electricity consumption’ is calcul ated as the sum of the ratios between 
each bin-specific cooling demand and the corresponding bin-specific coefficient of performance, multipli ed by the corresponding number of bin 
hours; 
(22) ‘ambient temperature’ means the dry bulb air temperature, expressed in 
degrees Celsius; 
(23) ‘bin’ ( bin
j) means a combination of an ambient temperature T j and bin hours h j, 
as set out in Table 6 of Annex VI; 
(24) ‘bin hours’ ( hj) means the hours per year at which an ambient temperature 
occurs for each bin, as set out in Table 6 of Annex VI; 
(25) ‘reference ambient temperature’ means th e ambient temperature, expressed in 
degrees Celsius, at which the part load ratio is equal to 1. It is set at 32°C; 
(26) ‘bin-specific coefficient of performance’ ( COP j) means the coefficient of 
performance for every bin in the year, de rived from the part load, the declared 
cooling demand and declared coefficient of performance for specified bins and  
EN 13   EN calculated for other bins by linear interpolation, corrected where necessary by 
the degradation coefficient; 
(27) ‘declared cooling demand’ means the c ooling demand at a limited number of 
specified bins, and calculated as the rated cooling capacity multiplied by the corresponding part load ratio; 
(28) ‘declared coefficient of performance’ m eans the coefficient of performance at a 
limited number of specified bins, and calculated as the declared cooling 
capacity divided by the declared power input; 
(29) ‘declared cooling capacity’ means the c ooling capacity which the unit delivers 
to meet the specific cooling demand at  a limited number of specified bins, 
expressed in kW at two decimal places; 
(30) ‘declared power input’ means the elec trical power input needed by the 
condensing unit to meet the declared coo ling capacity, expressed in kW at two 
decimal places; 
(31) ‘degradation coefficient’ ( Cd) means the measure of efficiency loss due to 
cycling of condensing units at part load. It is set at 0,25; 
(32) ‘capacity control’ means th e ability of a condensing uni t to change its capacity 
by changing the volumetric flow rate of the refrigerant fluid needed to operate 
the refrigeration cycle, to be indicated as ‘fixed’ if the volumetric flow rate can 
only be changed by on/off cycling or ‘varia ble’ if the volumetric flow rate is 
changed or varied in series  of two or more steps; 
Definitions related to process chillers: 
(33) ‘rated cooling capacity’ ( P
A) means the cooling capacity which the process 
chiller is capable to reach, when ope rating at full load, and measured at 
standard rating conditions with the reference ambien t temperature at 35°C for 
air-cooled chillers and 30°C water inlet temperature at the condenser for water-
cooled chillers, expressed in kW at two decimal places; 
(34) ‘rated power input’ ( DA) means the electri cal power input which is needed by 
the process chiller (including the pow er demand for pumps and fans to 
overcome the pressure drop in the evapor ator and in the condenser for heat 
transfer fluids, such as brine, water or  air) to reach the rated cooling capacity, 
expressed in kW at two decimal places; 
(35) ‘rated energy efficiency ratio’ ( EER A) means the rated cooling capacity, 
expressed in kW, divided by the rated pow er input, expressed in kW, expressed 
at two decimal places; 
(36) ‘seasonal energy performance ratio’ ( SEPR ) is the efficiency ratio of a process 
chiller for providing cooling at standard rating conditions, representative of the 
variations in load and ambient temper ature throughout the year, and calculated 
as the ratio between the annual cooling demand and the annual electricity consumption, expressed in two decimal places; 
(37) ‘annual cooling demand’ means the sum of each bin-specif ic cooling demand 
multiplied by the corresponding number of bin hours; 
(38) ‘bin-specific cooling demand’ means th e rated cooling capacity multiplied by 
the part load ratio, for every bin in th e year, expressed in kW at two decimal 
places;  
EN 14   EN (39) ‘part load’ ( PR(T j)) means the cooling load at a specific ambient temperature, 
calculated as the full load multiplied by the part load ratio; 
(40) ‘part load ratio’ (P L(T ref)) means : 
(a) for process chillers using air-cooled  condensing, the ambient temperature 
minus 5 ºC divided by the reference ambient temperature minus 5  ºC. For 
ambient temperatures higher than the reference ambient temprature, the part load ratio shall be 1. For ambien t temperatures lower than 5°C, the 
part load ratio shall be 0.8.  
