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 EUROPEAN  
COMMISSION   
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[…](2018) XXX  draft  
 
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) …/…  
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laying down ecodesign requirements for household dishwashers 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 1016/2010  
(Text with EEA relevance)    
EN 1  EN COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) …/…  
of XXX  
laying down ecodesign requirements for household dishwashers 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 1016/2010  
(Text with EEA relevance)  
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,  
Having regard to  Article 114 of  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 Directive 2009/125/EC , the Commission should  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 -2019 established by the Commission in application 
of Article  16(1) of Directive 2009/125/EC sets out the working priorities under the 
ecodesign and energy labelling framework for the period 2016 -2019. The Working 
Plan identifies the energy -related product groups to be considered as priorities for the 
undertaking of preparatory studies and eventual adoption of implementing measures, 
as well as the review of the current regulations.  
(3) Measures from the Working Plan have an estimated potential to deliver a total in 
excess of 260  TWh of annual final energy savings in 2030,  which is equivalent to 
reducing greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 100 million tonnes per year in 
2030. Household dishwashers  is one of the product groups listed in the Work ing Plan, 
with estimated annual electricity  savings of 2,1  TWh , leading to GHG emission 
reductions of 0,7 Mt CO 2 eq/year,  and estimated water savings of 16 million m3 in 
2030.  
(4) The Commission established ecodesign requirements for household dishwashers  by 
Commission Regulation (EU) No 1016/20102. 
(5) Pursuant to Article  7 of this Regulation, the Commission should  review it in light of 
technological progress.  
                                                 
1 OJ L 285, 31.10.2009 , p. 10. 
2 OJ L 293, 11.11.2010 , p. 31.   
EN 2  EN (6) The Commission has reviewed this Regulation and analysed the technical, 
environmental and economic aspects of household dishwashers  as well as real -life user 
behaviour. The rev iew 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 Consultati on Forum established by Article  18 of 
Directive 2009/125/EC.  
(7) It appears from t he review study that there i s a need to revise the ecodesign 
requirements for household dishwashers, the requirements related to use of essential 
resources such as energy and water and also to introduce requirements related to 
resource effici ency and environment aspects such as reparability and recyclability . 
(8) Non-household dishwashers have distinct characteristics and uses. They are subject to 
other regulatory work , in particular Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament 
and of the Counc il on machinery3, and should not be included in the scope of this 
Regulation . 
(9) The environmental aspects of household dishwashers, which have been identified as 
significant for the purposes of this Regulation are the consumption of energy and 
water during the use phase, the generation of waste at the end of life, the emissions to 
air and water in the production phase (due to the extraction and processing of raw 
materials) and in the use phase (because of the consumption of electricity).  
(10) The annual energy  consumption of products subject to this Regulation in the Union  
was estimated at 31,3 TWh in the Union in 2015 , corresponding to 11,1 million tonnes 
of CO 2 equivalent. The projected energy consumption of household dishwashers  in a 
business as usual scenario is expected to  increase to 49, 0 TWh in 2030 , mainly 
because of the increase in the total number of dishwashers in use. That increase in 
energy consumption may however be limited if  the existing ecodesign requirements  
are updated . Similarly, the water consumption of household dishwashers was 
estimated at 318 million m3 in 2015 and is expected to increase up to 531 million m3 
in 2030  in the absence of updated requirements. Finally, the service lifetime of 
household dishwashers has been estimated to have decrease d in recent years  to around 
12,5 years and the trend is likely to continue in the absence of incentives . 
(11) The Commission Communication  on the circular economy4 and the Communication 
on the ecodesign working plan5 underline the importance of using th e ecodesign 
framework in order to support the move towards more resource efficient and circular 
economy. Recital  11 and Article  4 of  Directive 2012/19/EU6 of the Europea n 
Parliament and of the Council  on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) 
indicate  that ecodesign requirements established under Directive 2009/125/EC should 
facilitate the re -use, dismantling and recovery of WEEE by tackling the issues 
upstream. Therefore this Regulation should lay down appropriate requirements 
contributing to circular economy objectives.  
(12) Specific requirements for the low power modes  of household dishwashers  should be 
laid down . The requirements of Commission Regulation (EC ) No  1275/20087 should  
                                                 
