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Energy efficiency labelling (A8-0213/2016 - Dario Tamburrano) DA
Energy efficiency labelling (debate) DA
Amendments (44)
Amendment 186 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Energy efficiency labelling allows consumers to make informed choices with regard to the energy consumption of products and thereby promotesmakes a significant contribution to energy savings while at the same time reducing energy bills and promoting innovation.
Amendment 187 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 2
Recital 2
(2) Energy efficiency labelling allows consumers to make informed choices with regard to energy consumption of products and thereby promotesmakes a significant contribution to reducing energy bills while at the same time promoting innovation.
Amendment 193 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 4
Recital 4
(4) It is appropriate to replace Directive 2010/30/EU by a Regulation which maintains the same scope, but modifies and enhances some of its provisions in order to clarify and update their content taking into account the rapid technological progress for energy efficiency in products achieved over recent years. A Regulation is the appropriate legal instrument as it imposes clear and detailed rules which do not give room for divergent transposition by Member States and ensures thus a higher degree of harmonisation across the Union. A harmonised regulatory framework at Union rather than at Member State level brings down costs for manufacturers and ensures a level playing field. Harmonisation across the Union ensures the free movement of goods across the Single Market.
Amendment 198 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 7
Recital 7
(7) Improving the efficiency of energy- related products through informed consumer choice benefits the Union economy overall, drives innovation and willreduces energy demand thereby contributing to energy security, allows consumers to save money on their energy bills, incentivises research and innovation, thereby giving competitive advantage to industries which develop and produce the most energy efficient products. It also contributes to the achievement of the Union's 2020 and 2030 energy efficiency targets. It will also allow consumers to save money.
Amendment 204 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 8
Recital 8
(8) The conclusions of the European Council of 23 and 24 October 2014 set an indicative target at Union level of at least 27% for improving energy efficiency in 2030 compared to projections of future energy consumption. This target will be reviewed by 2020 having in mind an Union level of 30%. They European Parliament has repeatedly called for a binding energy efficiency target of 40 %, most recently in its resolution on the Energy Union strategy of 15 December 2015. The European Council also set a binding EU target of at least 40% domestic reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 compared to 1990, including a 30% reduction of emissions in non-ETS sectors.
Amendment 213 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The provision of accurate, relevant and comparable information on the specific energy consumption of energy-related products facilitates the customer's choice in favour of those products which consume less energy and other essential resources during use. A standardised mandatory label is an effective mean to provide potential customers with comparable information on the energy consumption of energy-related products. It should be supplemented with a product information sheet. The label should be easily recognisable, simpeasily understandable and concise. To this end the existing dark green to red colour scale of the label should be retained as the basis to inform customers about the energy efficiency of products. A classification using letters from A to G has shown to be most effective for customers. In situations where because of ecodesign measures under Directive 2009/125/EC products can no longer fall into classes 'F' orand 'G', those classes should not be showremain on the label. For exceptiona in order to keep a unified label scases this should also be extended to thele for all product groups in place. Product groups with unpopulated 'DF' and 'EG' classes, although this situation is unlikely to occur given that the label would be rescaled once a majority of product models falls into the top two classes should be rescaled within 3 years of the 'F' class being unpopulated.
Amendment 215 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) The provision of accurate, relevant and comparable information on the specific energy consumption of energy-related products facilitates the customer's choice in favour of those products which consume less energy and other essential resources during use. A standardised mandatory label is an effective mean to provide potential customers with comparable information on the energy consumption of energy-related products. It should be supplemented with a product information sheet. The label should be easily recognisable, simpeasily understandable and concise. To this end the existing dark green to red colour scale of the label should be retained as the basis to inform customers about the energy efficiency of products. A classification using letters from A to G has shown to be most effective for customers. In situations where because of ecodesign measures under Directive 2009/125/EC products can no longer fall into classes 'F' or 'G', those classes should notremain on the label but should be shown oin the labelgrey in order to keep a unified label scale for all product groups in place. For exceptional cases this should also be extended to the 'D' and 'E' classes, although this situation is unlikely to occur given that the label would be rescaled once a majority35% of product models available on the market falls into the top two classes.
Amendment 225 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9a) Energy consumption shall be shown per year and per expected life time, as well as per period of time that is most appropriate to the product group such as a cycle;
Amendment 234 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 10
Recital 10
(10) Advances in digital technology allow for alternative ways of delivering and displaying labels electronically, such as on the internet, but also on electronic displays in shops. In order to take advantage of such advances, this Regulation should allow the use of electronic labels as replacement of or complementary to the physical energy label. This provision does not affect the duty of the supplier to accompany each unit of a product with a physical label for the dealer. In cases where it is not feasible to display the energy label, such as certain forms of distance selling and in advertisements and technical promotional material, potential customers should be provided at least with the energy class of the product.