(b) for process chillers using wate r-cooled condensing, the ambient 
temperature minus 9°C divided by th e reference ambient temperature 
minus 9°C. For ambient temperatures higher than the reference ambient temprature, the part load ratio shall be 1. For ambient temperatures lower than 5°C (9°C water inle t temperature at the conde nser), the part load 
ratio shall be 0.8; 
(41) ‘annual electricity consumption’ is calcul ated as the sum of the ratios between 
each bin-specific cooling demand and th e corresponding bin-specific energy 
efficiency ratio, multiplied by the co rresponding number of bin hours; 
(42) ‘ambient temperature’ means: 
(a) for process chillers using air-c ooled condenser, the air dry bulb 
temperature, expressed in degrees Celsius 
(b) for process chillers using water-coo led condenser, the inlet temperature 
of water at the condenser, e xpressed in degrees Celsisus; 
(43) ‘bin’ ( bin
j) means a combination of an ambient temperature T j and bin hours h j, 
as set out in Annex VIII; 
(44) ‘bin hours’ ( hj) means the hours per year at which an ambient temperature 
occurs for each bin, as set out in Annex VIII; 
(45) ‘reference ambient temperature’ means th e ambient temperature, expressed in 
degrees Celsius, at which the part load ratio is equal to 1. It shall be set at 35°C. For air-cooled process chillers the air inlet temp erature to the condenser 
is then defined as 35°C while for water-cooled process chillers the water inlet temperature to the condenser is defined as 30°C; 
(46) ‘bin-specific energy efficiency ratio’ ( EER
j) means the energy efficiency ratio 
for every bin in the year, derived from  the part load, the declared cooling 
demand and declared energy efficiency ra tio for specified bins and calculated 
for other bins by linear interpolati on, corrected where necessary by the 
degradation coefficient; 
(47) ‘declared cooling demand’ means the c ooling demand at a limited number of 
specified bins, and calculated as the rated cooling capacity multiplied by the corresponding part load ratio; 
(48) ‘declared energy efficiency ratio’ means the energy efficiency ratio at a limited 
number of specified bins; 
(49) ‘declared power input’ means the electri cal power input needed by the process 
chiller to meet the decl ared cooling capacity;  
EN 15   EN (50) ‘declared cooling capacity’means the cool ing capacity delivered by the chiller 
to meet the declared cooling demand; 
(51) ‘degradation coefficient’ ( Cc) means the measure of efficiency loss due to 
cycling of process chill ers at part load; if Cc is not determined by 
measurement, then the default degradation coefficient is Cc = 0,9; 
(52) ‘capacity control’ means the ability of a process chiller to change its capacity 
by changing the volumetric flow rate of the refrigerant fluid needed to operate 
the refrigeration cycle, to be indicated as ‘fixed’ if the volumetric flow rate can 
only be changed by on/off cycling or ‘varia ble’ if the volumetric flow rate is 
changed or varied in series  of two or more steps; 
Common definitions: 
(53) 'global warming potential' (GWP) means th e measure of how mu ch 1 kg of the 
refrigerant applied in the vapour compre ssion cycle is estimated to contribute 
to global warming, expressed in kg CO 2 equivalents over a 100-year time 
horizon; 
(54) GWP values considered will be those set out in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 
842/20065; 
(55) for fluorinated refrigerants, the GWP va lues shall be those published in the 
Fourth Assessment Report (TAR), adopt ed by the Intergovernmental Panel on 
Climate Change6 (2007 IPCC GWP values for a 100-year period); 
(56) for non-fluorinated gases, the GWP values  are those published in the first IPCC 
assessment over a 100-year period; 
(57) GWP values for mixtures of refrigerants shall be based on the formula stated in 
Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 842/2006; 
(58) for refrigerants not included in the a bove references, the Report of the 2010 
Assessment of the Montreal Protoc ol Scientific Assessment Panel7 (SAP) and 
the IPCC UNEP 2010 report on Refrig eration, Air Conditioning and Heat 
Pumps, dated February 20118, or newer, shall be used as references. 
                                                 
5  OJ L 161, 14.6.2006, p. 1. 
6 IPCC Fourth Assessment Climate Change 2007, Re port of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate 
Change: http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/publications_and_data_reports.shtml  
7 http://ozone.unep.org/Assessment_Panels/SA P/Scientific_Assessment_2010/index.shtml  
8 http://ozone.unep.org/teap/Reports/RTOC/   
EN 16   EN ANNEX II 
Ecodesign requirements for professional storage cabinets and blast cabinets 
1. Requirements for energy efficiency 
(a) Professional storage cabinets within the scope of this Regulation, with the exception 
of heavy-duty cabinets and refrigerator- freezers, shall comply with the following 
Energy Efficiency Index (EEI) limits: 
(i) From 1 January 2016: EEI < 115 (ii) From 1 July 2017: EEI < 100 (iii) From 1 July 2019: EEI < 90 
The Energy Efficiency Index (EEI) of a professi onal storage cabinet shall be calculated in 
accordance with the procedure described in Annex III.  
(b) From 1 January 2016, heavy-duty cabinets sh all have an Energy Efficiency Index 
(EEI) lower than 115.  
