Commission Directive 95/13/EC of 23 May 1995 implementing Council Directive 92/75/EEC with regard to energy labelling of household electric tumble driers

• Coming into Force: 11 July 1995
• End of Effective Date: 28 May 2013
• Celex Number: 31995L0013
• ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/1995/13/oj
• Published date: 21 June 1995
• Date: 23 May 1995
• Official Gazette Publication: Official Journal of the European Communities, L 136, 21 June 1995

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Commission Directive 95/13/EC of 23 May 1995 implementing Council Directive 92/75/EEC with regard to energy labelling of household electric tumble driers

Official Journal L 136 , 21/06/1995 P. 0028 - 0051

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 95/13/EC

of 23 May 1995

implementing Council Directive 92/75/EEC with regard to energy labelling of household electric tumble driers

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to 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 of household appliances (1), and in particular Articles 9 and 12 thereof,

Whereas under Directive 92/75/EEC the Commission is to adopt an implementing directive in respect of household appliances including electric tumble driers;

Whereas electricity use by tumble driers accounts for a significant part of total Community energy demand; whereas the scope for reduced energy use by these appliances is substantial;

Whereas the Community, confirming the interest of an international standardization system capable of producing standards that are actually used by all partners in international trade and of meeting the requirements of Community policy, invites the European standards organization to continue their cooperation with international standards organizations;

Whereas the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) and the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (Cenelec) are the bodies recognized as competent to adopt harmonized standards in accordance with the general guidelines for cooperation between the Commission and these two bodies signed on 13 November 1984; whereas, within the meaning of this Directive, a harmonized standard is a technical specification (European standard or harmonization document) adopted by Cenelec, on the basis of a remit (mandate) from the Commission in accordance with the provisions of Council Directive 83/189/EEC of 28 March 1983 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regulations (2), as last amended by Directive 94/10/EC of the European Parliament and the Council (3), and on the basis of those general guidelines;

Whereas the measures set out in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the committee set up under Article 10 of Directive 92/75/EEC,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

1. This Directive shall apply to electric mains operated household tumble driers. Appliances that can also use other energy sources are excluded, as are combined washer-driers.

2. The information required by this Directive shall be measured in accordance with harmonized standards, the reference numbers of which have been published in the Official Journal of the European Communities and for which Member States have published the reference numbers of the national standards transposing those harmonized standards. Throughout this Directive any provisions requiring the giving of information relating to noise shall apply only where that information is required under Article...