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EN    EN  EUROPEAN COMMISSION  
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Draft 
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No …/.. 
implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council 
with regard to ecodesign requirements for household dishwashers  
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COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No …/.. 
implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council 
with regard to ecodesign requirements for household dishwashers 
(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 Ecodes ign Consultation Forum, 
Whereas: (1) Under Directive 2009/125/EC ecodesi gn requirements should be set by the 
Commission for energy-related products re presenting significant vo lumes of sales and 
trade, having significant environmental imp act and presenting significant potential for 
improvement in terms of thei r environmental impact withou t entailing excessive costs. 
(2) Article 16(2), first indent, of Directiv e 2009/125/EC provides that in accordance with 
the procedure referred to in Article 19(3) a nd the criteria set out in Article 15(2), and 
after consulting the Ecodesi gn Consultation Forum, the Commission shall, as 
appropriate, introduce an implementing meas ure for domestic appliances, including 
household dishwashers. 
(3) The Commission has carried out a prep aratory study to analyse the technical, 
environmental and economic aspects of hous ehold dishwashers typically used in 
households. The study has been developed toge ther with stakeholders and interested 
parties from the Community and third count ries, and the results have been made 
publicly available.  
(4) This Regulation should cover products de signed for washing tableware in households. 
(5) The environmental aspect of household dish washers, identified as significant for the 
purposes of this Regulation, is energy c onsumption in the use phase. The annual 
electricity consumption of products subject to this Regulation wa s estimated to have 
been 24.7 TWh in the Community in 2005 corresponding to 13 million tonnes of CO
2. 
Unless specific measures are taken, annual electricity consumption is estimated to 
                                                 
1  OJ L 285, 31.10.2009, p. 10–35  
EN 3   EN increase to 35 TWh in 2020. The preparatory study shows that the electricity and water 
consumption of products subject to this  Regulation can be significantly reduced. 
(6) The preparatory study shows that requireme nts regarding other ecodesign parameters 
referred to in Annex I, Part 1, of Di rective 2009/125/EC are not necessary as 
electricity consumption of household dishwash ers in the use phase is by far the most 
important environmental aspect.  
(7) The electricity consumption of products subject to this Regulation should be made 
more efficient by applying existing non-proprie tary cost effectiv e technologies that 
can reduce the combined costs of pur chasing and operating these products. 
(8) The ecodesign requirements should not a ffect functionality from the end-user's 
perspective and should not negatively affect health, safety or the environment. In 
particular, the benefits of reducing electri city consumption during the use phase should 
more than offset any additional environm ental impacts during the production phase. 
(9) The ecodesign requirements should be intr oduced gradually in order to provide a 
sufficient timeframe for manufacturers to  re-design products subject to this 
Regulation. The timing should be set in such a way as to av oid negative impacts on the 
functionalities of equipment on the market, and to take into account cost impacts for 
end-users and manufacturers, in particular small and medium-sized enterprises, while 
ensuring timely achievement of the objectives of this Regulation.  
(10) Measurements of the relevant produc t parameters should be performed through 
reliable, accurate and reproducible measurem ent methods, which take into account the 
recognised state of the art measuremen t methods including, where available, 
harmonised standards adopted by the European  standardisation bodie s, as listed in 
Annex I to Directive 98/34/EC  of the European Parliame nt and of the Council of 22 
June 1998 laying down a procedure for the pr ovision of information in the field of 
technical standards and regulations and of  rules on Information Society services2. 
(11) In accordance with Article 8 of Direc tive 2009/125/EC, this Regulation should specify 
the applicable conformity assessment procedures. 
(12) In order to facilitate compliance checks,  manufacturers should provide information in 
the technical documentation referred to in Annexes V and VI of Directive 
2009/125/EC insofar as this information relate s to the requirements laid down in this 
Regulation. 
(13) In addition to the legally binding requirements laid down in this Regulation, indicative 
benchmarks for best available technologies should be identified to ensure the wide 
availability and easy accessi bility of information on th e life-cycle environmental 
performance of products s ubject to this Regulation. 
(14) The measures provided for in this Regul ation are in accordance with the opinion of the 
Committee established by Article 19(1) of Directive 2005/32/EC, 
                                                 