2. R
EQUIREMENTS FOR PRODUCT INFORMATION  
(a) From 1 July 2015 the following product info rmation on professional storage cabinets 
shall be provided, in the instruction booklet for installers and e nd-users, and in the 
free access websites of manufacturers, their authorised representatives and importers: 
(i) the category of the appliance, namely  whether it is vertical or counter; 
(ii) where applicable, whether the cabinet  is heavy-duty, light -duty, static air, 
built-in, roll-in, pass through or refrigerator-freezer; 
(iii) the intended operating temperature(s)  of the cabinet: chilled, frozen or 
multi-use; 
(iv) the net storage volume of each co mpartment, expressed in litres and 
rounded to one decimal place; (v) the annual energy consumption of the cabinet, expresse d in kWh per year; 
(vi) the Energy Efficiency Index of  the cabinet;(vii) for light-duty 
cabinets, it shall be indicated that th e cabinet is not intended for use in 
ambient temperatures higher than 25°C  and therefore is not suitable for 
use in typical prof essional kitchens; 
(vii) for light-duty cabinets, it shall be indicated that the cabinet is not 
intended for use in ambient temperatures higher than 25°C and therefore is not suitable for use in hot professional kitchens; 
(viii) for heavy-duty cabin ets, it shall be indicated that ‘This appliance is 
capable of maintaining test c onditions at climate class 5’; 
(ix) any specific precautions which shall be taken when the cabinet is 
installed, used and maintained in or der to optimise its energy efficiency; 
(x) the type, name and Global Warming Potential (GWP) of the refrigerant 
fluid contained in the cabinet; 
(xi) the refrigerant charge, expre ssed in kg and rounded to two decimal 
places; 
(xii) information relevant for disassembly, recycling or disposal  at end-of-life.  
EN 17   EN Table 1 - Information requirements fo r professional storage cabinets 
Model(s): [information identifying the model( s) to which the information relates] 
Intended use storage 
Operating temperature(s) chilled / frozen / multi-use 
Category vertical/ counter 
(where applicable) 
Heavy-duty/ light-duty/static air/built-in/ roll-in/pass-through 
Refrigerant fluid(s):[information identify the refrigerant fluid(s), including GWP] 
Item Symbol Value Unit 
Annual Energy Consumption AEC x,xx kWh 
Energy Efficiency Index EEI x,xx  
Net storage volume VN x,x litre 
(where applicable)    
Chilled storage volume VNRef x,x litre 
Frozen storage volume  VNFrz x,x litre 
Refrigerant charge  x,xx kg 
Contact details Name and address of the manufacturer or its authorised 
representative. 
(b) From 1 July 2016 the following indicative pr oduct information on blast cabinets shall 
be provided in the instruction booklet for in stallers and end-user s, and in the free 
access websites of manufacturers, their au thorised representatives and importers: 
(i) Full load capacity of the cabinet expressed in kg of foodstuff, and 
rounded to two decimal places; 
(ii) The standard temperature cycle, meaning from which temperature in °C 
down to which temperature in °C the foodstuff is intended to be cooled 
and in how many minutes;  
(iii) The Energy consumption, in kWh per kg of foodstuff per standard 
temperature cycle and rounded to two decimal places; 
(iv) In the case of integral equipment,  type, name and GWP of the refrigerant 
fluid contained in the cabinet and refrigerant charge (kg) rounded to two decimal places. In the case of equi pment designed to be used with a 
remote condensing unit (not supplied with the blast cabinet itself), the intended refrigerant charge when used with a recommended condensing unit and the intended refrigerant fluid type, name and GWP;  
(c) the technical documentation for the purposes  of conformity assessment pursuant to 
Article 4 shall contain the following elements: 
(i) elements specified in points (a) and (b) for professional storage cabinets 
and blast cabinets respectively; 
(ii) where the information included in the technical documentation file for a 
particular model has been obtained by  calculation on the basis of design, 
or extrapolation from other equivalent  refrigerating appliances, or both,  
EN 18   EN the documentation shall include de tails of such calculations or 
extrapolations, or both, and of tests undertaken by suppliers to verify the 
accuracy of the calculations undertaken. The information shall also include a list of all ot her equivalent models where the information was 
obtained on the same basis.  
EN 19   EN ANNEX III 
Method for calculating the Energy Efficiency Index for professional storage cabinets  
For the calculation of the Energy Efficiency I ndex (EEI), of a professional storage cabinet 
model, the Annual Energy Consumption of the cab inet is compared to its Standard Annual 
Energy Consumption. 
The Energy Efficiency Inde x (EEI) is calculated as: 
• EEI = (AEC/SAEC) ×100 
Where: 
• AEC=E24h ×365 
With AEC = Annual Energy Consumpti on of the cabinet in kWh/year 
E24h = energy consumption of the cabinet over 24 hours 
and 
• SAEC= M × Vn +N 
With SAEC = Standard Annual Energy Cons umption of the cabinet in kWh/year 
Vn = net volume of the appliance, which is the sum of net volumes of all compartments of the 
cabinet.  
M and N are given in the Table 3.  
Table 3 – M and N coefficient values  
Category  Value for M Value for N 
 
Vertical Chilled  1.643 609 
Vertical Frozen  4.928 1472 
Counter Chilled 2.555 1790 
Counter Frozen  5.840 2380  
EN 20   EN ANNEX IV 
Measurements and calculations for professional storage cabinets  
(a) For the purposes of compliance and verifica tion of compliance with the requirements 
of this Regulation, measurements and calcu lations shall be ma de using harmonised 
standards the reference numbers of which ha ve been published for this purpose in the 
Official 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. In the case of professional storag e cabinets they shall meet the conditions 
and technical parameters set out in points (b) and (c). 
