Commission Regulation (EU) No 66/2014 of 14 January 2014 implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for domestic ovens, hobs and range hoods Text with EEA relevance

1 This Regulation establishes eco-design requirements for the placing on the market and putting into service of domestic ovens (including when incorporated in cookers), domestic hobs and domestic electric range hoods, including when sold for non-domestic purposes.

2 This Regulation shall not apply to: (a) appliances that use energy sources other than electricity or gas; (b) appliances which offer ‘microwave heating’ function; (c) small ovens; (d) portable ovens; (e) heat storage ovens; (f) ovens which are heated with steam as a primary heating function; (g) covered gas burners in hobs; (h) outdoor cooking appliances; (i) appliances designed for use only with gases of the ‘third family’ (propane and butane); (j) grills.

In addition to the definitions set out in Article 2 of Directive 2009/125/EC, the following definitions shall apply for the purpose of this Regulation: (1) ‘oven’ means an appliance or part of an appliance which incorporates one or more cavities using electricity and/or gas in which food is prepared by use of a conventional or fan-forced mode; (2) ‘cavity’ means the enclosed compartment in which the temperature can be controlled for preparation of food; (3) ‘multi-cavity oven’ means an oven with two or more cavities, each of which is heated separately; (4) ‘small oven’ means an oven where all cavities have a width and depth of less than 250 mm or a height less than 120 mm; (5) ‘portable oven’ means an oven with a product mass of less than 18 kilograms, provided it is not designed for built-in installations; (6) ‘microwave heating’ means heating of food using electromagnetic energy; (7) ‘conventional mode’ means the operation mode of an oven only using natural convection for circulation of heated air inside the cavity of the oven; (8) ‘fan-forced mode’ means a mode when a built-in fan circulates heated air inside the cavity of the oven; (9) ‘cycle’ means the period of heating a standardised load in a cavity of an oven under defined conditions; (10) ‘cooker’ means an appliance consisting of an oven and a hob using gas or electricity; (11) ‘operation mode’ means the status of the oven or hob during use; (12) ‘heat source’ means the main energy form for heating an oven or hob; (13) ‘electric hob’ means an appliance or part of an appliance which incorporates one or more cooking zones and/or cooking areas including a control unit and which is heated by electricity; (14) ‘gas hob’ means an appliance or part of an appliance which incorporates one or more cooking zones including a control unit and which is heated by gas burners of a minimum power of 1,16 kW; (15) ‘hob’ means an ‘electric hob’, a ‘gas hob’ or a ‘mixed hob’; (16) ‘covered gas burners’ means closed or sealed gas range burners covered with a heavy-duty glass or ceramic cover, which forms a smooth, seamless cooking surface; (17) ‘mixed hob’ means an appliance with one or more electrically heated cooking zones or areas and one or more cooking zones heated by gas burners; (18) ‘cooking zone’ means a part, with a diameter of at least 100 mm, of a hob where cookware is placed and heated with not more than one piece of cookware heated at a time; the area of the cooking zone may be visibly marked on the surface of the hob; (19) ‘cooking area’ means a part of an area of an electric hob heated by an inducted magnetic field, where cookware is placed for heating without visible marking for the cookware and where more than one item of cookware can be used simultaneously; (20) ‘range hood’ means an appliance, operated by a motor which it controls, intended to collect contaminated air from above a hob, or which includes a downdraft system intended for installation adjacent to cooking ranges, hobs and similar cooking products, that draws vapour down into an internal exhaust duct; (21) ‘automatic functioning mode during the cooking period’ means a condition in which the air flow of the range hood during the cooking period is automatically controlled through sensor(s), including as regards humidity, temperature, etc.; (22) ‘fully automatic range hood’ means a range hood in which the air flow and/or other functions are automatically controlled through sensor(s) during 24 hours including the cooking period; (23) ‘best efficiency point’ (BEP) means the range hood operating point with maximum fluid dynamic efficiency (FDEhood); (24) ‘average illumination’ (Emiddle) means the average illumination provided by the lighting system of the range hood on the cooking surface, measured in lux; (25) ‘off mode’ means a condition in which the equipment is connected to the mains power source but is not providing any function, or only provides an indication of off-mode condition, or only provides functionalities intended to ensure electromagnetic compatibility pursuant to Directive 2004/108/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council ; (26) ‘standby mode’ means a condition where the equipment is connected to the mains power source, depends on energy input from the mains power source to work as intended and provides only reactivation function, or reactivation function and only an indication of enabled reactivation function, and/or information or status display, which may persist for an indefinite time; (27) ‘reactivation function’ means a function facilitating the activation of other modes, including the active mode, by remote switch including remote control, internal sensor, or timer to a condition providing additional functions, including the main function; (28) ‘information or status display’ means a continuous function providing information or indicating the status of the equipment on a display, including clocks; (29) ‘end-user’ means a consumer buying or expected to buy a product; (30) ‘equivalent model’ means a model placed on the market with the same technical parameters as another model placed on the market under a different commercial code number by the same manufacturer or importer.

1 The ecodesign requirements, including timing, for domestic ovens, hobs and range hoods are set out in Annex I.

2 Compliance with ecodesign requirements shall be measured and calculated in accordance with the methods set out in Annex II.

1 The conformity assessment procedure referred to in Article 8 of Directive 2009/125/EC shall be the internal design control system set out in Annex IV to that Directive or the management system set out in Annex V to that Directive.

2 For the purposes of conformity assessment pursuant to Article 8 of Directive 2009/125/EC, the technical documentation file shall contain a copy of the calculation set out in Annex II to this Regulation.

3 Where the information included in the technical documentation for a model has been obtained by calculation on the basis of design, or extrapolation from other equivalent appliances, or both, the technical documentation shall include details of such calculations or extrapolations, or both, and of tests undertaken by manufacturers to verify the accuracy of the calculations undertaken. In such cases, the technical documentation shall also include a list of all other equivalent models where the information contained in the technical documentation was obtained on the same basis.

4 If the manufacturer or importer places on the market equivalent models, the manufacturer or importer shall include a list of all other equivalent models.

Member States’ authorities shall apply the verification procedure described in Annex III to this Regulation when performing the market surveillance checks referred to in Article 3(2) of Directive 2009/125/EC for compliance with requirements set out in Annex I to this Regulation.

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

The Commission shall review this Regulation in the light of technological progress and present the result of this review to the Consultation Forum no later than 7 years after the entry into force of the Regulation. The review shall assess, amongst others, the feasibility of: potential requirements to enhance the recovery and recycling of the appliances; durability and lifetime requirements; the inclusion of professional and commercial appliances; and fume and odour removal requirements.

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

2 It shall apply from 1 year after the entry into force.