Products

Working plan 2012-2014

Article 16 of the Ecodesign Directive requires the European Commission to establish a Second Working Plan setting out an indicative list of products to be considered in priority for implementing measures in 2012-2014.

A study was carried out to provide the Commission with the necessary background on environmental impacts, saving potential and market conditions in order to select the most appropriate energy related products for this Second Working Plan.

The final report "Study on Amended Working Plan under the Ecodesign Directive" (published in January 2012):

•  Task 1 & 2 [6 MB]
•  Task 3 [6 MB]
•  Task 4 [3 MB]
•  Annex 5 - Prodcom assessment [3 MB]

More information can be found on the website of the study.

The second Ecodesign Working Plan [126 KB] for the period 2012-2014 was adopted on 7 December 2012. 

 

Working plan 2009-2011

The first Working Plan of the Ecodesign Directive was adopted on 21 October 2008. It establishes a list of 10 product groups which have been considered in priority for implementing measures in 2009-2011:

• Air-conditioning and ventilation systems
• Electric and fossil-fuelled heating equipment
• Food-preparing equipment
• Industrial and laboratory furnaces and ovens
• Machine tools
• Network, data processing and data storing equipment
• Refrigerating and freezing equipment
• Sound and imaging equipment
• Transformers
• Water-using equipment

 

Transitional period 2005-2008

In the meantime between the entry into force of the Ecodesign Directive in 2005 and the adoption of the first Working Plan in 2008, implementing measures were prepared for a number of products identified as priorities by the European Climate Change Programme (see Article 16 of the Ecodesign Directive).

13 implementing measures have been adopted (see table) and several others are being prepared by DG Energy.

Please see the list of all products [21 KB] covered during the transitional period. For more information on these products, please contact: ENER-ECODESIGN@ec.europa.eu

The first 13 implementing measures are estimated to allow yearly savings by 2020 equivalent to more then 12% of the EU final electricity consumption in 2009:

Adopted implementing measures	Estimated savings (annual savings by 2020) in TWh
Standby and off mode losses of electrical and electronic equipment (household and office)	35
Simple set top boxes	6
Domestic lighting	39
Tertiary sector lighting	38
External power supplies	9
Televisions	28
Electric motors	135
Circulators	23
Domestic refrigeration	4
Domestic dishwashers	2
Domestic wahing machines	1.5
Fans (driven by motors with an electric input power between 125W and 500kW)	34
Air conditioners and comfort fans	11
	~ 365TWh More then 12% of the 2009 final electricity consumption in the EU