(b) For establishing the values of annual en ergy consumption and Energy Efficiency 
Index for professional stor age cabinets, measurements  shall be done using the 
following conditions: 
(i) The temperature of test packages shall be comprised between -1°C and 
5°C for chilled cabinets and lower than -15°C for frozen cabinets; 
(ii) The ambient conditions shall corres pond to climate class 4 as detailed in 
Table 2, except for light-duty cabinets which shall be tested in ambient 
conditions corresponding to climate class 3, as detailed in Table 2; 
adjustment factors of 1,2 for light -duty cabinets at chilled operating 
temperature and 1,1 for light-dut y cabinets at frozen operating 
temperature should then be applied to the testing results thus obtained for 
light-duty cabinets; 
(iii) Professional storage cabinets shall be tested: 
• at chilled operating temperature, in the case of a combined cabinet 
containing at least one compartment exclusively intended for chilled 
operating temperature; 
• at chilled operating temperature, in the case of a professional storage 
cabinet which has solely one comp artment exclusively intended for 
chilled operating temperature; 
• at frozen operating temperature, in all other cases. 
(c) The ambient conditions of the climate cl asses 3, 4 and 5 are shown in Table 2.  
Table 2 – Ambient conditions of the climate classes 3, 4 and 5  
Test room 
climate class Dry bulb 
temperature, °C Relative 
humidity, % Dew point, 
°C Water 
vapour mass in dry air, g/kg 
3 25 60 16.7 12.0 
4 30 55 20.0 14.8 
5 40 40 23.9 18.8  
EN 21   EN  
ANNEX V 
Ecodesign requirements for condensing units 
1. Requirements for energy efficiency 
(a) From 1st of July 2015, the coefficient of performance ( COP ) and the seasonal energy 
performance ratio ( SEPR ) of condensing units shall not fall below the following 
values: 
Operating 
temperature Rated 
capacity PA 
 Applicable 
ratio Value 
0.2kW<  PA < 
1kW COP 1.2 
1kw< PA < 
5kW COP 1.4 
5kW <  PA < 
20kW SEPR 2.25 Medium 
20kW < PA < 
50kW SEPR 2.35 
0.1kW<  PA < 
0.4kW COP 0.75 
0.4kw< PA < 
2kW COP 0.85 
2kW <  PA < 
8kW SEPR 1.5 Low 
8W < PA < 
20kW SEPR 1.6 
(b) From 1st of July 2018, the coefficient of performance ( COP ) and the seasonal energy 
performance ratio ( SEPR ) of condensing units shall not fall below the following 
values: 
Operating 
temperature Rated 
capacity P
A Applicable 
ratio Value 
0.2kW<  PA 
< 1kW COP 1.4 Medium 
1kw< PA < 
5kW COP 1.6  
EN 22   EN 5kW <  PA < 
20kW SEPR 2.55 
20kW < PA 
< 50kW SEPR 2.65 
0.1kW<  PA 
< 0.4kW COP 0.8 
0.4kw< PA 
< 2kW COP 0.95 
2kW <  PA < 
8kW SEPR 1.6 Low 
8W < PA < 
20kW SEPR 1.7 
(c) For condensing units intended to be charged with a refrigerant fluid with a global 
warming potential lower th an 150, COP and SEPR values  can be lower than the 
values indicated in point 1(a) by a ma ximum of 15% and in point 1(b) by a 
maximum of 10 %. 
2. Requirements for product information 
From 1st of July 2015, the following product information on condensing units shall be 
provided: 
(a) the instruction manuals for installers and end-users, and free access websites of 
manufacturers, their authorised represen tatives and importers shall contain the 
following elements: 
(i) intended evaporating temperature, expressed in degree Celsius (medium 
temperature -10°C, low temperature -35°C); 
(ii) for condensing units with  a rated cooling capacity lower than 5kW and 2kW for 
medium and low temperatures respectively: 
– the rated COP, at full load and 32° C ambient temperature, rounded to 
two decimal places, and rated cooling capacity and power input, expressed in kW and rounde d to two decimal places; 
– the COP value, at full load and 25°C ambient temperature, rounded to 
two decimal places, and corresponding cooling capacity and power input, 
expressed in kW and rounde d to two decimal places; 
(iii) for condensing units with a rated coo ling capacity higher than 5kW and 2kW for 
medium and low temperatures respectively: 
– the SEPR value, rounded to two decimal places 
– the annual electricity consumpti on, expressed in kWh per annum 
– the rated cooling cap acity, rated power input and rated COP  
EN 23   EN – the declared cooling capacity and de clared power input, expressed in kW 
and rounded to three decimal places, and the COP value, rounded to two decimal places, at rating points B, C and D; 
(iv) for condensing units intended for use at ambient temperature above 35°C, the 
COP value, at full load and 43°C ambien t temperature, rounded to two decimal 
places, and corresponding cooling capacity an d power input, expressed in kW and 
rounded to two decimal places; 
(v) the type(s) and name(s) of refrigerant fluid(s) intended to be used with the 
condensing unit; 
(vi) any specific precautions that shall be taken when the condensing unit is installed 
or maintained;  
(vii) any specific precautions that shall be  taken to optimise the efficiency of the 
condensing unit when it is integrated  into a refrigerating appliance; 
(viii) information relevant for disassembl y, recycling or disposal at end-of-life. 
