欧盟能源标识指令2010-30-EU(EN)

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(Legislative acts)

DIRECTIVES

DIRECTIVE 2010/30/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 19 May 2010

on the indication by labelling and standard product information of the consumption of energy and

other resources by energy-related products

(recast)

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European

Union, and in particular Article 194(2) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee ( 1 ),

After having consulted the Committee of the Regions,

Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure ( 2 ),

Whereas:

(1) Council Directive 92/75/EEC of 22 September 1992 on

the indication by labelling and standard product

information of the consumption of energy and other

resources by household appliances ( 3 ) has been

substantially amended ( 4 ). Since further amendments

have to be made, it should be recast in the interests of clarity.

(2) The scope of Directive 92/75/EEC is restricted to

household appliances. The Commission Communication of 16 July 2008 on the Sustainable Consumption and Production and Sustainable Industrial Policy Action Plan has shown that the extension of the scope of Directive 92/75/EEC to energy-related products which have a significant direct or indirect impact on energy consumption during use could reinforce potential synergies between existing legislative measures, and in particular Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 estab ­lishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign

requirements for energy related products ( 5 ). This

Directive should not prejudice the application of Directive 2009/125/EC. Together with that Directive and other Union instruments, this Directive forms part of a broader legal framework and, in the context of a holistic approach, brings about additional energy savings and environmental gains.

(3)

The Presidency conclusions of the European Council of 8 and 9 March 2007 emphasised the need to increase energy efficiency in the Union so as to achieve the objective of saving 20 % of the Union’s energy consumption by 2020, set targets for the EU-wide devel ­opment of renewable energies and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and called for a thorough and rapid implementation of the key areas identified in the Commission Communication of 19 October 2006 entitled ‘Action Plan for Energy Efficiency: Realising the Potential’. The action plan highlighted the enormous energy savings opportunities in the products sector.

(4) Improving the efficiency of energy-related products

through informed consumer choice benefits the EU

economy overall.

( 1 ) OJ C 228, 22.9.2009, p. 90.

( 2 ) Position of the European Parliament of 5 May 2009 (not yet published in the Official Journal), position of the Council at first reading of 14 April 2010 (not yet published in the Official Journal), position of the European Parliament of 18 May 2010 (not yet published in the Official Journal). ( 3 ) OJ L 297, 13.10.1992, p. 16. ( 4 ) See Annex I Part A.

( 5 ) OJ L 285, 31.10.2009, p. 10.