‘Energy Efficiency Index’ (EEI) means the ratio of the weighted energy consumption to the standard cycle energy consumption;

‘programme’ means a series of operations that are pre-defined and which are declared by the supplier as suitable for washing, drying or continuously washing and drying certain types of textile;

‘washing cycle’ means a complete washing process as defined by a selected programme, consisting of a series of different operations including washing, rinsing, and spinning;

‘drying cycle’ means a complete drying process as defined by the required programme, consisting of a series of different operations including heating and tumbling;

‘complete cycle’ means a washing and drying process, consisting of a washing cycle and a drying cycle;

‘continuous cycle’ means a complete cycle without interruption of the process and with no need for user intervention at any point during the programme;

‘quick response’ (QR) code means a matrix barcode included on the energy label of a product model that links to that model’s information in the public part of the product database;

‘rated capacity’ means the maximum mass in kilogram stated by the supplier at 0,5 kg intervals of dry textiles of a particular type, which can be treated in one washing cycle of a household washing machine, or in one complete cycle of a household washer-dryer respectively, on the selected programme, when loaded in accordance with the supplier’s instructions;

‘rated washing capacity’ means the maximum mass in kilogram stated by the supplier at 0,5 kg intervals of dry textiles of a particular type, which can be treated in one washing cycle of a household washing machine, or in one washing cycle of a household washer-dryer respectively, on the selected programme, when loaded in accordance with the supplier’s instructions;

‘rated drying capacity’ means the maximum mass in kilogram stated by the supplier at 0,5 kg intervals of dry textiles of a particular type, which can be treated in one drying cycle of a household washer-dryer on the selected programme, when loaded in accordance with the supplier’s instructions;

‘eco 40-60’ means the name of the programme declared by the supplier as able to clean normally soiled cotton laundry declared to be washable at 40 °C or 60 °C, together in the same washing cycle, and to which the information on the energy label and in the product information sheet relates;

‘rinsing effectiveness’ means the concentration of the residual content of linear alkylbenzene sulfonate (LAS) in the treated textiles after the washing cycle of a household washing machine or household washer-dryer (IR) or the complete cycle of a household washer-dryer (JR), expressed in gram per kilogram of dry textile;

‘weighted energy consumption (EW)’ means the weighted average of the energy consumption of the washing cycle of a household washing machine or a household washer-dryer for the eco 40-60 programme at rated washing capacity, and at half and at a quarter of the rated washing capacity, expressed in kilowatt hour per cycle;

‘weighted energy consumption (EWD)’ means the weighted average of the energy consumption of the household washer-dryer for the wash and dry cycle at rated capacity and at half of the rated capacity, expressed in kilowatt hour per cycle;

‘standard cycle energy consumption’ (SCE) means the energy consumption taken as a reference, as a function of the rated capacity of a household washing machine or of a household washer-dryer, expressed in kilowatt hour per cycle;

‘weighted water consumption (WW)’ means the weighted average of the water consumption of a the washing cycle of a household washing machine or of a household washer-dryer for the eco 40-60 programme at rated washing capacity, and at half and at a quarter of the rated washing capacity, expressed in litre per cycle;

‘weighted water consumption (WWD)’ means the weighted average of the water consumption of a household washer-dryer for the wash and dry cycle at rated capacity and at half of the rated capacity, expressed in litre per cycle;

‘remaining moisture content’ means for household washing machines and for the washing cycle of household washer-dryers, the amount of moisture contained in the load at the end of the washing cycle;

‘final moisture content’ means for household washer-dryers the amount of moisture contained in the load at the end of the drying cycle;

‘cupboard dry’ means the status of treated textiles dried in a drying cycle to a final moisture content of 0 %;

‘programme duration’ (tW) means the length of time beginning with the initiation of the programme selected, excluding any user programmed delay, until the end of the programme is indicated and the user has access to the load.