(b) the technical documentation for the purposes  of conformity assessment pursuant to 
Article 4 shall contain the following elements: 
(i) the elements specified in point (a); (ii) where the information relating to a specific model has been obtained by 
calculation on the basis of design or extr apolation from other combinations, the 
details of such calculations or extrapolations, and of a ny tests undertaken to verify 
the accuracy of the calculations, including details of the mathematical model for 
calculating the performance of such combin ations and details of the measurements 
taken to verify that model. 
Table 4 - Information requirements for condensin
g units with a rated coolin g 
capacity lower than 5kW and 2k W for medium and low operatin g 
temperatures respectively.  
Model(s): [information identifying the model( s) to which the information relates] 
Refrigerant fluid(s):[information identify the refrig erant fluid(s) intended to be used with the 
condensing unit] 
Item Symbol Value  Unit 
Evaporating temperature* t -10°C -35°C °c 
Parameters at full load a nd ambient temperature 32°c 
Rated cooling capacity PA x,xxx x,xxx kW 
Rated power input  DA x,xxx x,xxx kW 
Rated COP COP A x,xx x,xx  
Parameters at full load a nd ambient temperature 25°c 
Cooling capacity  P2 x,xxx x,xxx kW 
Power input  D2 x,xxx x,xxx kW 
COP COP 2 x,xx x,xx  
Parameters at full load a nd ambient temperature 43°c 
(where applicable)  
EN 24   EN Cooling capacity P3 x,xxx x,xxx kW 
Power input  D3 x,xxx x,xxx kW 
COP COP 3 x,xx x,xx  
Other items  
Capacity control fixed/step/variable 
Contact details Name and address of the manuf acturer or its authorised representative.  
* For condensing units intended to operate at only one evaporating temperature, one of the two 
columns related to “Value” can be deleted  
EN 25   EN Table 5 - Information requirements for condensin g units with a rated 
coolin g capacit y higher than 5kW and 2kW for medium and low 
operating temperatures respectively  
Model(s): [information identifying the model( s) to which the information relates] 
Refrigerant fluid(s):[information identify the refr igerant fluid(s) intended to be used with 
the condensing unit] 
Item Symbol Value  Unit 
Evaporating temperature* t -10°C -35°C °C 
Annual electricity consumption Q x x kWh/a 
Seasonal Energy Performance Ratio  SEPR x,xx x,xx  
Parameters at full load and ambient temperature 32°c  
(Point A) 
Rated cooling capacity PA x,xx x,xx kW 
Rated power input  DA x,xx x,xx kW 
Rated COP COP A x,xx x,xx  
Parameters at part load and ambient temperature 25° 
(Point B) 
Declared cooling capacity PB x,xx x,xx kW 
Declared power input  DB x,xx x,xx kW 
Declared COP COP B x,xx x,xx  
Parameters at part load and ambient temperature 15°c 
(Point C)  
Declared cooling capacity Pc x,xx x,xx kW 
Declared power input  Dc x,xx x,xx kW 
Declared COP COP C x,xx x,xx  
Parameters at part load ambient temperature 5°c  
(Point D)  
Declared cooling capacity PD x,xx x,xx kW 
Declared power input  DD x,xx x,xx kW 
Declared COP COP D x,xx x,xx  
Parameters at full load and ambient temperature 43°c  
(where applicable) 
Cooling capacity P3 x,xx x,xx kW 
Power input  D3 x,xx x,xx kW 
Declared COP COP 3 x,xx x,xx  
Other items 
Capacity control fixed/step/variable 
Coefficient of degradation for fixed and 
staged capacity units Cd 0,25   
EN 26   EN Contact details   Name and address of the manufacturer or its authorised 
representative.  
For condensing units intended to operate at only one evaporating temperature, one of the 
two columns related to “Value” can be deleted  
EN 27   EN ANNEX VI 
Measurements and calculations for condensing units  
1. For the purposes of compliance and verifica tion of compliance with the requirements 
of this Regulation, measurements and calcu lations shall be ma de using harmonised 
standards the reference number s of which have been published for that purpose in the 
Official 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 a nd technical parameters set out in point 2. 
2. For establishing the values of cooli ng capacity, power input , coefficient of 
performance and seasonal energy performance ratio, measurements shall be done using the following conditions: 
(a) the reference ambient temperature at the outdoor heat exchanger (condenser) shall be 
32°C; 
(b) the saturated evaporating temperature at th e indoor heat exchanger (evaporator) shall 
be -35°C for low temperature and -10°C for medium temperature; 
(c) where applicable, the variations of th e ambient temperature throughout the year, 
representative of average climate condi tions in the Union, and the corresponding 
number of hours when these temperatures occur, shall be as set out in Table 6; 
(d) where applicable, the effect of the degradation of energy efficiency caused by 
cycling depending on the type of capac ity control of the condensing unit. 
