Commission Decision (EU) 2020/1804 of 27 November 2020 establishing the EU Ecolabel criteria for electronic displays (notified under document C(2020) 8156) (Text with EEA relevance)

The product group ‘electronic displays’ shall comprise televisions, monitors and digital signage displays.

For the purpose of this Decision, the following definitions shall apply: (1) ‘electronic display’ means a display screen and associated electronics, that as its primary function displays visual information from wired or wireless sources; (2) ‘digital signage display’ means an electronic display that is designed primarily to be viewed by multiple people in non-desktop based environments. Its specifications shall include all of the following features: (a) unique identifier to enable addressing a specific display screen; (b) a function disabling unauthorised access to the display settings and displayed image; (c) network connection (encompassing a hard-wired or wireless interface) for controlling, monitoring or receiving the information to display from remote unicast or multicast but not broadcast sources; (d) designed to be installed hanging, mounted or fixed to a physical structure for viewing by multiple people; (e) does not integrate a tuner to display broadcast signals. (3) ‘monitor’ or ‘computer monitor’ means an electronic display intended for one person for close viewing such as in a desk-based environment; (4) ‘television’ means an electronic display designed primarily for the display and reception of audiovisual signals and which consists of an electronic display and one or more tuners/receivers; (5) ‘tuner/receiver’ means an electronic circuit that detects television broadcast signal, such as terrestrial digital or satellite, but not internet unicast, and facilitates the selection of a television channel from a group of network channels.

In order for a product to be awarded the EU Ecolabel under Regulation (EC) No 66/2010 for the product group ‘electronic displays’, it shall fall within the definition of that product group as specified in Article 1 of this Decision and shall comply with the criteria and related assessment and verification requirements set out in the Annex to this Decision.

The EU Ecolabel criteria for the product group ‘electronic displays’ and the related assessment and verification requirements shall be valid until 31 December 2028.

For administrative purposes the code number assigned to the product group ‘electronic displays’ shall be ‘022’.

Decision 2009/300/EC is repealed.

1 Notwithstanding Article 6, applications submitted before the date of adoption of this Decision for the EU Ecolabel for the product group ‘televisions’, as defined in Decision 2009/300/EC, shall be evaluated in accordance with the conditions laid down in Decision 2009/300/EC.

2 Applications for the EU Ecolabel for products falling within the product group ‘televisions’ submitted on or within two months from the date of adoption of this Decision may be based either on the criteria set out in this Decision, or on the criteria set out in Decision 2009/300/EC. Those applications shall be evaluated in accordance with the criteria on which they are based.

3 EU Ecolabel licenses awarded on the basis of an application evaluated in accordance with the criteria set out in Decision 2009/300/EC may be used for 12 months from the date of adoption of this Decision.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.