Amendment 244 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 11
Recital 11
(11) Manufacturers respond to the energy label by creating ever more efficient products. This technological development leads to products populating mainly the highest classes of the energy label. Further product differentiation may be necessary to allow customers a proper comparison, leading to the need to rescale labels. For the frequency of such rescaling a timescale of approximatelymaximum ten years would be appropriate, taking into account the need to avoid over burdening manufacturers. This Regulation should therefore lay down detailed arrangements for rescaling in order to maximise legal certainty for suppliers and dealers. A newly rescaled label should have two empty top classes to encourage technological progress and enable ever more efficient products to be developed and recognised. When a label is rescaled, confusion to customers should be avoided by adequate consumer information campaigns and by replacing all energy labels on display within a short timeframe of 3weeks.
Amendment 252 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 12
Recital 12
(12) In the case of a rescaled label, suppliers should provide both the old and the rescaled labels to dealers during a certain periodfor a period of 3 months ahead of the date of replacement of the old label. The replacement of the existing labels on products on display, including on the Internet, with the rescaled labels should take place as quickly as possible after the date of replacement specified in the delegated act on the rescaled label and should not exceed 3 weeks. Dealers should not display the rescaled labels before the date of replacement.
Amendment 271 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) In order to set up a powerful tool for consumers to engage with the energy label, to facilitate the monitoring of compliance and to provide up-to-date market data for the regulatory process on revisions of product-specific labels and information sheets, suppliers should electronically provide their product compliance information electronically in a database established by the Commission. The name or trademark of the supplier, model identifier, including of all equivalent models, the label, the class(es) and other parameters on the label and the product information shouldeet shall be made publicly available on the public interface of the product database to provide information for custoonsumers and to allow for alternative ways for dealers to receive labels. Market surveillance authorities should have access to the information in the databaseAdditional technical documentation relevant to the energy efficiency of a product, including test reports or similar technical evidence enabling compliance with all requirements in the applicable delegated act to be assessed, name and address of the supplier and the contact details of a representative of the supplier shall be made available by suppliers on the compliance interface of the product database both to market surveillance authorities and to the European Commission.
Amendment 284 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16 a (new)
Recital 16 a (new)
(16a) The public interface of the database should develop into a useful tool in order to enable consumers to easily find and compare selected information of any energy-related product allowing them to identify and choose the most energy efficient products. The information available should be searchable, downloadable and allow for easy filtering by separated variables. The data should be available through open standards for the use of third party developers of applications which could help improve product comparison sites.
Amendment 288 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) EThe absolute energy consumption and other environmental and performance information concerning the products covered by product-specific requirements under this Regulation should be measured by using reliable, accurate and reproducible methods that take into account the generally recognised state-of- the-art measurements and calculation methods. The measurement and calculation methods and testing environment are to reflect real-life conditions. Products shall be tested by applying the operation modes (such as cycles, settings and programmes) that are applied by the average consumer. Simulation of real-life conditions of use, shall be achieved, in particular, by measuring the input power of a product under such conditions, and by taking into account, where relevant, the amount of time required by the product to deliver a certain output of performance or service. Test methods of both suppliers and market surveillance authorities should be established and executed in such a way that intentional or unintentional manipulation or amelioration of the test results is detected and eliminated. Allowed deviations between tested and declared results shall be limited to the statistical margin of error of the measurement equipment. It is in the interests of the functioning of the internal market to have standards which have been harmonised at Union level. In the absence of published standards at the time of application of product-specific requirements the Commission should publish in the Official Journal of the European Union transitional measurement and calculation methods in relation to those product-specific requirements. Once a reference to such a standard has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union compliance with it should provide a presumption of conformity with measurement methods for those product-specific requirements adopted on the basis of this Regulation.
Amendment 289 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 19
Recital 19
(19) EThe absolute energy consumption and other information concerning the products covered by product-specific requirements under this Regulation should be measured by using reliable, accurate and reproducible methods that take into account the generally recognised state-of- the-art measurements and calculation methods. Measurement and calculation methods should be realistic and as close as possible to the real-life usage of a given product. The energy efficiency class should not be based on the most energy efficient setting or eco-mode, where this is not likely to reflect average consumer behaviour. Tolerance values and optional testing parameters should be established in such a way that they do not lead to significant variations of efficiency gains that might possibly alter the energy efficiency class of a product. It is in the interests of the functioning of the internal market to have standards which have been harmonised at Union level. In the absence of published standards at the time of application of product-specific requirements the Commission should publish in the Official Journal of the European Union transitional measurement and calculation methods in relation to those product-specific requirements. Once a reference to such a standard has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union compliance with it should provide a presumption of conformity with measurement methods for those product- specific requirements adopted on the basis of this Regulation.
