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Date: 2018-12-13
Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) …/… laying down ecodesign requirements for welding equipment pursuant to Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council

COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) …/…
            
            
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               laying down ecodesign requirements for welding equipment pursuant to Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
            
            
               (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 energyrelated products
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               , 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 Communication from the Commission COM(2016)773 final
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                (ecodesign working plan) 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 ecodesign 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 ecodesign 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. 
            
            
               (4)The Commission has carried out a preparatory study to analyse the technical, environmental and economic aspects of welding equipment and machine tool products for industrial purposes
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               .  Welding equipment subject to the study comprises arc and plasma welding equipment for metals, designed and typically used for industrial and professional use
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               . 
            
            
               (5)The preparatory study was conducted in close cooperation with stakeholders and interested parties in the EU and elsewhere. The results were made public and presented to the Consultation Forum established under Article 18 of Directive 2009/125/EC.
            
            
               (6)The environmental aspects of welding equipment that were identified as significant for the purposes of this Regulation are:
            
            
               (a)energy consumption in the use phase, including when the products are in ‘idle’ mode; 
            
            
               (b)resource efficiency issues concerning the equipment per se; and 
            
            
               (c)the consumables used in welding processes.
            
            
               (7)Annual final energy consumption directly related to welding equipment is expected to be in excess of 6 TWh in 2030, corresponding to 2.4 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent, excluding the energy used in making the associated consumables (such as shielding gases, welding wire.). The preparatory study showed that energy consumption in the use phase and various idle or standby modes can be reduced significantly.
            
            
               (8)By 2030, it is estimated that the ecodesign requirements in this Regulation will result in annual energy savings of 1.09 TWh, corresponding to total annual savings of about 0.27 Mt CO2 equivalent.
            
         
         
            
               (9)The Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions COM(2015)0614 final
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                (circular economy action plan) and the ecodesign working plan underline the importance of using the ecodesign framework to support the move towards a more resource efficient and circular economy. Directive 2012/19/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council
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                refers to Directive 2009/125/EC which indicates that ecodesign requirements should facilitate the re-use, dismantling and recovery of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) by tackling the issues upstream. Accordingly this Regulation lays down requirements on non-energyrelated aspects, including:
            
            
               (a)disassembly;
            
            
               (b)reparability;
            
            
               (c)the extraction of key components and critical raw materials; and 
            
            
               (d) the availability of built-in softwarebased datadeletion tools. 
            
            
               (10)In addition, it requires that welding equipment be accompanied by information on  the use of shielding gases during welding and the quantities of welding wire or filler material used.
            
            
               (11)The energy and resource consumption of welding equipment could be reduced by applying existing non-proprietary techniques without an increase in the combined costs of purchasing and operation.
            
            
               (12)The preparatory study has concluded that the proposed ecodesign requirements do not affect the functionality or affordability of welding equipment from the enduser’s perspective and do not negatively affect health, safety or the environment.
            
            
               (13)The timing for the introduction of ecodesign requirements allows manufacturers to redesign the products covered by this Regulation.  It takes account of the impact on costs for manufacturers, in particular the large proportion of small and medium-sized enterprises in the welding equipment manufacturing sector in the EU, while ensuring the timely achievement of the objectives of  the  Regulation.
            
            
               (14)Product parameters should be measured and calculated using reliable, accurate and reproducible methods that take into account recognised state-of-the-art measurement and calculation  techniques, including, where available, harmonised standards adopted by the European standardisation organisations following a request from the Commission, in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012
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               (15)In accordance with Article 8 of Directive 2009/125/EC, this Regulation should specify which conformity assessment procedures apply.
            
            
               (16)To facilitate compliance checks, manufacturers should provide the information contained 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.
            
            
               (17)In addition to the legally binding requirements laid down in this Regulation, indicative benchmarks for best available techniques should be identified to make information on the lifecycle environmental performance of products subject to this Regulation widely available and easily accessible, in accordance with part 3(2) of Annex I of 1 to Directive 2009/125/EC.
            