3 OJ L 157, 9.6.2006  
4 COM/2015/0614 final of 02.12/2015  
5 COM(2016) 773 final of 30.11.2016  
6 OJ L 197, 24.7.2012, p. 38  
7 Commission Regulation (EC) No 1275/2008 of 17 December 2008 implementing Directive 2005/32/EC 
of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign  requirements for standby and  
EN 3  EN not apply to household dishwashers  covered by the scope of this Reg ulation . 
Regulation (EC) No  1275/2008 should be amended accordingly.  
(13) The relevant product parameters should be measured using  reliable, accurate and 
reproducible methods. Those methods should  take into account  recognised state -of-
the-art measurement metho ds including, where available, harmonised standards 
adopted by the European standardisation organisations , as listed in Annex  I to 
Regulation (EU) No  1025/20128 of the Europea n Parliament and of the Council . 
(14) In accordance with Article  8 of Directive 2009/125/EC, this Regulation should specify 
the applicable conformity assessment procedures.  
(15) In order t o facilitate compliance checks, manufacturers should provide information in 
the technical documentation referred to in Annexes  IV and V to Directive 
2009/125/EC where  that information relates to the requirements laid down in this 
Regulation . Where parameters of the technical documentation, as defined by this 
Regulation, are identical to parameters of the product information sheet defined by  
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) [OP please insert the references of the 
Regulation with regard to energy labelling of on household dishwashers ], 
manufacturers should enter the corresponding data into the product database defined 
by Regulation (EU) 2017/1369  of the European Parliament and of the Council9 and 
should no longer need to provide them to market surveillance authorities as part of the 
technical documentation . 
(16) In order to  ensure  the effectiveness and credibility of the Regulation  and to prot ect 
consumers , products that automatically alter  their performance in test conditions to 
improve the declared parameters should not be allowed to be placed on the market .  
(17) In addition to the requirements laid down in this Regulation, 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 , in accordance with Point  2 of Part  3 of Annex  I to 
Directive  2009/125/EC . 
(18) This Regulation should be reviewed in order to assess the appropriateness and 
effectiveness of its provisions in achieving its goals. The timing of the review should 
be sufficient for all provisions to be implemented and show an effect on the  market . 
(19) Regulation (EC)  No 1016/2010 should be repealed.  
(20) In order t o facilitate the transition between Regulation (EC) No 1016/2010 and this 
Regulation, the name ‘eco’ should be allowed to be  used instead of ‘standard 
programme’ as from the entry into force of this Regulation . The name ‘standard 
programme’ should be allowed to be used instead of ‘eco’ for a 6 month period from  
the date of application of Part 1 of Annex  II. 
(21) The measures provided for  in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the 
Committee established by Article  19(1) of Directive 2009/125/EC , 
                                                                                                                                                         
