Commission Regulation (EC) No 641/2009 of 22 July 2009 implementing Directive 2005/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for glandless standalone circulators and glandless circulators integrated in products (Text with EEA relevance)

1 This Regulation establishes ecodesign requirements for the placing on the market of glandless standalone circulators and glandless circulators integrated in products.

2 This Regulation shall not apply to: (a) drinking water circulators, except as regards information requirements of Annex I, point 2(4); (b) circulators integrated in products and placed on the market not later than 1 January 2020 as replacement for identical circulators integrated in products and placed on the market no later than 1 August 2015. The replacement product or its packaging must clearly indicate the product(s) for which it is intended.

In addition to the definitions set out in Article 2 of Directive 2005/32/EC, the following definitions shall apply: 1. ‘circulator’ means an impeller pump which has the rated hydraulic output power of between 1 W and 2500 W and is designed for use in heating systems or in secondary circuits of cooling distribution systems; 2. ‘glandless circulator’ means a circulator with the shaft of the motor directly coupled to the impeller and the motor immersed in the pumped medium; 3. ‘standalone circulator’ means a circulator designed to operate independently from the product; 4. ‘product’ means an appliance that generates and/or transfers heat; 5. ‘drinking water circulator’ means a circulator specifically designed to be used in the recirculation of drinking water as defined in Council Directive 98/83/EC .

The ecodesign requirements for circulators are set out in Annex I. Compliance with ecodesign requirements shall be measured in accordance with requirements set out in Annex II, point 1. The calculation method for the energy efficiency index of circulators is set out in Annex II, point 2.

The procedure for assessing conformity referred to in Article 8 of Directive 2005/32/EC shall be the internal design control system set out in Annex IV to that Directive or the management system for assessing conformity set out in Annex V to that Directive.

When performing the market surveillance checks referred to in Article 3(2) of Directive 2005/32/EC, for the requirements set out in Annex I to this Regulation, the authorities of the Member States shall apply the verification procedure described in Annex III to this Regulation.

The indicative benchmarks for best-performing circulators available on the market at the time of entry into force of this Regulation are set out in Annex IV.

The Commission shall review the methodology for calculating the energy efficiency index, set out in Annex II, point 2 to this Regulation, for glandless circulators integrated in products before 1 January 2012. It shall review this Regulation before 1 January 2017, in the light of technological progress. The review will include the assessment of design options that can facilitate re-use and recycling. The results of the reviews shall be presented to the Ecodesign Consultation Forum.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply in accordance with the following timetable: 1. from 1 January 2013, glandless standalone circulators shall meet the efficiency level defined in Annex I, point 1(1), with the exception of those specifically designed for primary circuits of thermal solar systems and of heat pumps; 2. from 1 August 2015, glandless standalone circulators and glandless circulators integrated in products shall meet the efficiency level defined in Annex I, point 1(2).