            
               (18)In order to improve the effectiveness and credibility of this Regulation and to protect consumers, products that automatically alter their performance in test conditions to improve the declared parameters should be prohibited.
            
            
               (19)A review of this Regulation should assess the appropriateness and effectiveness of its provisions in achieving its goals. The timing of the review should allow for all provisions to be implemented and show an effect on the market.
            
            
               (20)In order to improve the operation of the internal market and the environmental performance of welding equipment throughout the Union, ecodesign requirements should harmonise the relevant energy consumption and resource efficiency requirements. The requirements should be revised not later than 2024 in the light of technological evolution, in order to take advantage of further possibilities of improving the equipment's performance and the operation of the internal market.
            
            
               (21)The measures provided for in this Regulation were discussed by the Consultation Forum referred to in Article 18 of Directive 2009/125/EC.
            
            
               (22)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established under 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 and putting into service of electrical mains-operated welding equipment.
            
            
               2.This Regulation shall apply to the following types of welding equipment techniques :
            
            
               (a)manual  metal arc welding;
            
            
               (b)shielded  metal arc welding;
            
            
               (c)cored wire welding;
            
            
               (d)flux  cored arc welding;
            
            
               (e)metal active gas and  metal inert gas welding;
            
            
               (f)tungsten inert gas welding;
            
            
               (g)plasma arc cutting;
            
            
               (h)multi-functional equipment capable of performing two or more of the above techniques.
            
            
               3.This Regulation shall not apply to the following types of welding equipment techniques:
            
            
               (a)submerged arc welding equipment;
            
            
               (b)limitedduty arc welding equipment;
            
            
               (c)resistance welding equipment;
            
            
               (d)stud welding equipment.
            
            
               Article 2
               Definitions
            
            
               For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:
            
            
               1.‘welding equipment’ means products that are used for manual, automated or semi-automated welding, brazing, soldering or cutting (or all of the above) via arc welding and allied processes, and that is stationary or transportable, and consists of linked parts or components, at least one of which moves and which are joined together to produce coalescence of arbitrary metals by heating them to the welding temperature (with or without the application of pressure) or by the application of pressure alone, with or without the use of filler metal, and with or without the use of shielding gas(es), using appropriate tools and techniques, resulting in a product of defined geometry;
            
            
               2.'manual metal arc welding’ means an arc-welding process with a coated electrode where the operator’s hand controls the travel speed of the welding operation and the rate at which the electrode is fed into the electric arc;
            
            
               3.'shielded metal arc welding’ means an arc-welding process whereby coalescence is produced by heating with an electric arc between a covered metal electrode and the work-piece and work area. Shielding is obtained from decomposition of the electrode covering. Pressure is not used and filler metal is obtained from the electrode.
            
         
         
            
               4.'self-shielded flux-cored welding’ means a wire welding process in which a continuous hollowwire electrode is fed through the welding gun into the weld joint without the need to use an external shielding gas to protect the weld pool from contamination. Instead of an external shielding gas, a flux compound within the hollow wire reacts with the welding arc to form a gas that protects the weld pool.
            
            
               5.'flux cored arc welding’ means welding that uses composite tubular filler metal electrodes consisting of a metal sheath and a core of various powdered materials, producing an extensive slag cover on the face of a weld bead. The use of external shield gas(es) may or may not be required;
            
            
               6.'metal inert gas (MIG) welding’ means gas metal arc welding whereby coalescence is produced by heating with an arc between a continuous filler metal (consumable) electrode and the workpiece area. Shielding is obtained entirely from an externally supplied gas, or gas mixture, that is inert;
            
            
               7.'metal active gas (MAG) welding’ means gas metal arc welding whereby coalescence is produced by heating with an arc between a continuous filler metal (consumable) electrode and the workpiece area. Shielding is obtained entirely from an externally supplied gas, or gas mixture, that is active;
            
