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implementing Council Directive 92/75/EEC with regard to energy labelling of household electric
refrigerators, freezers andtheircombinations
(OJ L 45, 17.2.1994, p. 1)
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Official Journal
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COMMISSIONDIRECTIVE94/2/EC
of21January1994
implementing Council Directive 92/75/EEC with regard to energy
labelling of household electric refrigerators, freezers and their
combinations
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 92/75/EEC of 22 September 1992
on the indication by labelling and standard product information of the
consumption of energy and other resources of household appliances (1),
and in particular Articles 9 and 12 thereof,
Whereas under Directive 92/75/EEC the Commission is to adopt an
implementing directive in respect of household appliances includingrefrigerators, freezers and their combinations;
Whereas electricity use by refrigerators and freezers accounts for a
significant part of total Community electricity demand; whereas thescope for reduced energy use by these appliances is substantial;
Whereas CEN (European Committee for Standardization) standard EN
153 provides a method for measuring the consumption of energy of
refrigerators, freezers and their combinations;
Whereas the Community, confirming its interest in an international
standardization system capable of producing standards that are actuallyused by all partners in international trade and of meeting the require-ments of Community policy, invites the European standardsorganizations to continue their cooperation with international standardsorganizations;
Whereas the European Committe for Standardization and the European
Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (Cenelec) are the
bodies recognized as competent to adopt harmonized standards inaccordance with the general guidelines for cooperation between theCommission and these two bodies signed on 13 November 1984;whereas, within the meaning of this Directive, a harmonized standardis a technical specification (European standard or harmonization docu-
ment) adopted by CEN or Cenelec on the basis of a remit (mandate)
from the Commission in accordance with the provisions of CouncilDirective 83/189/EEC of 28 March1983 laying down a procedure forthe provision of information in the field of technical standards andregulations (
2), as last amended by Commission Decision 92/400/
EEC (3), and on the basis of those general guidelines;
Whereas the measures set out in this Directive are in accordance with
the opinion of the committee set up under Article 10 of Directive 92/75/EEC,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
Article 1
1. This Directive shall apply to electric mains operated household
refrigerators, frozen food storage cabinets, food freezers and theircombinations. Appliances that may also use other energy sources,suchas batteries, are excluded.
2. The information required by this Directive shall be obtained by
measurements made in accordance withh armonised standards adoptedby the European Standardisation Bodies (CEN, CENELEC, ETSI)1994L0002 — EN — 29.07.2003 — 001.001 — 2
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under mandate from the Commission in accordance with Directive 98/
34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (1), the reference
numbers of which have been published in the Official Journal of the
European Union and for which Member States have published the
reference numbers of the national standards transposing those harmo-nised standards.
3. The provisions in Annexes I, II and III requiring the giving of
information relating to noise shall apply only where that informationis required by Member States under Article 3 of Directive 86/594/
EEC. This information shall be measured in accordance with that
Directive.
4. In this Directive the definitions set out in Article 1(4) of Directive
92/75/EEC shall apply.
Article 2
1. The technical documentation referred to in Article 2 (3) of Direc-
tive 92/75/EEC shall include:
— the name and address of the supplier,
— a general description of the appliance, sufficient for it to be identi-
fied,
— information, including drawings as relevant, on the main design
features of the model and in particular items which appreciably
affect its energy consumption,
— reports of relevant measurement tests carried out under the stan-
dards referred to in Article 1 (2) of this Directive,
— operating instructions, if any.
Where the information relating to a particular model combination has
been obtained by calculation on the basis of design, and/or extrapola-tion from other combinations, the documentation should include detailsof suchcalculations and/or extrapolations, and of tests undertaken toverify the accuracy of the calculations undertaken (details of mathema-
tical model for calculating performance and of measurements taken to
verify this model).
2. The appliances covered by this Directive shall be divided into the
‘categories’ set out in Annex IV.
3. The label referred to in Article 2 (1) of Directive 92/75/EEC shall
be as specified in Annex I to this Directive. It shall be placed on theoutside of the front or top of the appliance, in such a way as to be
clearly visible, and not obscured.
4. The content and format of the fiche referred to in the third indent
of Article 2 (1) of Directive 92/75/EEC shall be as specified in AnnexII to this Directive.