Table 6 - Variations of outdoor temperature s across the year under average climate 
conditions in Europe for condensing units 
j T
j h j 
1 -19 0,08 
2 -18 0,41 
3 -17 0,65 
4 -16 1,05 
5 -15 1,74 
6 -14 2,98 
7 -13 3,79 
8 -12 5,69 
9 -11 8,94 
10 -10 11,81 
11 -9 17,29  
EN 28   EN 12 -8 20,02 
13 -7 28,73 
14 -6 39,71 
15 -5 56,61 
16 -4 76,36 
17 -3 106,07 
18 -2 153,22 
19 -1 203,41 
20 0 247,98 
21 1 282,01 
22 2 275,91 
23 3 300,61 
24 4 310,77 
25 5 336,48 
26 6 350,48 
27 7 363,49 
28 8 368,91 
29 9 371,63 
30 10 377,32 
31 11 376,53 
32 12 386,42 
33 13 389,84 
34 14 384,45 
35 15 370,45 
36 16 344,96 
37 17 328,02  
EN 29   EN 38 18 305,36 
39 19 261,87 
40 20 223,90 
41 21 196,31 
42 22 163,04 
43 23 141,78 
44 24 121,93 
45 25 104,46 
46 26 85,77 
47 27 71,54 
48 28 56,57 
49 29 43,35 
50 30 31,02 
51 31 20,21 
52 32 11,85 
53 33 8,17 
54 34 3,83 
55 35 2,09 
56 36 1,21 
57 37 0,52 
58 38 0,40  
EN 30   EN ANNEX VII 
Ecodesign requirements for process chillers 
1. Requirements for energy efficiency 
(a) From 1st of July 2015, the seasonal energy performance ratio ( SEPR ) of process 
chillers shall not fall below the following values: 
Heat transfer 
medium at the condensing side Operating 
temperature Rated cooling 
capacity 
P
A Minimum 
SEPR 
value 
PA < 300 kW 2.24 
Medium 
PA > 300 kW 2.8 
PA < 200 kW 1.48 Air 
Low 
PA > 200 kW 1.6 
PA < 300 kW 2.86 
Medium 
PA > 300 kW 3.8 
PA < 200 kW 1.82 Water 
Low 
PA > 200 kW 2.1 
 
(b) From 1st of July 2018, the seasonal energy performance ratio ( SEPR ) of process 
chillers shall not fall below the following values: 
Heat transfer 
medium at the condensing side Operating 
temperature Rated cooling 
capacity 
P
A Minimum 
SEPR 
value 
PA < 300 kW 2.58 
Medium 
PA > 300 kW 3.22 
PA < 200 kW 1.7 Air 
Low 
PA > 200 kW 1.84 
PA < 300 kW 3.29 
Medium 
PA > 300 kW 4.37 
PA < 200 kW 2.09 Water 
Low 
PA > 200 kW 2.42  
EN 31   EN  
(c) For process chillers intended to be charged with a refrigerant fluid with a global 
warming potential lower th an 150, COP and SEPR values  can be lower than the 
values indicated in points 1(a)  and (b) by a maximum of 10 %. 
2. Requirements for product information 
From 1st of July 2015, the following product info rmation on process chillers shall be 
provided: 
(a) the instruction manuals for installers and end-users, and free access websites of 
manufacturers, their authorised represen tatives and importers shall contain the 
following elements: 
(i) ntended operating temperat ure, expressed in degree Celsius (medium temperature 
-8°C, low temperature -25°C); 
(ii) the type of process chiller, e ither air-cooled or water-cooled; 
(iii) the rated cooling cap acity, rated power input, expr essed in kW and rounded to 
two decimal places; 
(iv) the rated energy efficiency ratio ( EER A), rounded to two decimal places; 
(v) declared cooling capacity and declared power input at  rating points B, C and D, 
expressed in kW and rounde d to two decimal places; 
(vi) declared EER at rating points B, C, and D, rounded to two decimal places; 
(vii) the SEPR value, rounded to two decimal places; (viii) the annual el ectricity consumption, in kWh per annum; 
(ix) type(s) and name(s) of the refrigerant fluid(s) intended to be used with the 
chiller; 
(x) any specific precautions that shall be take n when the process chiller is installed or 
maintained;  
(xi) information relevant for disassembly, recycling or disposal at end-of-life. 
(b) the technical documentation for the purposes  of conformity assessment pursuant to 
Article 4 shall contain the following elements: 
(i) the elements specified in point (a); (ii) where the information relating to a specific model has been obtained by 
calculation on the basis of design or extr apolation from other combinations, the 
details of such calculations or extrapolations, and of a ny tests undertaken to verify 
the accuracy of the calculations, including details of the mathematical model for 
calculating the performance of such combin ations and details of the measurements 
taken to verify that model. 
 Table 7 - Information requirements for process chillers
 
 Model(s): [information identifying the model(s) to which the information 
relates] 
 Type of condensing: [air-cooled / water-cooled]  
EN 32   EN  Refrigerant fluid(s):[information identifyi ng the refrigerant fluid(s) intended to 
be used with the process chiller] 
Item Symbol Value  Unit    
Operating temperature t -8°C -25°C °C    
Seasonal Energy Performance Ratio  SEPR x,xx x,xx     
Annual electricity consumption Q x x kWh/a    
 Parameters at full load and reference ambient temperature  
(Point A)    
Rated cooling capacity PA x,xx x,xx kW    
Rated power input  DA x,xx x,xx kW    
Rated EER EER A x,xx x,xx     
 Parameters at rating point B  
Declared cooling capacity PB x,xx x,xx kW    
Declared power input  DB x,xx x,xx kW    
Declared EER EER B x,xx x,xx     
 Parameters at rating point C     
Declared cooling capacity Pc x,xx x,xx kW    
Declared power input  Dc x,xx x,xx kW    
Declared EER EER C x,xx x,xx     
 Parameters rating point D     
Declared cooling capacity PD x,xx x,xx kW    
Declared power input  DD x,xx x,xx kW    
Declared EER EER D x,xx x,xx     
 Other items  
Capacity control  fixed/staged**/variable    
Coefficient of degradation for fixed and 
staged capacity units* Cd x,xx x,xx     
Contact details   Name and address of the manufacturer or its authorised 
representative.  