            
               8.'tungsten inert gas welding’ means an arc welding process whereby coalescence is produced by heating with an arc between a single tungsten (non-consumable) electrode and the workpiece area. Shielding is obtained from a gas or gas mixture. Pressure may or may not be used and filler metal may or may not be used;
            
            
               9.'plasma arc cutting’ means an arc cutting process that uses a constricted arc and removes the molten metal in a high velocity jet of ionised gas (plasma gas) issuing from the constricting orifice. Plasma arc cutting is a directcurrent electrodenegative process;
            
            
               10.'plasma gas’ (sometimes referred to as ‘orifice gas’ or ‘cutting gas’) means a gas directed into the torch to surround the electrode, which becomes ionised by the arc to form a plasma and issues from the torch nozzle as the plasma jet;
            
            
               11.'laser-arc welding’ means a process in which welding is carried out by a pulsed or constant wave laser. The use of external shield gas(es) may or may not be required;
            
            
               12.'laser-arc hybrid welding’ means a process in which welding is carried out by a pulsed or constant wave laser, together with the use of an electric arc. Coalescence between the workpiece area and the filler metal (consumable) electrode is produced by heat from both the arc and the laser energy sources. The use of external shield gas(es) may or may not be required;
            
            
               13.'shielding gas’ (also referred to as ‘secondary gas’) means a gas that does not pass through the orifice of the nozzle, but instead passes around the nozzle and forms a shield around the electric arc;
            
            
               14.'submerged arc welding’ means an arc welding process that uses an arc or arcs exceeding 600 amperes between a bare metal electrode or electrodes and the weld pool. The arc and molten metal are shielded by a blanket of granular flux on the workpieces. No pressure is applied and the process uses filler metal from the electrode and sometimes from a supplementary source such as a welding rod, flux or metal granules;
            
            
               15.'limitedduty arc welding equipment’ means products for arc welding and allied processes that:
            
            
               (a)use singlephase public lowvoltage input;
            
            
               (b)if engine driven, do not exceed an output power of 7.5 kVA;
            
            
               (c)do not require arcstriking and stabilising devices, liquid cooling systems, gas consoles or three-phase input power supply for operation, i.e. are not designed for industrial and professional use;
            
            
               16.'resistance welding equipment’ means a thermo-electrical process in which heat is generated at the interface of the parts to be joined by passing an electrical current through the parts for a precisely controlled time and under a controlled pressure. No consumables such as welding rods or shielding gases are required;
            
            
               17.'stud welding equipment’ means a form of arc welding where capacitive discharge occurs across the consumable calibrated tip of a welding rod[When the negatively charged tip of the rod is in contact with the positively charged object, the tip explodes and the atmosphere between the rod and object ionises, causing the material of the rod and object to melt;
            
            
               18.'Equivalent model’ means a model with the same relevant technical and performance characteristics, but placed on the market under a different model identifier.
            
            
               Article 3
               Ecodesign requirements
            
            
               Welding equipment shall comply with the ecodesign requirements set out in Annex II from the dates indicated therein.
            
         
         
            
               Compliance with the ecodesign requirements shall be assessed, measured and calculated in accordance with the methods set out in Annex III.
            
            
               Article 4
               Conformity assessment
            
            
               1.The conformity assessment procedure referred to in Article 8 of Directive 2009/125/EC shall be the internal design control system set out in Annex IV, or the management system set out in Annex V, to that Directive.
            
            
               2.For the purposes of conformity assessment pursuant to Article 8 of Directive 2009/125/EC, the technical documentation file shall contain a copy of the product information provided in accordance with Annex II, point 2, and the results of the calculations set out in Annex III to this Regulation.
            
            
               3.Where the information in the technical documentation for a particular model has been obtained by calculation on the basis of design, or extrapolation from another model, or both, the documentation shall include details of such calculations and/or extrapolations and of tests carried out by manufacturers to verify their accuracy.
            
            
               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, the Member States' authorities shall apply the verification procedure set out in Annex IV.
            
            
               Article 6
               Circumvention
            
            
               Manufacturers and importers shall not place on the market products that have been designed in such a way that their performance is automatically altered in test conditions  in order to reach 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.
            
