Directives: Ecodesign Requirements

The EU Council & Parliament have established a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-using products (EuPs), thus amending Directives 92/42/EEC, 96.57/EC and 2000/55/EC. Before an EuP covered by implementing measures is placed on the market and put into service, a CE conformity marking shall be affixed and a declaration of conformity issued whereby the manufacturer or its authorised representative (the importer) ensures and declares that the EuP complies with all relevant provision of the applicable implementing measure and that an assessment of its conformity is carried out. The Directive came into force on 11 August/05. You can download a copy from: europa.eu.int/eur-lex/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:L:2005:191:SOM:EN:HTML