 * If Cc is not determined by measurement then the default degradation 
coefficient shall be Cc = 0,9. Where the default Cc value is chosen, then results 
from cycling tests shall not be required. Otherwise, the cooling cycling test value shall be required.  
** For staged capacity units, two values divided by a slash (‘/’) shall be 
declared in each box in the section re ferring to ‘cooling capacity’ and ‘EER’. 
For process chillers intended to operate at only one operating temperature, one 
of the two columns related to “Value” can be deleted  
EN 33   EN ANNEX VIII 
Measurements and calculations for process chillers 
1. For the purposes of compliance and verifica tion of compliance with the requirements 
of this Regulation, measurements and calcu lations shall be ma de using harmonised 
standards the reference numbers of which ha ve been published for this purpose in the 
Official 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 and 3. 
2. For establishing the values of  cooling capacity, power input, energy efficiency ratio 
and seasonal energy performance ratio, measurements shall be done using the 
following conditions: 
(a) the reference ambient temperature at the outdoor heat exchanger shall be 35°C for 
air-cooled chillers and 30°C water inlet temperature at  the condenser for water-
cooled chillers; 
(b) the outlet temperature of the liquid at the indoor heat ex changer shall be -25°C for 
low temperature and -8°C for medium temperature;  
(c) the variations of the ambient temperat ure throughout the year, representative of 
average climate conditions in the Uni on, and the corresponding number of hours 
when these temperatures occur, shall be as set out in Table 1; 
(d) the effect of the degradation of energy efficiency caused by cycling depending on the 
type of capacity control of the process chiller. 
3. For the average number of hours h
j by outdoor temperature T j across the year under 
average climate conditions in Europe for pr ocess chillers, please refer to Table 6 in 
Annex VI.  
EN 34   EN ANNEX IX 
Verification procedure for market survei llance purposes for professional storage 
cabinets 
When performing the market surveillance checks  referred to in Article 3(2) of Directive 
2009/125/EC, the authorities of the Member St ates shall apply the following verification 
procedure for the requirements set out in Annex II: 
1. The Member State authorities shall test one single unit per model. 
2. The model shall be considered to comply w ith the applicable requirements set out in 
Annex II where: 
(a) the declared values comply with th e requirements set out in Annex II; 
(b) the measured volume shall not be lower th an the rated value by more than 3 %;  
(c) the measured value of the energy consump tion shall not be greater than the rated 
value (E24h) by more than 5 %. 
3. Where the result referred to in point 2 is not achieved, the Member State authorities 
shall randomly select three additional units of the same model for testing.  
4. The model shall be considered to comply w ith the applicable requirements set out in 
Annex II where: 
(a) the declared values comply with th e requirements set out in Annex II; 
(b) the average of the three units for the measured volume shall not be lower than the 
rated value by more than 3 %;  
(c) the average of the three units for the meas ured value of the energy consumption shall 
not be greater than the rated value (E24h) by more than 5 %. 
5. If the results referred to in point 4 are not achieved, the model and all other 
equivalent professional storag e cabinet models shall be considered not to comply 
with this Regulation. The Memb er State authorities shall provide the test results and 
other relevant information to  the authorities of  the other Member States and to the 
Commission within one month of the deci sion being taken on the non-compliance of 
the model. 
Member State authorities shall use the meas urement and calculation methods set out in 
Annexes III and IV. 
The verification tolerances set out in this Annex relate only to the verifi cation of the measured 
parameters by Member State authorities and sha ll not be used by the supplier as an allowed 
tolerance to establish the values  in the technical documentation. The values and classes on the 
label or in the product fiche shall not be more  favourable for the supplier than the values 
reported in the technical documentation.  
EN 35   EN ANNEX X 
Verification procedure for market surv eillance purposes for condensing units 
When performing the market surveillance checks  referred to in Article 3(2) of Directive 
2009/125/EC, the authorities of the Member St ates shall apply the following verification 
procedure for the requirements set out in Annex V: 
1. The Member State authorities shall test one single unit per model. 
2. The condensing unit model shall be consid ered to comply with the applicable 
requirements set out in Annex V where: 
(a) the declared values comply with th e requirements set out in Annex V; 
(b) for condensing units with a rated cooli ng capacity higher than 2 kW at low 
temperature and 5 kW at medium temperat ure, the seasonal ener gy performance ratio 
(SEPR ) is not more than 5  % lower than the declared value with point A measured at 
the rated cooling capacity; 
(c) for condensing units with a rated coo ling capacity lower than 2 kW at low 
temperature and 5 kW at medium temperatur e, the rated coefficient of performance 
(COP A) is not more than 5  % lower than the declared value measured at the rated 
cooling capacity.  