            
               Article 7
               Indicative benchmarks
            
            
               The indicative benchmarks for the best-performing products and techniques available on the market at the time this Regulation is adopted 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 assessment, including, if appropriate, a draft revision proposal to the Consultation Forum [OP please insert date – 5 years after its entry into force].
            
            
               The review shall assess, in particular, whether it is appropriate to set specific ecodesign requirements with regard to the following:
            
            
               (a)the limits to powersource efficiency and idlestate standby;
            
            
               (b)upper limits for emissions to air associated with the use of welding equipment;
            
            
               (c)the amount of shielding gas, welding wire and filler material consumed.
            
            
               It shall also assess the following parameters of welding equipment within the scope of this Regulation:
            
            
               (a)the relative market shares of transformer-controlled and inverter-controlled welding equipment;
            
            
               (b)the price and average lifetime of welding equipment;
            
         
         
            
               (c)the balance of welding equipment the EU’s trade in.
            
            
               Additionally, it shall also assess whether it is appropriate to expand the scope of the regulation to professional machine tools, and in particular set specific ecodesign requirements for machine tools with regard to minimum efficiency values in non-processing, standby and other low power modes.
            
            
               Article 9
               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.
            
            
               This Regulation shall apply from 1 January 2021. 
            
            
               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
               
            
         
         
            
                  
                     (1)
                  
                        OJ L 285, 31.10.2009, p. 10.
               
               
                  
                     (2)
                  
                        Communication from the Commission. Ecodesign working plan 2016-2019 (COM(2016)773 final, Brussels, 30.11.2016).
               
               
                  
                     (3)
                  
                        Machine tools were initially covered in the preparatory work, but they have been excluded from the scope of this Regulation due to the difficulty of determining minimum efficiency requirements on the basis of the currently available information. Additional data collection, especially on the technical options for reducing energy consumption in non-processing states such as standby and other low-power modes, could result in ecodesign measures being proposed for machine tools in the future.
               
               
                  
                     (4)
                  
                        As defined in IEC 60 974-1: Arc welding equipment — Part 1: Welding power sources. Specifically excluded from the scope of this Regulation are arc welding and cutting equipment designed for limitedduty operation by the layperson in accordance with IEC 60 974-6: Arc welding equipment — Part 6: Limited duty equipment.
               
               
                  
                     (5)
                  
                        Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions. Closing The Loop - An EU action plan for the circular economy (COM(2015)0614 final, Brussels, 02.12.2015).
               
               
                  
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                        Directive 2012/19/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) (OJ L 197, 24.7.2012, p. 38).
               
               
                  
                     (7)
                  
                        Regulation (EU) 1025/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council  of 25 October 2012 on European standardisation (OJ L 316, 14.11.2012, p. 12).
               
            
      
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               ANNEX I 
               Definitions applicable for Annexes I to V
            
            
               For the purpose of the Annexes, the following definitions shall apply:
            
            
               (1)‘power source efficiency’ means the ratio, expressed in a percentage, of the welding output power at conventional welding conditions and conventional welding load voltages, to the highest power consumption of the supply source; 
            
            
               (2)‘idle state’ means the operating state in which the power is switched on and the welding circuit is not energised; 
            
            
               (3)‘'Idle state power consumption’ means the power demand, in Watts, in idle state; 
            
            
               (4)‘highest power consumption’ means the maximum power consumption required by a welding process, excluding the power draw from any other device, including  any power supply, connected to the welded piece;
            
            
               (5)‘cold state’ means the state of the power source after a cool-down period, at which the temperature is constant, any fans or cooling pumps present have stopped, and the power source has switched into a low energy idle state;
            
            
               (6)‘power source’ means a device that utilises alternating current (AC) to either power one or more AC power outputs, or which converts AC or direct current (DC) input power to one or more DC power outputs, for the purpose of powering a welding equipment product;
            