Amendment 296 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) The Commission should provide a long-term working plan for the revision of labels of particular products including an indicative list of further energy-related products for which an energy label could be established and update this working plan on an annual basis. The working plan should be implemented starting with a technical, environmental and economic analysis of the product groups concerned. This analysis should also look at supplementary information including the possibility and cost to provide consumers with information on the performance of an energy-related product, such as its absolute energy consumption, durability or environmental performance, in coherence with the objective to promote a circular economy. Such supplementary information should improve the intelligibility and effectiveness of the label towards consumers and should not lead to any negative impact on consumers.
Amendment 303 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1
Article 1 – paragraph 1
1. This Regulation lays down a framework on the indication by labelling and standard product information of the consumption of energy and other resources by energy-related products during use and supplementaryshall apply to energy- related products and provide them with an energy label, including the absolute energy consumption and additional information concerning energy-related products in order to allow customers to choose moreenergy efficient products.
Amendment 343 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13
(13) ‘Label’ means a printed or digital graphic diagram including a classification using letters from A to G, each class corresponding to significant energy savings, in seven different colours from dark green to red in order to show consumption of energy;
Amendment 363 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 20
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 20
(20) 'Supplementary information' means information on the functional and environmental performance of an energy- related product, such as its absolute energy consumption or durability, which is based on data that are measurable by market surveillance authorities, is unambiguouseasily understandable and has no significant negative impact on the clear intelligibility and effectiveness of the label as a whole towards customers.
Amendment 376 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) they shall ensure that products placed on the market are provided, free of charge, with accurate printed labels and product information sheets for each individual unit in accordance with this Regulation and the relevant delegated acts;
Amendment 389 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) To determine the declared energy efficiency and other environmental and performance information of their products, suppliers shall apply generally recognized state-of-the-art, reliable, accurate and reproducible measurement and calculation methods. The measurement and calculation methods, as well as the testing environment, shall reflect real-life conditions. Products shall be tested by applying the operation modes (such as cycles, settings and programmes) that are applied by the average consumer. Simulation of real-life conditions of use, shall be achieved, in particular, by measuring the input power of a product under such conditions, and by taking into account, where relevant, the amount of time required by the product to deliver a certain output of performance or service. Test methods should be established and executed in such a way that intentional or unintentional manipulation or amelioration of the test results is detected and eliminated. During the verification procedures, performed by market surveillance authorities, the allowed deviations between tested and declared results shall be limited to the statistical margin of error of the measurement equipment.
Amendment 390 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
(ca) the methods they use in (c) to calculate the energy efficiency class shall be based on running conditions as close as possible to normal real-life usage of a given product. Such calculation shall not be based on the most energy efficient setting or eco-mode, where this is not likely to reflect average consumer behaviour. Suppliers shall not use tolerance values and optional testing parameters in such a way that they lead to significant variations of efficiency gains that might possibly alter the energy efficiency class of a product.
Amendment 397 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d
(d) they shall, prior to placing a product model on the market, enter into the product database established in accordance with Article 8 the information detailed in Annex I.after 1 January 2019, enter the information listed in Annex I into the public and compliance interface of the product database prior to placing a product model on the market
Amendment 402 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point d a (new)
(da) they may enter the information listed in Annex I into the public and compliance interface of the product database on a voluntary basis for products placed on the Union market before 1 January 2019
Amendment 440 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) they shall make reference to the energy efficiency class of the product and the absolute energy consumption in any advertisement or technical promotional material for a specific model of products in accordance with the relevant delegated act;
Amendment 448 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point d
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point d
(d) they shall, for products not covered by this Regulation, not supply or display labels which mimic the label as defined in this Regulation or use Union symbols.
Amendment 468 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission shall support cooperation and exchange of information on market surveillance of energy labelling of products among national authorities of the Member States responsible for market surveillance or external border controls and between such authorities and the Commission by strengthening the Group of Experts on Ecodesign and Energy Labelling Administrative Co-operation Working Group (ADCO).
Amendment 475 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. When conducting physical product tests, Member States' authorities shall use reliable, accurate and reproducible measurement procedures, which take into account the generally recognised state-of- the-art measurement methods, which simulate real-life conditions of use and which exclude intentional or unintentional manipulation or alteration of the test results.
Amendment 479 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 5 – paragraph 2 b (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. When conducting physical product tests, Member States' authorities shall use reliable, accurate and reproducible measurement procedures, which take into account the generally recognised state-of- the-art measurement methods.