2 OJ L 204, 21.7.1998, p. 37.  
EN 4   EN HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
Subject matter and scope 
This Regulation establishes eco-d esign requirements for the placing  on the market of electric 
mains-operated household dishwashers and elec tric mains-operated household dishwashers 
that can also be powered by batteries, including those sold for non-household use. 
Article 2 
Definitions 
In addition to the definitions  set out in Article 2 of Di rective 2009/125/EC, the following 
definitions shall apply for the purpose of this Regulation: 
(1) “household dishwasher” means a machine which cleans, rinses, and dries dishware, 
glassware, cutlery, and, cooking utensils by chemical, mechanical, thermal, and 
electric means and which is designed to  be used principall y for non-professional 
purposes; 
(2) “place settings” means a defined set of  crockery, glass and cutlery for use by one 
person;  
(3) “rated capacity” means the maximum numb er of place settings together with the 
serving pieces, as stated by the manufact urer, which can be treated in a household 
dishwasher on the programme selected when loaded in accordance with the 
manufacturer’s instructions; 
(4) “programme” means a series of operati ons which are pre-defined and which are 
declared as suitable by the manufacturer for specified levels of soil or types of load, 
or both, and together fo rm a complete cycle; 
(5) “programme time” means the time that el apses from the initiation of the programme 
(excluding any user-programmed delay) until the completion of the programme; 
(6) “cycle” means a complete cleaning, rinsing,  and drying process, as defined for the 
selected programme; 
(7) “off-mode” means a condition where the hous ehold dishwasher is switched off using 
appliance's controls or sw itches accessible to and inte nded for operation by the end-
user during normal use to at tain the lowest power consum ption that may persist for 
an indefinite time while the household dish washer is connected to a power source 
and used in accordance with the manufact urer’s instructions. Where there are no 
controls, ‘off-mode’ means the condition reached after the household dishwasher is left to revert to a steady-state power consumption of its own accord; 
(8) “left-on mode” means the lowest power c onsumption mode that may persist for an 
indefinite time after completion of the programme and unloading of the machine 
without any further interv ention of the end-user;  
EN 5   EN (9) “equivalent dishwasher” means a mode l of household dishwasher placed on the 
market with the same rated capacity, t echnical and performance characteristics, 
energy and water consumption and airborne acoustical noi se emissions as another 
model of household dishwasher placed on the market under a different commercial 
code number by the same manufacturer. 
Article 3 
Ecodesign requirements 
The generic ecodesign requirement s for household dishwashers are set out in Annex I, point 
1. The specific ecodesign requirements for house hold dishwashers are se t out in Annex I, 
point 2.  
Article 4 
Conformity assessment 
1. The conformity assessment procedure re ferred to in Article 8 of Directive 
2009/125/EC shall be the internal design control sy stem 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 conformity assessm ent pursuant to Article 8 of Directive 
2009/125/EC, the technical documentation file sha ll contain the results of the calculation set 
out in Annex II to this Regulation.  
Where the information included in the techni cal documentation for a particular household 
dishwasher model has been obt ained by calculation on the basis of design, or extrapolation 
from other equivalent household dishwashers,  or both, the technical documentation shall 
include details of such  calculations or extrap olations, or both, and of tests undertaken by 
manufacturers to verify the accuracy of the calculations undertaken. In such cases, the technical documentation shall also  include a list of a ll other equivalent household dishwasher 
models where the information included in th e technical documenta tion was obtained on the 
same basis. 
Article 5 
Verification procedure for market surveillance purposes 
When performing the market surveillance checks  referred to in Article 3(2) of Directive 
2009/125/EC for the requirements se t out in Annex I to  this Regulation, the Member State 
authorities shall apply the verification proce dure described in Annex III to this Regulation. 
Article 6 
Benchmarks 
The indicative benchmarks for best-perfo rming household dishwashers available on the 
market at the time of entry into force of this Regulation are set out in Annex IV.   
EN 6   EN Article 7 
Revision 
The Commission shall review th is Regulation in the light of  technological progress no later 
than five years after its entry into force and pres ent the result of this review to the Ecodesign 
Consultation Forum. The review shall in particul ar assess the verification tolerances set out in 
Annex III.  
Article 8 
Entry into force 
1. This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its 
publication in the Official Journal of the European Union . 
2. The generic ecodesign requirements set out in Annex I, point 1, shall apply from 
[date to be inserted: two years after the publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Union of the Regulation ] ;  
The specific ecodesign requirements set out in  point 2(1) of Annex I shall apply from 
[date to be inserted: one year  after the publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Union of the Regulation ] ;  
The specific ecodesign requirements set out in  point 2(2) of Annex I shall apply from 
[date to be inserted: four y ears after the publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Union of the Regulation ].  
3. This Regulation shall be binding in its entire ty and directly applicable in all Member 
States. 
Done at Brussels, […] 
 For the Commission 
   The President  
EN 7   EN ANNEX I  
Ecodesign requirements  
1. Generic ecodesign requirements  
(1) For the calculation of the energy cons umption and other parameters for household 
dishwashers, the cycle which cleans normally  soiled tableware (hereafter "standard 
cleaning cycle") shall be used. This cycl e shall be clearly identifiable on the 
programme selection device of the hous ehold dishwasher or the household 
dishwasher display, if any, or  both, and named 'standard pr ogramme' and shall be set 
as the default cycle for household dishwa shers equipped with automatic programme 
selection or any function for automatica lly selecting a cleaning programme or 
maintaining the selection of a programme.  
(2) The booklet of instructions provide d by the manufacturer shall provide: 
(a) the standard cleaning cycle referred to as 'standard programme' and shall 
specify that it is suitable to clean norm ally soiled tableware and that it is the 
most efficient programme in terms of its combined energy and water 
consumption for that type of tableware; 
(b) the power consumption of the off-mode and of the left-on mode;  
(c) indicative information on the progra mme time, energy and water consumption 
for the main washing programmes. 
2. Specific ecodesign requirements 
Household dishwashers shall comply with the following requirements:  
(1) From [date to be inserted: one year after the publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Union of the Regulation ] :  
(a) for all household dishwashers, except household dishwashers with a rated 
capacity of 10 place se ttings and a width equal to or less than 45 cm, the Energy 
Efficiency Index ( EEI) shall be less than 71; 
(b) for household dishwashers with a ra ted capacity of 10 place settings and a 
width equal to or less than 45 cm , the Energy Efficiency Index ( EEI) shall be 
less than 80; 
(c) for all household dishwashers, the Cleaning Efficiency Index ( IC) shall be 
greater than 1.12. 
(2) From [date to be inserted: four years after the publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Union of the Regulation ]:  
(a) for household dishwashers with a rated capacity equal to or higher than 7 place 
settings, the Energy Efficiency Index ( EEI) shall be less than 63; 
(b) for household dishwashers with a rated capacity equal to or higher than 8 place 
settings, the Drying Efficiency Index ( ID) shall be greater than 1.08; 
(c) for household dishwashers with a rated capacity equal to or less than 7 place 
settings, the Drying Efficiency Index ( ID) shall be greater than 0.86.  
EN 8   EN The Energy Efficiency Index ( EEI), the Cleaning Efficiency Index ( IC) and the Drying 
Efficiency Index ( ID) of household dishwashers are calcul ated in accordance with Annex II.  
EN 9   EN ANNEX II  
Method for calculating the Energy Efficiency Index, the Cleaning Efficiency Index and 
the Drying Efficiency Index   
1. C ALCULATION OF THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY INDEX  
For the calculation of the Energy Efficiency In dex (EEI) of a household dishwasher model, the 
Annual Energy Consumption of the household dishwa sher is compared to its Standard Energy 
Consumption. 
(a) The Energy Efficiency Index ( EEI) is calculated as follows and rounded to one 
decimal place:  
100× =
CC 
SAEAE 
EEI   
 
