65/2014 and 66/2014: Kitchen appliances

Last updated: 07 March 2015

Ecodesign and labelling requirements for domestic kitchen appliances entered into force in February 2014. Draft implementation guidelines were issued in March 2015.

Ecodesign

The ecodesign requirements apply for the following domestic appliances:

• domestic ovens including when incorporated in cookers,
• domestic hobs,
• domestic range hoods also when sold for non-domestic purposes.

The requirements will be introduced in three tiers and include minimum performance on energy effiency, maximum air flow and minimum illumination.

Labelling

The scope of the labelling requirements include domestic ovens and range hoods for which two different measuring methods have been adopted.

Domestic range hoods will have to comply with mandatory energy labelling scales as follows:

• G to A scale in 2015
• F to A+ scale in 2016
• E to A++ scale in 2018
• D to A+++ scale in 2020

For domestic ovens, a D to A+++ scale will be mandatory from 2015.

The regulation applies from January and April 2015.