off mode electric power consumption of electrical and electronic household and office equipment  (OJ L 
339, 18.12.2008, p 45 -52) 
8 OJ L 316, 14.11.2012, p. 12  
9 Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 of the European Parliament and of the Co uncil of 4 July 2017 setting a 
framework for energy labelling and repealing Directive 2010/30/EU (OJ L 198, 28.7.2017, p. 1 –23)  
EN 4  EN HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:  
Article 1  
Subject matter and scope  
1. This Regulation establishes ecodesign  requirements for placing on the market and 
putting into service of  electric mains -operated household dishwashers, including 
built-in household dishwashers  and electric mains -operated household dishwashers 
that can also be powered by batteries . 
2. This Regula tion shall not apply to : 
(a) dishwasher in the scope of Directive 2006/42/EC ; 
(b) battery -operated household dishwashers that can be connected to the mains 
through an AC/DC converter purchased separately ; 
(c) custom -made household dishwashers  made on a one -off basis a nd not 
equivalent to other household dishwasher  models . 
Article 2 
Definitions  
For the purpose s of this Regulation the following definitions shall apply:  
(1) ‘household dishwasher’  means  a machine which cleans, rinses, and dries tableware , 
and which is declared  by the manufacturer in the  Declaration of Conformity  to 
comply  with the 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) ‘built-in household dishwasher’ means  a household dishwasher that is intended  to be 
installed inside an enclosing struc ture such as a kitchen cupboard .  
For the purpose s of the annexes , additional definitions are set out in Annex  I. 
Article 3 
Ecodesign requirements  
Household dishwashers  shall  comply with the e codesign requirements set out  in Annex  II, 
following the measurement and calcu lation methods set out in Annex  III. 
Article 4  
Conformity assessment  
1. The conformity assessment p rocedure referred to in Article  8 of Directive 
2009/125/EC shall be the internal design control system set out in Annex  IV to that 
Directive or the man agement system set out in Annex  V to that Directive.  
                                                 
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 certain 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 and repealing Directive 1999/5/EC (OJ L 153, 22.5.2014)   
EN 5  EN 2. For the purposes of the conformity asses sment pursuant to Article  8 of Directive 
2009/125/EC, the technical documentation shall contain the i nformation set out in 
point  7 of Annex  II to this Regulation.  
Article 5 
Verification procedure for market surveillance purposes  
Member States ’ authorities  shall apply the verificatio n procedure set out in Annex  IV when 
performing the market surveillance checks referred to in Article  3(2) of Directive 
2009/125/EC.  
Article 6  
Circumvention  
The manufacturer or importer shall not place on the market products designed in such a way  
that a model’s perform ance is automatically altered under  test conditions with the aim of 
reaching a more favourable level for any of the parameters declared by the manufacturer in 
the technical documentation or included in any documentation provided with  the product.  
The consumption of energy and water of the product shall not increase after a software or 
firmware update when measured with the same test standard originally used for the 
declaration of conformity, except with explicit consent of the end -user prior to the update . 
Article 7 
Indicative benchmarks  
The indicative benchmarks for the best -performing products and technologies available on the 
market at the time of adopting this Regulation are set out in Annex  V. 
Article 8 
Review  
The Commission shall  review  this Regulation in the light of technological progress and shall 
present the results  of this review , including , if appropriate, a draft revision proposal , to the 
Consultation Forum  referred to in Article  18 of Directive 2009/125/EC  no later than [OP – 
please insert date - five years after its entry into force ]. 
The review  shall  in particular  focus on the following:  
(a) the improvement potential with regard to energy and environmental performance of 
household dishwashers ; 
(b) the effectiveness of existing requirements on material efficiency ; 
(c) the feasibility of new requirements  on the durability of the appliance or of some of its 
parts.  
Article 9  
Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 1275/2008  
In point  1 of Annex  I to Regulation (EC) No  1275/2008 , the entry ‘Dish washing machines’ is 
deleted .  
EN 6  EN Article 10 
Repeal  
Regulation (E U) No 1016 /2010 is repealed with effect from [OP – please insert the  day of 
entry into force of this Regulation] . 
However, Articles  3 and  5 of Regulation (EU) No  1016 /2010  and Annexes  I to III thereto are 
repealed with effect from 1  April 2021 . 
By way of derogation to the requirement in Annex  I, Point  1(1) of Regulation (E U) 
No 1016/2010, the name ‘ eco’ may be used  for the standard programme,  instead of the name 
‘standard programme’ , as from [OP – please insert the  day of entry into force of this 
Regulation] . 
Article 11 
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.   
Points  1(a), 2(a), 2(b) and 3 to 7 of Annex  II shall apply from 1  April 2021.   
Point s 1(b) and 1(c)  of Annex  II shall apply from  1 October 2021.   
Point  2(c) of Annex  II shall apply from 1  April 2024.   
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.  
Done at Brussels,  
 For the Commission  
 Jean-Claude JUNCKER  
 The President