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New EU Regulation Implementing ErP Directive 2009/125/EC for water pumps n° 547/2012

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New EU Regulation Implementing ErP Directive 2009/125/EC for water pumps n° 547/2012

On 25 June 2012 the European Commission adopted Regulation (EU) n° 547/2012 implementing Directive 2009/125/EC with regard to ecodesign requirements for water pumps. This Regulation sets out efficiency requirements and product information requirements. It enters into force on 16 July 2012 and shall apply from 1 January 2013.

Scope
Regulation (EU) n° 547/2012 establishes ecodesign requirements for rotodynamic water pumps for pumping clean water, including where integrated in other products. Water pumps can have different designs as follows:

End suction own bearing (ESOB);

End suction close coupled (ESCC);

End suction close coupled inline (ESCCi);

Vertical multistage (MS-V);

Submersible multistage (MSS).

Exclusions
Regulation (EU) n° 547/2012 shall not apply to:

Water pumps designed specifically for pumping clean water at temperatures below – 10 °C or above 120 °C, except with regard to the information requirements of Annex II, points 2(11) to 2(13);

Water pumps designed only for fire-fighting applications;

Displacement water pumps;

Self-priming water pumps.

Ecodesign Requirements
There are two types of ecodesign requirements:
1. Efficiency requirements (Minimum Efficiency Index, MEI) which are introduced in two phases, from 1 January 2013 and from 1 January 2015,
2. Product information requirements which are required from 1 January 2013.

The required information shall be provided on:

Products technical documentation,

Manufacturers free access websites.

Additional Information
For more details, please view the full text of Regulation (EU) n° 547/2012 (Published in Official Journal of European Union L 165 of 26 June 2012) at:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2012:165:0028:0036:EN:PDF

Reminder: ErP 2009/125/EC Directive is within CE marking Directives.

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