5. Where the appliances are offered for sale, hire or hire purchase by
means of a printed or written communication, or by other means which
imply that the potential customer cannot be expected to see the appli-
ance displayed, suchas a written offer, a mail order catalogue,advertisements on the Internet or on other electronic media, thatcommunication shall include all the information specified in Annex III.
6. The energy efficiency class of an appliance shall be as specified
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Article 3
Member States shall take all necessary measures to ensure that all
suppliers and dealers established in their territory fulfil their obligations
under this Directive.
Article 4
1. Member States shall adopt and publish the provisions necessary
to comply with this Directive by 31 December 1994. They shall imme-
diately inform the Commission therof. They shall apply thoseprovisions from 1 January 1995.
When Member States adopt these provisions, these shall contain a
reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such referenceat the time of their official publication. The procedure for such refer-ence shall be adopted by Member States.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of
the provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by
this Directive.
Article 5
This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following its
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
Article 6
This Directive is adressed to the Member States.1994L0002 — EN — 29.07.2003 — 001.001 — 4
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ANNEXI
THELABEL
Labeldesign
1. The label shall be in accordance with the following illustrations:
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Notesonlabel
2. The following notes define the information to be included:
Note:
I. Supplier's name or trade mark.
II. Suppliers model identifier.
III. The energy efficiency class of an appliance shall be determined in
accordance with Annex V. The appropriate letter shall be placed at
the same level as the relevant arrow.
IV. Without prejudice to any requirements under the Community Eco-label
award scheme, where an appliance has been granted a ‘Community
Eco-label award’ pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 880/92 (1)
a copy of the Eco-award mark (the flower) may be added here. The
‘refrigerator/freezer label design guide’ referred to below, explains
how the Eco-award mark, may be included in the label.
V. Energy consumption in accordance withstandards referred to in Article
1 (2) but expressed in kWhper year (i.e. per 24 h ours×365).
VI. Sum of net storage volume of all compartments that do not merit a star
rating (i.e. operating temperature > − 6 ºC).
VII. Sum of net storage volume of all frozen food storage compartments
which merit a star rating (i.e. operating temperature ≤− 6 ºC).
VIII. Star rating of frozen food storage compartment, in accordance with
standards referred to in Article 1 (2). Where this compartment does
not merit any stars, this position shall be left blank.
IX. Where applicable noise measured in accordance with Directive 86/594/
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Printing
3. The following defines certain aspects of the label:
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The indicator letter for A+ and A++ appliances shall be in accordance with
the following illustrations, and shall be placed in the same position as the A
indicator for A class appliances
Colours used:
CMYK: cyan, magenta, yellow, black.Example: 07X0: 0 % cyan, 70 % magenta, 100 % yellow, 0 % black.
Arrows:
— A: X0X0,
— B: 70X0,— C: 30X0,— D: 00X0,— E: 03X0,— F: 07X0,— G: 0XX0.
Outline colour X070.
All text is in black. The background is white.1994L0002 — EN — 29.07.2003 — 001.001 — 16
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ANNEXII
THEFICHE
The fiche shall contain the following information. The information may be
given in the form of a table covering a number of appliances supplied by the
same supplier, in which case it shall be given in the order specified, or given
in the description of the appliance:
1. Supplier's name or trade mark.
2. Supplier's model identifier.
3. Type of appliance as follows:
Category Description in fiche
1 Larder fridge
2 Refrigerator/chiller
3 Refrigerator
4 Refrigerator
5 Refrigerator
6 Refrigerator
7 Fridge/freezer
8 Upright freezer
9 Chest freezer
For category 10 appliances, the supplier may choose its
description of the type of appliance.
4. The energy efficiency class of the model as defined in Annex V, expressed
as ‘Energy efficiency class … on a scale of A++ (most efficient) to G (least
efficient)’. Where this information is provided in a table this may be
expressed by other means provided it is clear that the scale is from A++
(most efficient) to G (least efficient).
5. Where the information is provided in a table, and where some of the appli-
ances listed in the table have been granted a ‘Community Eco-label award’
under Regulation (EEC) No 880/92, this information may be included here.
In this case the row heading shall state ‘Community Eco-label award’, and
the entry shall consist of a copy of the Eco-award mark (the flower). This
provision is without prejudice to any requirements under the Community
Eco-label award scheme.
6. Energy consumption in accordance withstandards referred to in Article 1 (2)
but expressed in kWhper year (i.e. per 24 h ours×365), described as: ‘energy
consumption XYZ kWhper year, based on standard test results for 24 h .