‘cycle duration’ (tWD) means, for the complete cycle of a household washer-dryer, the length of time beginning with the initiation of the programme selected for the washing cycle, excluding any user programmed delay, until the end of the drying cycle is indicated and the user has access to the load;

‘off mode’ means a condition in which the household washing machine or the household washer-dryer is connected to the mains and is not providing any function; the following shall also be considered as off mode:

‘standby mode’ means a condition where the household washing machine or the household washer-dryer is connected to the mains and provides only the following functions, which may persist for an indefinite time:

‘network’ means a communication infrastructure with a topology of links, an architecture, including the physical components, organisational principles, communication procedures and formats (protocols);

‘wrinkle guard function’ means an operation of the household washing machine or of the household washer-dryer after completion of a programme to prevent excessive wrinkle building in the laundry;

‘delay start’ means a condition where the user has selected a specified delay to the beginning or end of the cycle of the selected programme;

‘guarantee’ means any undertaking by the retailer or supplier to the consumer to:

‘display mechanism’ means any screen, including tactile screen, or other visual technology used for displaying internet content to users;

‘nested display’ means visual interface where an image or data set is accessed by a mouse click, mouse roll-over or tactile screen expansion of another image or data set;

‘tactile screen’ means a screen responding to touch, such as that of a tablet computer, slate computer or a smartphone;

‘alternative text’ means text provided as an alternative to a graphic allowing information to be presented in non-graphical form where display devices cannot render the graphic or as an aid to accessibility such as input to voice synthesis applications;

‘declared values’ means the values provided by the supplier for the stated, calculated or measured technical parameters, pursuant to Article 3(3) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1369, and in accordance with Article 3(1)(d) and Annex VI of this Regulation, for the verification of compliance by the Member State authorities.

QR code;

supplier's name or trade mark;

supplier's model identifier;

scale of energy efficiency classes from A to G;

the energy efficiency class determined in accordance with Annex II;

weighted energy consumption per 100 cycles in kWh, rounded to the nearest integer in accordance with Annex IV;

rated capacity, in kg, for the eco 40-60 programme;

weighted water consumption per cycle in litres, rounded to the nearest integer in accordance with Annex IV:

duration of the eco 40-60 programme at rated capacity in h:min rounded to the nearest minute;

Spin-drying efficiency class, determined in accordance with point B of Annex II;

airborne acoustic noise emissions of the spinning phase, expressed in dB(A) re 1 pW and rounded to the nearest integer, and airborne acoustic noise emission class, determined in accordance with point C of Annex II;

the number of this Regulation, that is ‘2019/2014’.

The label shall be at least 96 mm wide and 192 mm high. Where the label is printed in a larger format, its content shall nevertheless remain proportionate to the specifications above.

The background of the label shall be 100 % white.

The typefaces shall be Verdana and Calibri.

The dimensions and specifications of the elements constituting the label shall be as indicated in the label design for household washing machines.

Colours shall be CMYK – cyan, magenta, yellow and black, following this example: 0,70,100,0: 0 % cyan, 70 % magenta, 100 % yellow, 0 % black.

The label shall fulfil all the following requirements (numbers refer to the figure above):

QR code;

supplier's name or trade mark;

supplier's model identifier;

scales of energy efficiency classes from A to G for the complete cycle (on the left side) and for the washing cycle (on the right side);

the energy efficiency class for the complete cycle (on the left side) determined in accordance with Annex II; and for the washing cycle (on the right side) determined in accordance with Annex II;

weighted energy consumption per 100 cycles in kWh, rounded to the nearest integer in accordance with Annex IV, for the complete cycle (on the left side);

weighted energy consumption per 100 cycles in kWh, rounded to the nearest integer in accordance with Annex IV for the washing cycle (on the right side);

rated capacity for the complete cycle (on the left side) and for the washing cycle (on the right side);

weighted water consumption per cycle in litre, rounded to the nearest integer in accordance with Annex IV for the complete cycle (on the left side) and for the washing cycle (on the right side);

cycle duration at rated capacity for the complete cycle (on the left side) and for the washing cycle (on the right side);

Spin-drying efficiency class, determined in accordance with point B of Annex II;

airborne acoustic noise emission class of the spinning phase of the eco 40-60 programme and value in dB(A) re 1 pW and rounded to the nearest integer;

the number of this Regulation, that is ‘2019/2014’.

The label shall be at least 96 mm wide and 192 mm high. Where the label is printed in a larger format, its content shall nevertheless remain proportionate to the specifications above.

The background of the label shall be 100 % white.

The typefaces shall be Verdana and Calibri.

