Activities of Gunnar HÖKMARK related to 2015/0149(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Energy efficiency labelling (debate)
Amendments (6)
Amendment 239 #
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 approximately 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. AWhether a newly rescaled label should have one or two empty top classes to encourage technological progress and enable ever more efficient products to be developed and recognised shall be determined for each product category and with regards to innovation potential and current energy efficiency status. When a label is rescaled, confusion to customers should be avoided by replacing all energy labels within a short timeframe, taking into consideration the limited resources of small businesses.
Amendment 441 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 3 – point a
(a) in retail stores, including online, where the specific product is on display and can be purchased, they shall make reference to the energy efficiency class of the product in any advertisement or technical promotional material for a specific model of products in accordance with the relevant delegated act;
Amendment 533 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 3
Article 7 – paragraph 3
3. The Commission shall ensure that, , when a label is introduced or rescaled, give careful consideration to the innovation potential and the current energy efficiency status of different product categories, and ensure that the requirements are laid down so that no products are expected to fall in energy classes A or B A at the moment of the introduction of the label and so that the estimated time within which a majority of models falls into thoseenergy classes A or B shall be at least ten years laterup to ten years later; The Commission shall ensure that, from a consumer perspective, there is a general understanding of the scale, while also ensuring that no product category is unreasonably disfavoured by the introduction of new labels.
Amendment 573 #
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 one weekas swiftly as possible, and within three months, following the date specified for that purpose in the relevant delegated act. Dealers shall not display the rescaled labels before that date.
Amendment 602 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 8 – paragraph 1
Article 8 – paragraph 1
The Commission shall establish and maintain a product database including the information referred to in Annex I. The information listed under point 1 of Annex I shall be made publicly available; the database shall be designed with regards to decreasing the administrative burden and simplifying information flows for consumers, industry and authorities; Market surveillance authorities shall ensure that products on the market are registered in the database and that the product information is correctly referenced, by evaluating at least 10 percent of the products on the market in the respective Member State.
Amendment 646 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point g
Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point g
(g) the content and, where appropriate, the format and other details concerning the technical documentation and product information sheet; it shall be specified, in order to ensure proper safeguarding of confidential information and technical documentation, what information to be uploaded in the product database and what information to be available on the request of national authorities and the Commission;