Actual energy consumption will depend on how the appliance is used and
where it is located.’
7. Net storage volume of freshfood storage compartment (5 ºC) in accordance
withstandards referred to in Article 1 (2) — omit for classes 8 and 9.
8. Net storage volume of frozen food storage compartment, and of chill
compartment when available, in accordance with standards referred to inArticle 1(2) — omit for classes 1, 2 and 3. For class 3 appliances the net
volume of the ‘ice box’.
7 and 8. For classes 2 and 10 the net volume of each compartment should be
listed, in accordance withstandards referred to in Article 1 (2).
9. Star rating of frozen food storage compartment, if any, in accordance with
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10. The mention ‘no frost’ may be included here when in accordance with the
definitions given in the standards referred to in Article 1 (2).
11. ‘Power cut safe Z h’ defined as ‘temperature rise time’ in accordance with
standards referred to in Article 1 (2).
12. ‘Freezing capacity’ in kg/24 hin accordance withstandards referred to in
Article 1 (2).
13. ‘Climate class’ in accordance withth e standards referred to in Article 1 (2).
Where appliance is of ‘temperate’ climate class this may be omitted.
14. ‘Noise’, where applicable, measured in accordance with Directive 86/594/
EEC.
15. If the model is produced in order to be built-in, this should be stated.
Where an appliance contains compartments other than a single fresh food
compartment and a single frozen food compartment, extra lines may be added
at 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 to include the information in respect of these
compartments. In this case the naming and order of listing of the compartments
shall be consistent. Where the design temperature of a compartment does not
conform to the star rating system, or the standard fresh food compartment
temperature (5 ºC), this design temperature shall be given.
The information contained in the label may be given in the form of a copy of
the label, either in colour or in black and white. In this case the further informa-
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ANNEXIII
MAILORDERANDOTHERDISTANCESELLING
Mail order catalogues and other printed communications referred to by Article 2
(5) of this Directive shall contain the following information, given in the order
specified:
1. Energy efficiency class (Annex II, point 4)
2. Energy consumption (Annex II, point 6)
3. Net volume of freshfood compartment (Annex II, point 7)
4. Net volume of frozen food compartment (Annex II, point 8)5. Star rating (Annex II, point 9)
6. Noise (Annex II, point 14)
Where other information contained in the product information fiche is provided,
it shall be in the form defined in Annex II and shall be included in the above list
in the order specified for the fiche.
The size and font, in which all the information referred to above is printed, shall
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ANNEXIV
CATEGORIES
The appliances covered by this Directive shall be divided into the following
‘categories’:
1. Household refrigerators, without low temperature compartments.
2. Household refrigerator/chillers, with compartments at 5 ºC and/or 10 ºC.3. Household refrigerators, with no-star low temperature compartments.4. Household refrigerators, with low temperature compartments *.
5. Household refrigerators, with low temperature compartments **.
6. Household refrigerators, with low temperature compartments ***.7. Household refrigerator/freezers, with low temperature compartments *(***).
8. Household food freezers, upright.
9. Household food freezers, chest.
10. Household refrigerators and freezers with more than two doors, or other
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ANNEXV
ENERGYEFFICIENCYCLASS
PART1: DefinitionsofClassesA+andA++
An appliance shall be classified as A+ or A++, where the energy efficiency
index alpha (Iα) is within the ranges specified in Table 1.
Table1
Energy efficiency index α(Iα) ‘Energy efficiency class’
30 > IαA++
42 > Iα≥30 A+
Iα≥42 A to G (see below)
In Table 1
Iα¼AC
SCα/C2100
where:
AC = annual energy consumption of appliance (in accordance withAnnex I,
note V)
SCα= standard annual energy consumption αof appliance
SCαis calculated as
MαXX
CompartmentsVc/C225/C0Tc ðÞ
20/C2FF/C2CC/C2BI/C18/C19
þNαþCH
where:
Vc is the net volume (in litres) of the compartment (in accordance with stan-
dards referred to in Article 1(2)).
Tc is the design temperature (in ºC) of the compartment.