            
               (7)‘component’ means a part which normally cannot be taken apart without destruction or impairment of the use of the component in the overall product, unless readily and economically separable into principal sub-components which may be rapidly disassembled and replaced; 
            
            
               (8)‘control panel’ means an overall operating interface containing the controls and indicators of electrical, electronic, materials use and measurable emissions parameters between the user of the product and the electronic and electro-mechanical components, inputs and outputs;
            
            
               (9)‘equipment housing’ means a protective casing of the product, often constructed from metal and plastics, giving robust protection to the product from the atmosphere, humidity and possible shock impacts, but which must also be able to readily disassembled in order to give access to the components;
            
            
               (10)‘battery’ means a device as defined in Article 3 of Directive 2006/66/EC, in the sense also of 'battery pack' or 'industrial battery or accumulator' in the same Article;  
            
            
               (11)‘welding torch’ means a device which delivers the welding current to the electrode, which may include transferring the current to a consumable electrode, where used, and which also delivers the shielding gas, where used, to the electric arc area; 
            
            
               (12)‘gas supply hose’ means a supply hose specifically designed for fuel supply of gases (such as acetylene), compressed air and shielding gases used in welding, normally consisting of a tube and a protective cover, often specific to the gas type used, and sometimes to the operating conditions;   
            
            
               (13)‘gas supply regulator’ means a device which reduces the higher pressure of the supplied compressed gases to the lower pressure that can be safely used in the welding equipment, often equipped with a metering valve or flowmeter to measure and/ or control gas flow;
            
            
               (14)‘welding wire drive’ means a device, used to feed welding wire or filler material, that may be of the type of push, pull or a push-pull combination;
            
            
               (15)‘fan’ means a rotary bladed machine used to maintain a continuous flow of gas, typically air, passing through it and acts for instance as the internal cooling system for the power source;
            
            
               (16)‘electricity supply cable’ means a welding supply cable meeting the requirements of recognised welding cable standards, including insulation performance, specific to the particular needs of the application, as needed (such as special requirements related to plasma cutting, where applicable) and capable of providing electricity of sufficient performance and safety characteristics.
            
            
         
         
            
               ANNEX II 
               Ecodesign requirements
            
            
               1.Energy efficiency requirements:
            
            
               1.1.The power source efficiency of welding equipment products, at the highest power consumption, shall not be lower than the values set out in Table 1, and the idle state power consumption shall not exceed the values set out in Table 1.
            
            
                
            
            
               Table 1. Minimum power source efficiency and maximum idle state power consumption from 1 January 2023
            
            
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Minimum power source efficiency at the highest power consumption [%]
                     
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Maximum idle power consumption at cold state [Watt]
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Three-phase power sources  with direct current (DC) output
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        85%
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        50
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Single-phase power sources  with direct current (DC) output  
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        80%
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        50
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Single-phase and three-phase power sources with alternating current (AC) output
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        80%
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        50
                     
                  
               
            
               1.2.The power source efficiency of welding equipment products, at the highest power consumption, shall be lower than the values set out in Table 2, and the idle state power consumption shall not exceed the values set out in Table 2. 
            
            
            
               Table 2. Minimum power source efficiency and maximum idle state power consumption from 1 January 2028
            
            
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Minimum power source efficiency at  the highest power consumption [%]
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Maximum idle power consumption at cold state [Watt]
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Three-phase power sources  with direct current (DC) output
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        87%
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        30
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Single-phase power sources  with direct current (DC) output 
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        82%
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        30 
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Single-phase and three-phase power sources with alternating current (AC) output
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        80%
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        30
                     
                  
               
            
               2.Repair, reuse and recyclability requirements
            
            
               From 1 January 2021, manufacturers shall ensure that welding equipment products meet the following requirements:
            
            
               2.1.Without prejudice to the requirements of Directive 2006/42/EC, as amended, the following types of components, when present, of welding equipment products shall be able to be accessed and removed, such that they may be fully inspected, cleaned, maintained, repaired or upgraded, by third-party maintenance organisations or representatives or agents of the manufacturer or importer: 
            
            
               (a)control panel;
            
            
               (b)power source(s);
            
            
               (c)equipment housing;
            
            
               (d)battery(ies);
            
            
               (e)welding torch;
            
         
         
            
               (f)gas supply hose(s);
            
            
               (g)gas supply regulator(s);
            
            
               (h)welding wire or filler material drive;
            
            
               (i)fan(s);
            
            
               (j)electricity supply cable.
            