The dimensions and specifications of the elements constituting the label shall be as indicated in the label design for household washer dryers.

Colours shall be CMYK – cyan, magenta, yellow and black, following this example: 0,70,100,0: 0 % cyan, 70 % magenta, 100 % yellow, 0 % black.

The label shall fulfil all the following requirements (numbers refer to the figure above):

The EEIW is calculated as follows, and is rounded to one decimal place:

EEIW = (EW/SCEW) × 100

where:

EW is the weighted energy consumption of the household washing machine or the washing cycle of the household washer-dryer;

SCEW is the standard cycle energy consumption of the household washing machine or the washing cycle of the household washer-dryer.

The SCEW is calculated in kWh per cycle and rounded to three decimal places as follows:

SCEW = -0,0025 × c2 + 0,0846 × c + 0,3920

where c is the rated capacity of the household washing machine or the rated washing capacity of the household washer-dryer for the eco 40-60 programme.

The EW is calculated in kWh per cycle as follows and rounded to three decimal places:

▼B

where:

EW,full is the energy consumption of the household washing machine or of the washing cycle of the household washer-dryer for the eco 40-60 programme at the rated washing capacity and rounded to three decimal places;

EW,½ is the energy consumption of the household washing machine or of the washing cycle of the household washer-dryer for the eco 40-60 programme at half of the rated washing capacity and rounded to three decimal places;

EW,1/4 is the energy consumption of the household washing machine or of the washing cycle of the household washer-dryer for the eco 40-60 programme at a quarter of the rated washing capacity and rounded to three decimal places;

A is the weighting factor for rated washing capacity and rounded to three decimal places;

B is the weighting factor for half of the rated washing capacity and rounded to three decimal places;

C is the weighting factor for a quarter of the rated washing capacity and rounded to three decimal places.

For household washing machines with a rated capacity lower than or equal to 3 kg and for household washer-dryers with a rated washing capacity lower than or equal to 3 kg, A shall be equal to 1; B and C shall be equal to 0.

For other household washing machines and household washer-dryers, the values of the weighting factors depend on the rated capacity according to the following equations:

A = -0,0391 × c + 0,6918

B = -0,0109 × c + 0,3582

C = 1 - (A + B)

where c is the rated capacity of the household washing machine or the rated washing capacity of the household washer dryer.

The weighted energy consumption per 100 cycles of the household washing machine or of the washing cycle of the household washer-dryer is calculated as follows and rounded to the nearest integer:

EW × 100

The EEIWD is calculated as follows, and is rounded to one decimal place:

EEIWD = (EWD/SCEWD) × 100

where:

EWD is the weighted energy consumption of the complete cycle of the household washer-dryer;

SCEWD is the standard cycle energy consumption of the complete cycle of the household washer-dryer.

The SCEWD is calculated in kWh per cycle and rounded to three decimal places as follows:

SCEWD = -0,0502 × d2 + 1,1742 × d - 0,644

where d is the rated capacity of the household washer-dryer for the wash and dry cycle.

For household washer-dryers with a rated washing capacity lower than or equal to 3 kg, the EWD is the energy consumption at rated capacity and rounded to three decimal places.

For other household washer-dryers, the EWD is calculated in kWh per cycle as follows and rounded to three decimal places:

▼B

where:

EWD,full is the energy consumption of the household washer-dryer for the wash and dry cycle at rated capacity and rounded to three decimal places;

EWD,½ is the energy consumption of the household washer-dryer for the wash and dry cycle at half the rated capacity and rounded to three decimal places.

The weighted energy consumption per 100 cycles of the complete cycle of the washer-dryer is calculated as follows and rounded to the nearest integer:

EWD × 100

a general description of the model allowing it to be unequivocally and easily identified;

references to the harmonised standards applied or other measurement standards used;

specific precautions to be taken when the model is assembled, installed, maintained or tested;

the values for the technical parameters set out in Table 7; these values are considered as the declared values for the purpose of the verification procedure in Annex IX;

the details and the results of calculations performed in accordance with Annex IV;

testing conditions if not described sufficiently in point (b);

equivalent models, if any, including model identifiers.

