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Article 1

Council Directive 92/75/EEC of 22 September 1992 on the indication by labelling and standard product information of the consumption of energy and other resources by household appliances · European Union

1. The purpose of this Directive is to enable the harmonization of national measures on the publication, particularly by means of labelling and of product information, of information on the consumption of energy and of other essential resources, and additional information concerning certain types of household appliances, thereby allowing consumers to choose more energy-efficient appliances. This Directive shall apply to the following types of household appliances, even where these are sold for non-household uses: refrigerators, freezers and their combinations, washing machines, driers and their combinations, dishwashers, ovens, water heaters and hot-water storage appliances, lighting sources, air-conditioning appliances. 2. Further types of household appliances may be added to the list in this Article in accordance with Article 9 (b). 3. This Directive shall not apply to the rating plate or its equivalent affixed for safety purposes to such appliances. 4. For the purpose of this Directive: dealer means a retailer or other person who sells, hires, offers for hire-purchase or displays household appliances to end-users, supplier means the manufacturer or his authorized representative in the Community or the person who places the product on the Community market, information sheet means a standard table of information relating to the appliance in question, other essential resources means water, chemicals or any other substance consumed by an appliance in normal use, supplementary information means other information concerning the performance of an appliance, which relates to, or is helpful in evaluating, its use of energy or other essential resources. 5. There shall be no obligation to label or to provide fiches in respect of models of appliances of which production has ceased before the relevant implementing directive comes into effect, or second-hand appliances.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-03 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.