where:  
AEC = Annual Energy Consumption of the household dishwasher; 
SAE C = Standard Annual Energy consump tion of the household dishwasher. 
(b) The Annual Energy Consumption ( AEc) is calculated in kWh/year as follows and 
rounded to two decimal places: 
(i)  
1000602)280 ( 525600
2)280 ( 525600
280×⎥⎦⎤
⎢⎣⎡ ×−×+×−×
+×=t
lt
o
t CTPTP
E AE
 
where: 
Et = energy consumption for the standard  cycle, in kWh and rounded to three 
decimal places; 
Pl = power in “left-on mod e” for the standard cleani ng cycle, in W and rounded 
to two decimal places; 
Po = power in “off-mode” for the standard  cleaning cycle, in  W and rounded to 
two decimal places; 
Tt = programme time for the standard cleaning cycle, in minutes and rounded to 
the nearest minute.  
(ii) When power management is enforced, with the household dishwasher reverting 
automatically to ‘off-mode’ after the end of the programme, AEC is calculated 
taking into consideration the effective dur ation of 'left-on m ode', according to 
the following formula:   
EN 10   EN  [ ] {}
100060)280 ()280 ( 525600 )280 (280××−×−×+××+×=l t o l l
t CT T P TPE AE
 
where: 
Tl = measured time in “left-on mode” for the standard cleaning cycle, in 
minutes and rounded to the nearest minute; 
280 = total number of standard cleaning cycles per year.  
(c) The Standard Annual Energy Consumption SAE C is calculated in kWh/year as 
follows and rounded to two decimal places:  
(i) for household dishwashers with rated capacity ps ≥ 10 and width > 50 cm: 
378 0, 7+ ×= ps SAE C   
 
