Tolerances

A draft horizontal measure proposes amendments in existing ecodesign regulations. The regulation was adopted by the Regulatory Committee 12 April 2016.

Verification tolerances Ecodesign implementing measures help  national market surveillance authorities verifying compliance of the requirements, to account for the inevitable differences in the measurement equipment across Europe.

Some manufacturers apply the tolerances to the values they measure, in order to declare non-compliant appliances as compliant, or to declare better performance. The proposed amendments aim to clarify the intended use of verification tolerances