Status

For refrigerators, freezers, wine coolers and minibars, the current regulations are Energy Labelling (EU) No 2019/2016 and Ecodesign (EU) No 2019/2019. They came into effect in March 2021. Once the review process for those regulations is initiated, Topten will publish new policy recommendation on this page.

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Standards and Labels

• European Commission regulation for Ecodesign requirements for refrigerating appliances No 2019/2019
• European Commission regulation with regard to energy labelling of refrigerating appliances No 2019/2016
• Directive 2010/30/EU on the indication by labelling and standard product information on the consumption of energy and other resources by energy-related products (recast)
• Topten Policy Recommendations from January 2018

Links

• Energy efficiency measures by the European Commission
• The European council for an energy efficient economy eceee provides a status overview on all products in the Ecodesign & Energy Labelling process
• Coolproducts informs about the EU ecodesign process. It is a coalition of NGOs' campaign for a stronger, fast Ecodesign Directive to save the climate and money.
• ECOS (Ecostandard) is an international NGO with a network of members and experts advocating for environmentally friendly technical standards, policies and laws.
• EPREL (European Product Registry for Energy Labelling) is the European product database. Products with an energy label are registered in EPREL in order to provide consumers with detailed product information.
  

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