Ecodesign requirements for energy-related products

 

National legislation

Ordinance on the establishment of requirements for eco-design of energy-related products

Official Gazette, No. 50/2015 

 

EU legislation

Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-related products (recast) (Text with EEA relevance)

Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on energy efficiency, amending Directives 2009/125/EC and 2010/30/EU and repealing Directives 2004/8/EC and 2006/32/EC (Text with EEA relevance)

 

Competent authority

 

Scope of national rule

This Ordinance establishes a framework for the setting of European Union ecodesign requirements for energy-related products with the aim of ensuring the free movement of such products within the internal market.

This Ordinance provides for the setting of requirements which the energy-related products covered by implementing measures must fulfil in order to be placed on the market and/or put into service. It contributes to sustainable development by increasing energy efficiency and the level of protection of the environment, while at the same time increasing the security of the energy supply.

 

Main requirements that the business user needs to know about

Before a product covered by implementing measures is placed on the market and/or put into service, a CE marking shall be affixed and an EU declaration of conformity issued whereby the manufacturer or its authorised representative ensures and declares that the product complies with all relevant provisions of the applicable implementing measure.

 

National rule

• Documents relating to the conformity assessment and the EU declaration of conformity referred to in Article 5 of Ordinance shall be drawn up in Croatian and if necessary in one of the official languages of the institutions of the European Union.
• The information to be supplied pursuant to Annex I, Part 2 of Ordinance to be in Croatian language and Latin script when the product reaches the end-user. Also these data, in addition to the Croatian language can be in one or more other official languages of the European Union.

Ecodesign and energy labelling

 

Market Surveillance Authority

State Inspectorate

pisarnica.dirh@dirh.hr

 

Link to the TRIS database

In the TRIS database you can look up the notification of the technical rules