Commission Regulation (EU) No 547/2012 of 25 June 2012 implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for water pumps Text with EEA relevance

1 This Regulation establishes ecodesign requirements for the placing on the market of rotodynamic water pumps for pumping clean water, including where integrated in other products.

2 This Regulation shall not apply to: (a) 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); (b) water pumps designed only for fire-fighting applications; (c) displacement water pumps; (d) self-priming water pumps.

In addition to the definitions set out in Directive 2009/125/EC, the following definitions apply: (1) ‘water pump’ is the hydraulic part of a device that moves clean water by physical or mechanical action and is of one of the following designs: End suction own bearing (ESOB), End suction close coupled (ESCC), End suction close coupled inline (ESCCi), Vertical multistage (MS-V), Submersible multistage (MSS); (2) ‘End suction water pump’ means a glanded single stage end suction rotodynamic water pump designed for pressures up to 16 bar, with a specific speed ns between 6 and 80 rpm, a minimum rated flow of 6 m3/h (1,667·10–3 m3/s), a maximum shaft power of 150 kW, a maximum head of 90 m at nominal speed of 1450 rpm and a maximum head of 140 m at nominal speed of 2900 rpm; (3) ‘Rated flow’ means the head and flow that the manufacturer will guarantee under normal operating conditions; (4) ‘Glanded’ means sealed shaft connection between the impeller in the pump body and the motor. The driving motor component remains dry; (5) ‘End suction own bearing water pump’ (ESOB) is an end suction water pump with own bearings; (6) ‘End suction close coupled water pump’ (ESCC) is an end suction water pump of which the motor shaft is extended to become also the pump shaft; (7) ‘End suction close coupled inline water pump’ (ESCCi) means a water pump of which the water inlet of the pump is on the same axis as the water outlet of the pump; (8) ‘Vertical multistage water pump’ (MS-V) means a glanded multi stage (i > 1) rotodynamic water pump in which the impellers are assembled on a vertical rotating shaft, which is designed for pressures up to 25 bar, with a nominal speed of 2900 rpm and a maximum flow of 100 m3/h (27,78·10–3 m3/s); (9) ‘Submersible multistage water pump’ (MSS) means a multi stage (i > 1) rotodynamic water pump with a nominal outer diameter of 4″ (10,16 cm) or 6″ (15,24 cm) designed to be operated in a borehole at nominal speed of 2900 rpm, at operating temperatures within a range of 0 °C and 90 °C; (10) ‘rotodynamic water pump’ means a water pump that moves clean water by means of hydrodynamic forces; (11) ‘displacement water pump’ means a water pump that moves clean water by enclosing a volume of clean water and forcing this volume to the outlet of the pump; (12) ‘self-priming water pump’ means a water pump that moves clean water and which can start and/or operate also when only partly filled with water; (13) ‘clean water’ means water with a maximum non-absorbent free solid content of 0,25 kg/m3, and with a maximum dissolved solid content of 50 kg/m3, provided that the total gas content of the water does not exceed the saturation volume. Any additives that are needed to avoid water freezing down to – 10 °C shall not be taken into account. The definitions for the purpose of Annexes II to V are set out in Annex I.

The minimum efficiency requirements as well as information requirements for rotodynamic water pumps are set out in Annex II. Ecodesign requirements shall apply in accordance with the following timetable: (1) from 1 January 2013, water pumps shall have a minimum efficiency as defined in Annex II, point 1(a); (2) from 1 January 2015, water pumps shall have a minimum efficiency as defined in Annex II, point 1(b); (3) from 1 January 2013, the information on water pumps shall comply with the requirements set out in Annex II, point 2. Compliance with ecodesign requirements shall be measured and calculated in accordance with requirements set out in Annex III. No ecodesign requirement is necessary regarding any other ecodesign parameter referred to in Annex I, Part 1, of Directive 2009/125/EC.

The conformity assessment procedure referred to in Article 8(2) of Directive 2009/125/EC shall be the internal design control 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 2009/125/EC, for the ecodesign requirements set out in Annex II to this Regulation, the authorities of the Member States shall apply the verification procedure set out in Annex IV to this Regulation.

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

The Commission shall review this Regulation in the light of technological progress and shall present the result of this review to the Consultation Forum no later than four years after its entry into force. The review shall aim at adopting an extended product approach. The Commission shall review the tolerances used in the methodology for calculating the energy efficiency before 1 January 2014.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.