Article 3 · Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/340

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Article 3Amendments to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2015#

Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2015 is amended as follows:

(1)in Article 2, point (3) is replaced by the following:

(3)“containing product” means a product containing one or more light sources, or separate control gears, or both, including, but not limited to, luminaires that can be taken apart to allow separate verification of the contained light source(s), household appliances containing light source(s), furniture (shelves, mirrors, display cabinets) containing light source(s);’;

(2)Article 3 is amended as follows:

(a)in paragraph 1, point (b) is replaced by the following:

(b)the values of the parameters included in the product information sheet, as set out in Annex V, are entered into the public part of the product database;’;

(b)in paragraph 1, point (i) is replaced by the following:

(i)by way of derogation from Article 11(13)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1369, upon request by dealers and in accordance with Article 4(e), printed labels to rescale products are provided as a sticker, of the same size as the one which already exists.’;

(c)the following paragraph 1a is inserted:‘1a.By way of derogation from Article 11(13)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1369, the supplier shall, when placing a light source on the market, provide it with the existing label until 31 August 2021 and with the rescaled label from 1 September 2021. The supplier may choose to already provide light sources placed on the market during the period from 1 July to 31 August 2021 with the rescaled label, if no light sources belonging to the same model or equivalent models were placed on the market before 1 July 2021. In that case, the dealer shall not offer those light sources for sale before 1 September 2021. The supplier shall notify the dealer concerned of that consequence as soon as possible, including when it includes such light sources in its offers to dealers.’;

(3)in Article 4, point (e) is replaced by the following:

(e)by way of derogation from Article 11(13) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1369, existing labels on light sources at points of sale are replaced by the rescaled labels in such a way as to cover the existing label, including when printed on or attached to the package, within eighteen months after the date of application of this Regulation, and rescaled labels are not displayed before that date.’;

(4)the last paragraph of Article 10 is amended as follows:‘It shall apply from 1 September 2021. However, point 1(b) of Article 3 shall apply from 1 May 2021, and point 2(a) of Article 3 shall apply from 1 March 2022.’;

(5)Annexes I, III, IV, V, VI and IX are amended as set out in Annex III to this Regulation.

Defined terms · 8

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carousel cabinet
means a round/circular shape supermarket cabinet which can be installed as a standalone unit or as a unit connecting two linear supermarket cabinets.
containing product
means a product containing one or more light sources, or separate control gears, or both, including, but not limited to, luminaires that can be taken apart to allow separate verification of the contained light source(s), household appliances containing light source(s), furniture (shelves, mirrors, display cabinets) containing light source(s);’;
corner/curved cabinet
means a refrigerating appliance with a direct sales function used to achieve geometrical continuity between two linear cabinets that are at an angle to each other and/or that form a curve.
declared values
means the values provided by the supplier for the stated, calculated or measured technical parameters, pursuant to Article 3(3) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 and in accordance with Article 3(1)(d) and Annex VI of this Regulation, for the verification of compliance by the Member State authorities.’;
guarantee
means any undertaking by the retailer or supplier to the consumer to:
HiNA
means High Network Availability as defined in Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1275/2008;
mobile refrigerating appliance
means a refrigerating appliance that can be used where there is no access to the mains electricity grid and that uses extra low-voltage electricity (< 120 V DC) or fuel or both as the energy source for the refrigeration functionality, including a refrigerating appliance that, in addition to extra low voltage electricity or fuel, or both, can be electric mains operated via an external AC/DC converter to be purchased separately.
supermarket cabinet
means a refrigerating appliance with a direct sales function intended for the sale and display of foodstuffs and other items in retail applications, such as in supermarkets.