            
               2.2.Joining, fastening or sealing techniques shall not prevent the disassembly of the above components. The sequence of dismantling operations needed to access each of the above components shall be documented, including for each of these operations: type of operation, type and number of fastening technique(s) to be unlocked, and the tool(s) required.
            
            
               2.3.The deletion of data stored in potentially reusable welding equipment (such as on any hard drives or solid-state drives) shall be possible, for instance through built-in software tools.
            
            
               2.4.Where a display is provided on a welding equipment product it shall be readily visible to the user of welding equipment during its operation  
            
            
               2.5.Where present, a display shall provide a clear indication of the use of shielding gas, in litres per minute; the display shall also indicate whether the shielding gas use is normal or excessive for the type of operation, with reference to the welding type, schedule and programme. 
            
            
               2.6.Where present, a display shall provide a clear indication of the use of welding wire or filler material in grams per minute or equivalent standardised unit of measurement; the display shall also indicate whether the welding wire or filler material use is normal or excessive for the type of operation, with reference to the welding type, schedule and programme.
            
            
               3.Information requirements to be provided by manufacturers and importers of welding equipment products
            
            
               From 1 January 2021, manufacturers shall ensure that welding equipment products meet the following information requirements:
            
            
               3.1.The following information shall be provided in the instruction manuals for installers and end-users, and for at least 15 years after a welding equipment product is placed on the market, on the free-access websites of manufacturers, their authorised representatives and importers:
            
            
               (a)product type;
            
            
               (b)manufacturer’s name, registered trade name and registered address at which they can be contacted; 
            
            
               (c)product model number or name; 
            
            
               (d)year of manufacture, or information that allows the year of manufacture to be determined;
            
            
               (e)minimum power source efficiency at the stated highest power consumption point;
            
            
               (f)maximum idle power consumption at cold state [Watts];
            
            
               (g)information on data deletion as referred to in paragraph 2.4;
            
         
         
            
               (h)tabulated information on expected shielding gas utilisation of the product for representative welding schedules and programmes;
            
            
               (i)tabulated information on expected welding wire or filler material utilisation of the product for representative welding schedules and programmes.
            
            
               3.2.The following information shall be made available free of charge by manufacturers, their authorised representatives and importers to third parties dealing with maintenance, repair, reuse and upgrading of welding equipment products (including brokers, spare parts repairers, spare parts providers and third party maintenance service providers) upon registration by the interested third party on a website provided by the manufacturer, its authorised representative(s) or importers, for at least 15 years after a welding equipment product is placed on the market:
            
            
               (a)product type;
            
            
               (b)manufacturer’s name, registered trade name and registered trade address at which they can be contacted; 
            
            
               (c)product's model number or name; 
            
            
               (d)year of manufacture, or information that allows to the year of manufacture to be determined;
            
            
               (e)information relevant to recycling and disposal at end-of-life;
            
            
               (f)information on the identification and operation of the data deletion tool(s) referred to in point 2.4 ;
            
            
               (g)total mass per product, expressed in grams rounded to the nearest integer, of the three most commonly-found listed critical raw materials
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               , if any, and a clear indication of the components in which those critical raw materials are present.
            
            
               3.3.Product information listed in paragraphs 3.1 and 3.2 shall be provided in the technical documentation for the purposes of conformity assessment pursuant to Annex IV.
            
            
               ANNEX III 
               Measurements and calculations
            
            
               For the purposes of compliance and verification of compliance with the requirements of this Regulation, measurements and calculations shall be made using harmonised standards, the reference numbers of which have been published for this purpose in the Official Journal of the European Union, or using other reliable, accurate and reproducible methods which take into account the generally recognised state-of-the-art, and produce results deemed to be of low uncertainty.
            