3. If the result referred to in point 2 is not achieved, the Me mber State authorities shall 
randomly select three additional units  of the same model for testing.  
4. The condensing unit model shall be consid ered to comply with the applicable 
requirements set out in Annex V where: 
(a) the declared values comply with th e requirements set out in Annex V; 
(b) for condensing units with a rated cooli ng capacity higher than 2 kW at low 
temperature and 5 kW at medium temperat ure, the average of the three units for 
seasonal performance energy ratio ( SEPR ) is not more than 5  % lower than the 
declared value measured at the rated cooling capacity; 
(c) for condensing units with a rated coo ling capacity lower than 2 kW at low 
temperature and 5 kW at medium temperatur e, the average of th e three units for the 
rated coefficient of performance ( COP A) is not more than 5% lower than the declared 
value measured at the rating cooling capacity. 
5. If the results referred to in point 4 are not achieved, the model shall be considered not 
to comply with this Regulation. 
Member State authorities shall use the measurement and calculation methods set out in Annex 
VI. 
The verification tolerances set out in this Annex relate only to the verifi cation of the measured 
parameters by Member State authorities and sha ll not be used by the supplier as an allowed 
tolerance to establish the values  in the technical documentation. The values and classes on the 
label or in the product fiche shall not be more  favourable for the supplier than the values 
reported in the technical documentation.  
EN 36   EN ANNEX XI 
Verification procedure for market surv eillance purposes for process chillers 
When performing the market surveillance checks  referred to in Article 3(2) of Directive 
2009/125/EC, the authorities of the Member St ates shall apply the following verification 
procedure for the requirement s set out in Annex VII: 
1. The Member State authorities shall test one single unit per model. 
2. The process chiller model shall be consid ered to comply with the applicable 
requirements set out in Annex VII where: 
(a) the declared values comply with th e requirements set out in Annex VII; 
(b) the seasonal energy performance ratio ( SEPR ) is not more than 5% lower than the 
declared value, with point A measur ed at the rated cooling capacity; 
(c) the rated energy efficiency ratio ( EER A) is not more than 5  % lower than the declared 
value, measured at the rated cooling capacity. 
3. Where the result referred to in point 2 is not achieved, the Member State authorities 
shall randomly select three additional units of the same model for testing.  
4. The process chiller model shall be consid ered to comply with the applicable 
requirements set out in Annex VII where: 
(a) the declared values comply with th e requirements set out in Annex VII; 
(b) the average of the three units for seasonal performance energy ratio ( SEPR ) is not 
more than 5  % lower than the declared value, w ith point A measured at the rated 
cooling capacity; 
(c) the average of the three units for th e rated energy efficiency ratio ( EER A) is not more 
than 5  % lower than the declared value, meas ured at the rating cooling capacity. 
5. If the results referred to in point 4 are not achieved, the model shall be considered not 
to comply with this Regulation. 
Member State authorities shall use the measurement and calculation methods set out in Annex 
VIII. 
The verification tolerances set out in this Annex relate only to the verifi cation of the measured 
parameters by Member State authorities and sha ll not be used by the supplier as an allowed 
tolerance to establish the values  in the technical documentation. The values and classes on the 
label or in the product fiche shall not be more  favourable for the supplier than the values 
reported in the technical documentation.  
EN 37   EN ANNEX XII 
Indicative benchmarks referred to in Article 6 
1. At the time of entry into force of this  Regulation, the best available technology on 
the market for professional storage cabinets  in terms of their En ergy Efficiency Index 
(EEI) was identified as follows:  
 net storage volume (litres) Annual energy 
consumption EEI 
Chilled vertical 600 474.5 29.7 
Chilled counter 300 547.5 21.4 
Frozen vertical  600 1825 41.2 
Frozen counter  200 1460 41.0 
2. At the time of entry into force of this  Regulation, the best available technology on 
the market for condensing units in terms of rated coefficient of performance and 
seasonal energy performance rati o, was identified as follows: 
Operating 
temperature Rated capacity  PA Applicable 
ratio Benchmark 
value 
0.2kW<  PA < 1kW COP 1.9 
1kw< PA < 5kW COP 2.3 
5kW <  PA < 20kW SEPR 3.6 Medium 
20kW < PA < 50kW SEPR 3.5 
0.1kW< PA < 0.4kW COP 1.0 
0.4kw< PA < 2kW COP 1.3 
2kW <  PA < 8kW SEPR 2.0 Low 
8W < PA < 20kW SEPR 2.0 
3. At the time of entry into force of this  Regulation, the best available technology on 
the market for process chillers in terms of seasonal energy performance ratio, was 
identified as follows: 
Heat transfer 
medium at the condensing side Operating 
temperature Rated cooling 
capacity 
P
A Minimum 
SEPR 
value 
PA < 300 kW 3.4 Air 
Medium 
PA > 300 kW 3.7  
EN 38   EN PA < 200 kW 1.9 
Low 
PA > 200 kW 1.95 
PA < 300 kW 4.3 
Medium 
PA > 300 kW 4.5 
PA < 200 kW 2.3 Water 
Low 
PA > 200 kW 2.7