a general description of the model allowing it to be unequivocally and easily identified;

references to the harmonised standards applied or other measurement standards used;

specific precautions to be taken when the model is assembled, installed, maintained or tested;

the values for the technical parameters set out in Table 8; these values are considered as the declared values for the purpose of the verification procedure in Annex IX;

the details and the results of calculations performed in accordance with Annex IV;

testing conditions if not described sufficiently in point (b);

equivalent models, if any, including model identifiers;

for household washing machines: an arrow, containing the letter of the energy efficiency class in 100 % white, Calibri Bold and in a font size at least equivalent to that of the price, when the price is shown;

for household washer-dryers: an arrow, containing the letter of the energy efficiency class for the complete cycle in 100 % white, Calibri Bold and in a font size at least equivalent to that of the price, when the price is shown;

the colour of the arrow matching the colour of the energy efficiency class;

the range of available energy efficiency classes in 100 % black; and,

the size shall be such that the arrow is clearly visible and legible. The letter in the energy efficiency class arrow shall be positioned in the centre of the rectangular part of the arrow, with a border of 0,5 pt in 100 % black placed around the arrow and the letter of the energy efficiency class.

for household washing machines: be an arrow in the colour corresponding to the energy efficiency class of the product on the label;

for household washer-dryers: be an arrow in the colour corresponding to the energy efficiency class of the complete cycle on the label;

indicate the energy efficiency class of the product on the arrow in 100 % white, Calibri Bold and in a font size equivalent to that of the price;

have the range of available energy efficiency classes in 100 % black; and,

have one of the following two formats, and its size shall be such that the arrow is clearly visible and legible. The letter in the energy efficiency class arrow shall be positioned in the centre of the rectangular part of the arrow, with a visible border in 100 % black placed around the arrow and the letter of the energy efficiency class:

Figure 2
Coloured left/right arrow, with range of energy efficiency classes indicated

the images referred to in point 2 of this Annex shall be shown on the display mechanism in proximity to the price of the product;

the images shall link to the label set out in Annex III;

the label shall be displayed after a mouse click, mouse roll-over or tactile screen expansion on the image;

the label shall be displayed by pop up, new tab, new page or inset screen display;

for magnification of the label on tactile screens, the device conventions for tactile magnification shall apply;

the label shall cease to be displayed by means of a close option or other standard closing mechanism;

the alternative text for the graphic, to be displayed on failure to display the label, shall be the energy efficiency classes of the product in a font size equivalent to that of the price.

The Member State authorities shall verify one single unit of the model.

The model shall be considered to comply with the applicable requirements if:

If the results referred to in points 2(a) or (b) are not achieved, the model and all equivalent models shall be considered not to comply with this Regulation.

If the result referred to in point 2(c) is not achieved, the Member State authorities shall select three additional units of the same model for testing. As an alternative, the three additional units selected may be of one or more equivalent models.

The model shall be considered to comply with the applicable requirements if for these three units, the arithmetical mean of the determined values complies with the respective tolerances given in Table 9.

If the result referred to in point 5 is not achieved, the model and all equivalent models shall be considered not to comply with this Regulation.

The Member State authorities shall provide all relevant information to the authorities of the other Member States and to the Commission without delay after a decision is taken on the non-compliance of the model according to points 3, 6 or the second paragraph of this Annex.

the rated washing capacity is the sum of the rated washing capacities of each drum; for multi-drum household washer-dryers, the rated capacity is the sum of the rated capacities of each drum;

the energy and water consumption of the multi-drum household washing machine and of the washing cycle of the multi-drum household washer-dryer is the sum of the energy consumption, or water consumption, of each drum;

the energy and water consumption of the complete cycle of the multi-drum household washer-dryer is the sum of the energy consumption, or water consumption, of each drum;

the Energy Efficiency Index (EEIW) is calculated using the rated washing capacity and energy consumption; for multi-drum household washer-dryers, the Energy Efficiency Index (EEIWD) is calculated using the rated capacity and energy consumption;

the duration is the duration of the longest eco 40-60 programme, or wash and dry cycle, operating in each drum;

the remaining moisture content after washing is calculated as the weighted average, according to each drum’s rated capacity;

for household multi-drum washer-dryers, the final moisture content after drying is measured individually for each drum;

the measurement of low power modes, of the acoustic airborne noise emissions and the acoustic airborne noise emissions class apply to the whole household washing machine.