(ii) for household dishwash ers with rated capacity ps ≤ 9 and household 
dishwashers with rated capacity 9 < ps ≤ 11 and width ≤ 50 cm: 
126 2,25+× = ps SAE C      
 
where: 
ps = number of place settings. 
2. C ALCULATION OF THE CLEANING EFFICIENCY INDEX  
For the calculation of the Cleaning Efficiency Index ( IC) of a household dishwasher model, the 
cleaning efficiency of the household dishwasher is compared to the cl eaning efficiency of a 
reference dishwasher, where the reference dishwa sher shall have the characteristics indicated 
in the generally recognised state of the art m easurement methods, including methods set out in 
documents the reference numbers of which have  been published for that purpose in the 
Official Journal of the European Union. 
(a) The Cleaning Efficiency Index ( IC) is calculated as follows and rounded to two 
decimal places 
 
∑
=⎟⎟
⎠⎞
⎜⎜
⎝⎛××=n
i iRiT
CC
nIc
1 ,,ln1ln
 
IC = exp(ln IC) 
where:   
EN 11   EN CT,i = cleaning efficiency of the househol d dishwasher under test for one test 
cycle ( i) 
CR,i = cleaning efficiency of the reference dishwasher for one test cycle ( i) 
n = number of test cycles, n ≥ 5 
(b) The cleaning efficiency (C) is the average of the soil score of each load item after 
completion of a standard cleaning cycle. The soil score is calculated as shown in 
Table 1: 
Table 1  
Number of small dot shaped 
soil particles ( n) Total soiled area ( AS) in mm2 Soil score 
n = 0 AS = 0 5 (most efficient) 
0 < n ≤ 4 0 < AS ≤ 4 4 
4 < n ≤ 10 0 < AS ≤ 4 3 
10 < n 0 < AS ≤ 4 2 
Not applicable 50< AS ≤ 200 1 
Not applicable 200< AS 0 (least efficient) 
3. C ALCULATION OF THE DRYING EFFICIENCY INDEX  
For the calculation of the Drying Efficiency Index ( ID) of a household dishwasher model, the 
drying efficiency of the household dishwasher is compared to the drying efficiency of a 
reference dishwasher, where the reference dishwa sher shall have the characteristics indicated 
in the generally recognised state of the art m easurement methods, including methods set out in 
documents the reference numbers of which have  been published for that purpose in the 
Official Journal of the European Union. 
(a) The Drying Efficiency Index ( ID) is calculated as follows and rounded to two decimal 
places: 
 
∑
=⎟⎟
⎠⎞
⎜⎜
⎝⎛×=n
i iRiT
DDD
nI
1 ,,ln1ln
  
ID= exp(ln ID) 
where:  D
T,i = drying efficiency of the household dishwasher under test for one test 
cycle ( i)  
EN 12   EN DR,i = drying efficiency of the reference dishwasher for one test cycle ( i) 
n = number of test cycles, n ≥ 5 
(b) The Drying Efficiency (D) is the average of the wet score of each load item after 
completion of a standard cleaning cycle. The wet score is calculated as shown in 
Table 2: 
Table 2 
Number of water traces (WT) 
or wet streak (WS) Total wet area ( Aw) in mm2 Wet score 
WT = 0 and WS = 0 Not applicable 2 (most efficient) 
1 < WT ≤ 2 or WS = 1 Aw < 50 1 
2 < WT or WS = 2  
or WS = 1 and WT =1 Aw > 50 0 (least efficient) 
  