Amendment 495 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. In case of proven non-compliance of the energy-related product with the requirements laid down in this Regulation, consumers shall have the right to return the energy-related product to the dealer free-of-charge and receive a full refund of the original purchase price. Suppliers shall be financially responsible for these refunds.
Amendment 499 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 3
Article 6 – paragraph 3
3. Where the market surveillance authorities consider that non-compliance is not restricted to their national territory, theyIn the case of non-compliance the market surveillance authorities shall inform the Commission, the European Parliament and the other Member States of the results of the evaluation and of the actions which they have required the supplier to take.
Amendment 511 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 6 – paragraph 9
Article 6 – paragraph 9
9. Member States shall ensure that appropriate restrictive measures, such as withdrawal of the energy-related product from their market, are taken in respect of the energy-related product concerned, without delay. A non-compliant product shall automatically be withdrawn from the internal market if it has been prohibited in one country, without further testing being needed.
Amendment 526 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2
Article 7 – paragraph 2
2. When, for a given product group, no models belonging to energy classes D, E, F or G are allowed to be placed on the market any more because of an implementing measure adopted under Directive 2009/125/EC, the class or classes in question shall no longer be shown on the labelremain on the label in order to keep a unified label scale for all product groups in place. Product groups with unpopulated 'F' and 'G' classes shall be rescaled within 3 years of the 'F' class becoming unpopulated.
Amendment 542 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. The Commission shall ensure that any rescaled label is visually different from the old label and that consumers can instantly recognise rescaled labels as new labels.
Amendment 546 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4
Article 7 – paragraph 4
4. Labels shall be re-scaled periodicallyRe-scaled labels for existing product groups shall enter into force at the latest 3 years after the date of application of this Regulation. The rescaled labels for the product groups of washing machines, dishwashers, refrigerators and freezers, lamps and televisions for which the preparatory work has been finalised shall enter into force at the date of application of this Regulation. Re-scaled labels for the product groups which entered into force on 26 September 2013 shall enter into force at the date of application of this Regulation using the existing data without any additional preparatory studies and without leaving empty classes.
Amendment 560 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. After the initial rescaling as described in paragraph 4, the Commission shall start the procedure of a revision of a label when: (a) 25% of the products sold fall into energy class A; or (b) 35% of the models available for sale fall into energy class A.
Amendment 579 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – point b
Article 7 – paragraph 5 – point b
(b) dealers shall replace the existing labels on products on display including on the Internet with the rescaled labels within onthree weeks following the date specified for that purpose in the relevant delegated act. Dealers shall not display the rescaled labels before that date.
Amendment 595 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 6 a (new)
Article 7 – paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. After the initial rescaling foreseen in paragraph 4, labels shall be rescaled again when technological progress in the relevant product group makes it appropriate within a maximum of ten years or alternatively within 3 years of both the 'F' and 'G' classes becoming unpopulated following an implementing measure adopted under Directive 2009/125/EC.
Amendment 617 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 8 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Amendment 623 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 10 – paragraph 1
Article 10 – paragraph 1
In the conduct of its activities under this Regulation the Commission shall ensure in respect of each delegated act, a balanced participation of representatives from the European Parliament, and the Council along with Member States’ representatives and interested parties concerned with the product group in question, such as industry, including SMEs and craft industry, trade unions, traders, retailers, importers, environmental protection groups and consumer organisations. For this purpose, the Commission shall establish a Consultation Forum in which these parties shall met. This Consultation Forum may be combined with the Consultation Forum referred to in Article 18 of Directive 2009/125/EC.
Amendment 628 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 – paragraph 1
Article 11 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall, having consulted the Consultation Forum referred to in Article 10, establish a long-term working plan which shall be made publicly availablerevised on an annual basis after consultation with the Consultation Forum. The working plan shall set out an indicative list of product groups which are considered as priorities for the adoption of delegated acts. The working plan shall also set out plans for the revision and rescaling of labels of products or product groups. The working plan may be amenshall be maded periodically by the Commission after consultation with the Consultation Forumublicly available. The working plan may be combined with the working plan required by Article 16 of Directive 2009/125/EC.
Amendment 639 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b
(b) the design and content of the label, including a scale showing consumption of energy consisting of A to G, each energy class corresponding to significant energy savings, from dark green to red colour which as far as possible shall have uniform design characteristics across product groups and shall in all cases be clear and legible;
Amendment 642 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c
(c) where appropriate, the use of other resources and easily understandable supplementary information concerning energy related products, in which case the label shall emphasise the absolute energy efficiency of the product;
Amendment 662 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point m
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point m
(m) the format of any additional references on the label, including a website address, a Quick Response (QR) code, a link on online labels or any other appropriate consumer-oriented means, allowing customers to access through electronic means more detailed information on the product performance included in the product information sheet;