            
               ANNEX IV
               Verification procedure for market surveillance purposes
            
            
               The verification tolerances defined in this Annex relate only to the verification of the measured parameters by Member State authorities and shall not be used by the manufacturer or importer as an allowed tolerance to establish the values in the technical documentation or in interpreting these values with a view to achieving compliance or to communicate better performance by any means. 
            
            
               When verifying the compliance of a product's model with the requirements laid down in the Regulation pursuant to Article 3(2) of Directive 2009/125/EC, for the requirements referred to in this Annex, the authorities of the Member States shall apply the following procedure:
            
            
               1.The Member State authorities shall verify one unit of the model or model configuration.
            
            
               2.The model or model configuration shall be considered to comply with the applicable requirements where the following conditions are met:
            
            
               (a)the values given in the technical documentation pursuant to point 2 of Annex IV to Directive 2009/125/EC (declared values), and, where applicable, the values used to calculate these values, are not more favourable for the manufacturer or importer than the results of the corresponding measurements carried out pursuant to paragraph (g) thereof; 
            
            
               (b)the declared values meet any requirements laid down in the Regulation, and any required product information published by the manufacturer or importer does not contain values that are more favourable for the manufacturer or importer than the declared values; 
            
         
         
            
               (c)when the Member State authorities test the unit of the model or model configuration, the determined values (the values of the relevant parameters as measured in testing and the values calculated from these measurements) comply with the functional requirements and the requirements on repair and end-of-life aspects and the verification tolerances as given in Table 3.
            
            
               3.Where the results referred to in points 2(a) or 2(b) are not achieved, the model and all model configurations that are covered by the same product information shall be considered not to comply with the Regulation.
            
            
               4.Where the result referred to in point 2(c) is not achieved, the Member State authorities shall select three additional units of the same model or model configuration for testing. 
            
            
               5.The model or model configuration shall be considered to comply with the applicable requirements if, for these three units, the arithmetical mean of the determined values complies with the respective verification tolerances given in Table 3.
            
            
               6.Where the result referred to in point 4 is not achieved, the model and all model configurations that are covered by the same product information shall be considered not to comply with the Regulation.
            
            
               7.The Member State authorities shall provide all relevant information to the authorities of the other Member States and to the Commission immediately after a decision being taken on the non-compliance of the model according to points 3 and 6.
            
            
               The Member State authorities shall use the measurement and calculation methods set out in Annex III.
            
            
               The Member State authorities shall only apply the verification tolerances that are set out in Table 3 and shall only use the procedure described in points 1 to 7 for the requirements referred to in this Annex. No other tolerances shall be applied.
            
            
               Table 3— Verification tolerances
            
            
                     
                        Parameters
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Verification tolerances
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Power source efficiency (%)
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        The average of the arithmetic averages of efficiency at load conditions as defined in Annex II does not fall below the applicable limit value for minimum power source efficiency by more than 2%.
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Maximum idle power consumption at cold state [Watt]
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        The arithmetic average of cited idle power consumption at cold state as defined in Annex II does not exceed 10%.
                     
                  
               
               ANNEX V
               Benchmarks
            
            
               The following indicative benchmarks are identified for the purpose of Part 3, point 2 of Annex I to Directive 2009/125/EC.
            
            
               The best available technology on the market, at the time of entry into force of this Regulation, for the environmental aspects that were considered significant and are quantifiable is indicated below.
            
            
               Table 4 Benchmarks for idle state power, server efficiency and operating condition
            
            
                     
                        Product type
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Power source efficiency [%]
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Maximum idle state power consumption at cold state [W]
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Three-phase power sources with direct current (DC) output 
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        92%
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        10
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Single-phase power sources with direct current (DC) output 
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        90%
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        10
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Single-phase and three-phase power sources with alternating current (AC) output
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        83%
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        10
                     
                  
               
         
         
            
                  
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