Commission Regulation (EU) No 1253/2014 of 7 July 2014 implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for ventilation units Text with EEA relevance

1 This Regulation applies to ventilation units and establishes ecodesign requirements for their placing on the market or putting into service.

2 This Regulation shall not apply to ventilation units which: (a) are unidirectional (exhaust or supply) with an electric power input of less than 30 W, except for information requirements; (b) are bidirectional, with a total electric power input for the fans of less than 30 W per air stream, except for information requirements; (c) are axial or centrifugal fans only equipped with a housing in terms of Regulation (EU) No 327/2011; (d) are exclusively specified as operating in a potentially explosive atmosphere as defined in Directive 94/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council ; (e) are exclusively specified as operating for emergency use, for short periods of time, and which comply with the basic requirements for construction works with regard to safety in case of fire as set out in Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council ; (f) are exclusively specified as operating: (i) where operating temperatures of the air being moved exceed 100 °C; (ii) where the operating ambient temperature for the motor, if located outside the air stream, driving the fan exceeds 65 °C; (iii) where the temperature of the air being moved or the operating ambient temperature for the motor, if located outside the air stream, are lower than – 40 °C; (iv) where the supply voltage exceeds 1000 V AC or 1500 V DC; (v) in toxic, highly corrosive or flammable environments or in environments with abrasive substances; (g) include a heat exchanger and a heat pump for heat recovery or allowing heat transfer or extraction being additional to that of the heat recovery system, except heat transfer for frost protection or defrosting; (h) are classified as range hoods covered by Commission Regulation (EU) No 66/2014 on kitchen appliances.

For the purposes of this Regulation the following definitions shall apply: (1) ‘ventilation unit (VU)’ means an electricity driven appliance equipped with at least one impeller, one motor and a casing and intended to replace utilised air by outdoor air in a building or a part of a building; (2) ‘residential ventilation unit’ (RVU) means a ventilation unit where: (a) the maximum flow rate does not exceed 250 m3/h; (b) the maximum flow rate is between 250 and 1000 m3/h, and the manufacturer declares its intended use as being exclusively for a residential ventilation application; (3) ‘non-residential ventilation unit’ (NRVU) means a ventilation unit where the maximum flow rate of the ventilation unit exceeds 250 m3/h, and, where the maximum flow rate is between 250 and 1000 m3/h, the manufacturer has not declared its intended use as being exclusively for a residential ventilation application; (4) ‘maximum flow rate’ is the declared maximum air volume flow rate of a ventilation unit that can be achieved with integrated or separately co-supplied controls at standard air conditions (20 °C) and 101325 Pa, where the unit is installed complete (e.g. including clean filters) and according to the manufacturer's instructions, for ducted RVUs the maximum flow is related to the air flow at 100 Pa of external static pressure difference, and for non-ducted RVUs to the air flow at the lowest achievable total pressure difference to be chosen from a set of values of 10 (minimum)-20-50-100-150-200-250 Pa, whichever is equal or just below the measured pressure difference value; (5) ‘unidirectional ventilation unit’ (UVU) means a ventilation unit producing an air flow in one direction only, either from indoors to outdoors (exhaust) or from outdoors to indoors (supply), where the mechanically produced air flow is balanced by natural air supply or exhaust; (6) ‘bidirectional ventilation unit’ (BVU) means a ventilation unit which produces an air flow between indoors and outdoors and is equipped with both exhaust and supply fans; (7) ‘equivalent ventilation unit model’ means a ventilation unit with the same technical characteristics according to the applicable product information requirements, but placed on the market as a different ventilation unit model by the same manufacturer, authorised representative or importer. For the purposes of Annexes II to IX, additional definitions are set out in Annex I.

1 From 1 January 2016 RVUs shall comply with the specific ecodesign requirements set out in Annex II, point 1.

2 From 1 January 2016 NRVUs shall comply with the specific ecodesign requirements set out in Annex III, point 1.

3 From 1 January 2018 RVUs shall comply with the specific ecodesign requirements set out in Annex II, point 2.

4 From 1 January 2018 NRVUs shall comply with the specific ecodesign requirements set out in Annex III, point 2.

1 From 1 January 2016 manufacturers, their authorised representatives and importers of RVUs shall comply with the information requirements set out in Annex IV.

2 From 1 January 2016 manufacturers, their authorised representatives and importers of NRVUs shall comply with the information requirements set out in Annex V.

1 Manufacturers of ventilation units shall carry out the conformity assessment laid down in Article 8 of Directive 2009/125/EC using 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. For the purposes of the conformity assessment of RVUs, calculation of the specific energy consumption requirement shall be carried out in accordance with Annex VIII to this Regulation. For the purposes of the conformity assessment of NRVUs, measurements and calculations for the specific ecodesign requirements shall be carried out in accordance with Annex IX to this Regulation.

2 The technical documentation file compiled in accordance with Annex IV to Directive 2009/125/EC shall contain a copy of the product information set out in Annexes IV and V to this Regulation. Where the information included in the technical documentation for a particular ventilation unit model has been obtained by calculation on the basis of design, or extrapolation from other ventilation units, or both, the technical documentation shall include the following information: (a) details of such calculations or extrapolations, or both; (b) details of tests undertaken by manufacturers to verify the accuracy of the calculations and extrapolations; (c) a list of any other ventilation unit models where the information included in the technical documentation was obtained on the same basis; (d) a list of equivalent ventilation unit models.

The authorities of the Member States shall apply the verification procedure set out in Annex VI when performing the market surveillance referred to in Article 3(2) of Directive 2009/125/EC to ensure compliance with the requirements set out for RVUs in Annex II to this Regulation and for NRVUs in Annex III to this Regulation.

The benchmarks referred to in point (2) of Part 3 of Annex I to Directive 2009/125/EC, which are to be applied to ventilation units, are set out in Annex VII to this Regulation.

The Commission shall assess the need to set requirements on air leakage rates in the light of technological progress and present the results of this assessment to the Consultation Forum no later than 1 January 2017. The Commission shall review this Regulation in the light of technological progress and present the results of this review to the Consultation Forum no later than 1 January 2020. The review shall include an assessment of the following: (a) the possible extension of the scope of this Regulation to cover unidirectional units with an electric power input of less than 30 W, and bidirectional units, with a total electric power input for the fans of less than 30 W per air stream; (b) the verification tolerances set out in Annex VI; (c) the appropriateness of taking into account the effects of low-energy consuming filters on the energy efficiency; (d) the need to set a further tier with tightened ecodesign requirements.

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