The values of Mαand Nαare given in Table 2 and the values of FF, CC, BI and
CH are given in Table 3
Table2
Type of applianceTemperature of coldest
compartmentMαNα
1 Larder Fridge > – 6 ºC 0,233 245
2 Refrigerator/chiller > – 6 ºC 0,233 245
3 Refrigerator no star > – 6 ºC 0,233 2454 Refrigerator * ≤– 6 ºC * 0,643 191
5 Refrigerator ** ≤– 12 ºC ** 0,450 245
6 Refrigerator ***/ ≤– 18 ºC ***/*(***) 0,777 303
7 Fridge-freezer *(***) ≤– 18 ºC ***/*(***) 0,777 303
8 Upright freezer ≤– 18 ºC *(***) 0,539 315
9 Chest freezer ≤– 18 ºC *(***) 0,472 2861994L0002 — EN — 29.07.2003 — 001.001 — 21
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Type of applianceTemperature of coldest
compartmentMαNα
10 Multi-door or other appliance (1)(1)
(1) For these appliances, the temperature and star rating of the compartment with the lowest temperature will determine the
values of M and N. Appliances with– 18 ºC *(***) compartments sh all be considered as fridge-freezers *(***).
Table3
Correction factor Value Condition
FF (frost-free) 1,2 For ‘frost-free’ (ventilated) frozen food compartments
1 Otherwise
CC (climate class) 1,2 For ‘tropical’ appliances
1,1 For ‘subtropical’ appliances
1 Otherwise
BI (built-in) 1,2 For built-in appliances (1) of under 58 cm in width.
1 Otherwise
CH (chill compartment) 50 Kwh/y For appliances with a chill compartment of at least 15
litres
0 Otherwise
(1) An appliance is ‘built-in’ only if it is designed exclusively for installation within a kitchen cavity with a need of furni-
ture finishing, and tested as such.
If an appliance is not A+ or A++, it shall be classified in accordance with Part
2.
PART2: DefinitionsofClassesAtoG
The energy efficiency class of an appliance shall be determined in accordance
withth e following Table 1:
TABLE1
Energy efficiency index: I Energy efficiency class
I < 55 A
55≤I < 75 B
75≤I < 90 C
90≤I < 100 D
100≤I < 110 E
110≤I < 125 F
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Where:
‘energy efficiency index’ (expressed as a percentage) = annual energy consump-
tion of appliance (1) / standard annual energy consumption of appliance
‘standard annual energy consumption of appliance’ (expressed in kWh/year) =
M × adjusted net volume + N
andadjusted net volume (expressed in litres) = net volume of freshfood compart-
ment + Ω× net volume of frozen food compartment.
The values of M, N and Ωare taken from Table 2.
TABLE2
Class of appliance Ω MN
1 Larder fridge — 0,233 245
2 Refrigerator/chiller 0,75 (1) 0,233 245
3 Refrigerator no star 1,25 0,233 245
4 Refrigerator * 1,55 0,643 191
5 Refrigerator ** 1,85 0,450 2456 Refrigerator *** 2,15 0,657 2357 Fridge/freezer *(***) (
3) 0,777 303
8 Upright freezer 2,15 (2) 0,472 286
9 Chest freezer 2,15 (2) 0,446 181
10 Multi-door or other appliances (3)(4)(4)
(1) For refrigerator/chillers the adjusted volume = net volume of fresh food compartment + Ω× net volume of chiller (10 ºC)
compartment (expressed in litres).
(2) For ‘no frost’ appliances as defined in Annex II point 10, this index is increased by a provisional factor of 1,2, giving a
value of 2,58. (This allows for the possible bias of the measurement method, which does not allow for the lack of ice
build up on ‘no frost’ appliances. In practical use ice build up will somewhat increase the consumption of ‘conventional’
appliances.)
(3) Adjusted net volume AV is calculated by the formula:
AV¼X25/C0TC ðÞ
20/C2VC/C2FC
all compartments
Where TCis design temperature (in ºC) of eachcompartment, VCis the net volume (in litres) of each compartment, and
FCis a factor which equals 1,2 for ‘no frost’ compartments and 1 for other compartments.
(4) For these appliances the values of M and N will be determined by the temperature and star rating of the compartment
withth e lowest temperature, as follows:
TABLE3
Temperature of coldest
compartmentEquivalent class M N
> − 6 ºC 1/2/3 Larder fridge/ no-star refigerator/refrigerator
chiller0,233 245
≤− 6 ºC * 4 Refrigerator (*) 0,643 191
≤− 12 ºC ** 5 Refrigerator (**) 0,450 245
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Temperature of coldest
compartmentEquivalent class M N
≤− 18 ºC *(***)
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