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Annex IV is amended as follows: (a) the following is added after the first paragraph: ‘Where a parameter is declared pursuant to Article 3(3) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 and in accordance with Annex VI Table 7 for household washing machines or Annex VI Table 8 for household washer-dryers, its declared value shall be used by the supplier for the calculations in this Annex.’; (b) point 1 is replaced by the following: ‘1. RATED CAPACITY OF HOUSEHOLD WASHER-DRYERS The rated capacity of household washer-dryers is the rated capacity of the wash and dry cycle. If the household washer-dryer provides a continuous cycle, the rated capacity of the wash and dry cycle shall be the rated capacity for this cycle. If the household washer-dryer does not provide a continuous cycle, the rated capacity of the wash and dry cycle shall be the lower value of the rated washing capacity of the eco 40-60 programme and the rated drying capacity of the drying cycle achieving cupboard dry status.’; (c) points 3 and 4 are replaced by the following: ‘3. WASHING EFFICIENCY INDEX The washing efficiency index of household washing machines and of the washing cycle of household washer-dryers (IW) and the washing efficiency index of the complete cycle of household washer-dryers (JW) shall be calculated using harmonised standards the reference numbers of which have been published for this purpose in the Official Journal of the European Union, or other reliable, accurate and reproducible methods, which take into account the generally recognised state-of-the-art, and rounded to three decimal places. For household washing machines with a rated capacity higher than 3 kg and for the washing cycle of household washer-dryers with a rated capacity higher than 3 kg, the IW indicated on the Product Information Sheet shall be the lowest value between the washing efficiency index at rated washing capacity, half of the rated washing capacity, and quarter of the rated washing capacity. For household washing machines with a rated capacity lower than or equal to 3 kg and for the washing cycle of household washer-dryers with a rated capacity lower than or equal to 3 kg, the IW indicated on the Product Information Sheet shall be the washing efficiency index at rated washing capacity. For household washer-dryers with a rated capacity higher than 3 kg, the JW indicated on the Product Information Sheet shall be the lower value between the washing efficiency index at rated capacity and half of the rated capacity. For household washer-dryers with a rated capacity lower than or equal to 3 kg, the JW indicated on the Product Information Sheet shall be the washing efficiency index at rated capacity. 4. RINSING EFFECTIVENESS The rinsing effectiveness of household washing machines and of the washing cycle of household washer-dryers (IR) and the rinsing effectiveness of the complete cycle of household washer-dryers (JR) shall be calculated using harmonised standards, the reference numbers of which have been published for this purpose in the Official Journal of the European Union, or other reliable, accurate and reproducible method based on the detection of the linear alkylbenzene sulfonate (LAS) marker, and rounded to one decimal place. For household washing machines with a rated capacity higher than 3 kg and for the washing cycle of household washer-dryers with a rated capacity higher than 3 kg, the IR indicated on the Product Information Sheet shall be the highest value between the rinsing effectiveness at rated washing capacity, half of the rated washing capacity, and quarter of the rated washing capacity. For household washing machines with a rated capacity lower than, or equal to 3 kg and for the washing cycle of household washer-dryers with a rated capacity lower than, or equal to 3 kg, no value shall be indicated for IR on the Product Information Sheet. For household washer-dryers with a rated capacity higher than 3 kg, the JR indicated on the Product Information Sheet shall be the higher value between the rinsing effectiveness at rated capacity and half of the rated capacity. For household washer-dryers with a rated capacity lower than, or equal to 3 kg, no value shall be indicated for JR on the Product Information Sheet.’; (d) in point 6, the first paragraph of point 2 is replaced by the following: ‘For household washer-dryers with a rated washing capacity lower than or equal to 3 kg, the weighted water consumption of the wash and dry cycle is the water consumption at rated capacity and rounded to the nearest integer.’; (e) point 7 is replaced by the following: ‘7. REMAINING MOISTURE CONTENT The weighted remaining moisture content after washing (D) of a household washing machine and of the washing cycle of a household washer-dryer is calculated in percentage as follows and rounded to one decimal place: where: Dfull is the remaining moisture content for the eco 40-60 programme at rated washing capacity, in percentage and rounded to two decimal places; D1/2 is the remaining moisture content for the eco 40-60 programme at half of the rated washing capacity in percentage and rounded to two decimal places; D1/4 is the remaining moisture content for the eco 40-60 programme at a quarter of the rated washing capacity in percentage and rounded to two decimal places; A, B and C are the weighting factors as described in point 2.1(c).’; (f) point 9 is replaced by the following: ‘9. LOW POWER MODES Where applicable, the power consumption of the off mode (Po), standby mode (Psm) and delay start (Pds) are measured, expressed in W, and rounded to two decimal places. During measurements of the power consumption in low power modes, the following shall be checked and recorded: — the display or not of information, — the activation or not of a network connection. If a household washing machine or a household washer-dryer provides for a wrinkle guard function, this operation shall be interrupted by opening the household washing machine or household washer-dryer door, or any other appropriate intervention 15 minutes before the measurement of the power consumption.’; (g) the following point 11 is added at the end: ‘11. SPIN SPEED The spin speed of a household washing machine and of the washing cycle of a household washer-dryer shall be measured or calculated at the highest spin speed option for the eco 40-60 programme using harmonised standards the reference numbers of which have been published for this purpose in the Official Journal of the European Union, or other reliable, accurate and reproducible methods, which take into account the generally recognised state-of-the-art, and rounded to the nearest integer.’;