EN 13   EN ANNEX III  
Verification procedure for ma rket surveillance purposes  
For the purposes of checking conf ormity with the requirements laid down in Annex I, Member 
State authorities shall test a si ngle household dishwasher. If the measured parameters do not 
meet the declared values within the m eaning of Article 4(2) of the manufacturer  within the 
range set out in Table 1, the measurements shall be carried out on three more household 
dishwashers. The arithmetic mean of the m easured values of these three household 
dishwashers shall meet the requirements within the ranges defined in Table 1, except for the 
energy consumption where the measured value sh all not be greater than the rated value of Et 
by more than 6%.  
Otherwise, the model and all other equivale nt household dishwasher models shall be 
considered not to comply with the re quirements laid down in Annex I.  
Member States authorities shall use reliab le, accurate and reproducible measurement 
procedures, which take into account the genera lly recognised state of the art measurement 
methods, including methods set out in documents the reference numbers of which have been 
published for that purpose in the Offici al Journal of the European Union. 
Table 1 
Measured parameter Verification tolerances  
Annual energy consumption The measured  value shall not be greater than 
the rated value* of AEC by more than 10 %.  
Cleaning efficiency index  The measured value shall not be less than the 
rated value of I C by more than 10 %.  
Drying efficiency index The measured value shall not be less than the 
rated value of I D by more than 19 %.  
Energy consumption The measured va lue shall not be greater than 
the rated value of Et by more than 10 %.  
Programme time The measured va lue shall not be longer than 
the rated values Tt by more than 10 %.  
Power consumption in off-mode and left-on 
mode The measured value of power consumption Po and 
Pl of more than 1,00 W shall not be greater than 
the rated value by more than 10 %. The measured value of power consumption P
o and Pl of less than 
or equal to 1,00 W shall not be greater than the 
rated value by more than 0,10 W.  
Duration of left-on mode The value measured shall not be longer than 
the rated value of Tl by more than 10 %.  
* “rated value” means a value declared by the manufacturer  
EN 14   EN ANNEX IV  
Benchmarks  
At the time of entry into force of this Regula tion, the best availabl e technology on the market 
for household dishwashers in terms of their ener gy efficiency, energy and water consumption, 
cleaning and drying efficiency and airborne acoustical noise emissions was identified as 
follows:  
(1) Household dishwashers with 14 pl ace settings (unde r-table model):  
(a) energy consumption: 0.950 kWh/cycl e, corresponding to an overall annual 
energy consumption of 278.5 kWh/year, of which 266 kWh/Year for 280 washing cycles and 12.5 kWh/year  due to the low power modes 
(b) water consumption: 10 litres/cycle, corresponding to 2 800 litres/year for 280 
cycles 
(c) cleaning efficiency index: I
C > 1.12 
(d) drying efficiency index: I D > 1.08 
(e) airborne acoustical noise  emissions: 41 dB(A) re 1pW 
(2) Household dishwashers with 12 pl ace settings (fr ee-standing model): 
(a) energy consumption: 0.950 kWh/cycl e, corresponding to an overall annual 
energy consumption of 278.5 kWh/year , of which 266 kWh/year for 280 
washing cycles and 12.5 kWh/year  due to the low power modes 
(b) water consumption: 9 litres/cycle, corresponding to 2 520 litres/year for 280 
cycles 
(c) cleaning efficiency index: I C > 1.12 
(d) drying efficiency index: I D > 1.08 
(e) airborne acoustical noise  emissions: 41 dB(A) re 1pW 
(3) Household dishwashers with 9 place settings (built-in model): 
(a) energy consumption: 0.800 kWh/cycl e, corresponding to an overall annual 
energy consumption of 236.5 kWh/year , of which 224 kWh/year for 280 
washing cycles and 12.5 kWh/year  due to the low power modes 
(b) water consumption: 9 litres/cycle, corresponding to 2 520 litres/year for 280 
cycles 
(c) cleaning efficiency index: I C > 1.12 
(d) drying efficiency index: I D > 1.08 
(e) airborne acoustical noise  emissions: 44 dB(A) re 1pW  
EN 15   EN (4) Household dishwashers with 6 place settings (built-in model): 
(a) energy consumption: 0.63 kWh/cycle,  corresponding to an  overall annual 
energy consumption of 208.5 kWh/year , of which 196 kWh/year for 280 
washing cycles and 12.5 kWh/year  due to the low power modes 
(b) water consumption: 7 litres/cycle, corresponding to 1 960 litres/year for 280 
cycles 
(c) cleaning efficiency index: I C > 1.12 
(d) drying efficiency index: 1,08 ≥ ID > 0.86 
(e) airborne acoustical noise  emissions: 45 dB(A) re 1pW 
(5) Household dishwashers with 4 pl ace settings (free standing model): 
(a) energy consumption: 0.51 kWh/cycle,  corresponding to an  overall annual 
energy consumption of 155.3 kWh/year , of which 142.8, kWh/year for 280 
washing cycles and 12.5 kWh/year due to the low power modes; 
(b) water consumption: 9.5 litres/cycle, corresponding to 2 660 litres/year for 280 
cycles 
(c) cleaning efficiency index: I C > 1.12 
(d) drying efficiency index: 1,08 ≥ ID > 0.86 
(e) airborne acoustical noise  emissions: 53 dB(A) re 1pW