‘beverage cooler’ means a refrigerating appliance with a direct sales function designed to cool, at a specified speed, packaged non-perishable beverages, excluding wine, loaded at ambient temperature, for sale at specified temperatures below the ambient temperature. A beverage cooler allows accessing the beverages directly through open sides or through one or more doors, drawers or both. The temperature inside the cooler may increase during periods of no demand, for the purpose of energy saving, in view of the non-perishable nature of beverages;

‘ice-cream freezer’ means a horizontal closed cabinet intended to store and/or display and sell pre-packed ice cream, where access by the consumer to the pre-packed ice-cream is achieved by opening a non-transparent or transparent lid from the top, with a net volume ≤ 600 litres (L) and, only in the case of transparent lid ice-cream freezers, a net volume divided by the TDA ≥ 0,35 meters (m);

‘transparent lid’ means a door made of a transparent material that covers at least 75 % of the door surface and that allows the end-user to clearly see items through it;

‘total display area (TDA)’ means the total visible foodstuffs and other items area, including visible area through glazing, defined by the sum of horizontal and vertical projected surface areas of the net volume, expressed in square meters (m2);

‘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;

‘annual energy consumption’ (AE) means the average daily energy consumption multiplied by 365 (days per year) expressed in kilowatt hour per year (kWh/a), calculated in accordance with point 2(b) of Annex IV;

‘daily energy consumption’ (Edaily ) means the energy used by a refrigerating appliance with a direct sales function over 24 hours at reference conditions, expressed in kilowatt hour per day (kWh/24h);

‘standard annual energy consumption’ (SAE) means the reference annual energy consumption of a refrigeration appliance with a direct sales function, expressed in kilowatt hour per year (kWh/a), calculated in accordance with point 2(c) of Annex IV;

‘M’ and ‘N’ means modelling parameters that take into account the total display area or volume-dependence of the energy use, with values as set out in Table 3, Annex IV;

‘temperature coefficient’ (C) means a correction factor that accounts for the difference in operating temperature;

‘climate class factor’ (CC) means a correction factor that accounts for the difference in ambient conditions for which the refrigerating appliance is designed for;

‘P’ means a correction factor that accounts for the differences between integral and remote cabinets;

‘integral cabinet’ means a refrigerating appliance with a direct sales function that has an integral refrigeration system which incorporates a compressor and condensing unit;

‘gelato-scooping cabinet’ means a refrigerating appliance with a direct sales function in which ice-cream can be stored, displayed and scooped, within prescribed temperature limits as set out in Annex IV, Table 4;

‘vertical cabinet’ means a refrigerating appliance with a direct sales function with a vertical or inclined display opening;

‘semi- vertical cabinet’ means a vertical cabinet with a vertical or inclined display opening whose overall height does not exceed 1,5 meters (m);

‘combined cabinet’ means a refrigerating appliance with a direct sales function which combines display and opening directions from a vertical and a horizontal cabinet;

‘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;

‘refrigerator’ means a refrigerating appliance with a direct sales function that continuously maintains the temperature of the products stored in the cabinet at chilled operating temperature;

‘freezer’ means a refrigerating appliance with a direct sales function that continuously maintains the temperature of the products stored in the cabinet at frozen operating temperature;

‘roll-in cabinet’ means a supermarket cabinet which enables goods to be displayed directly on their pallets or rolls which can be placed inside by lifting, swinging, or removing the lower front part, where fitted;

‘M-package’ means a test package fitted with a temperature measuring device;

‘multi-temperature vending machine’ means a refrigerated vending machine including at least two compartments with different operating temperatures;

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

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

‘nested display’ means a 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;

‘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.

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;

AE in kWh per year and rounded to the nearest integer;

the number of this Regulation, that is ‘2019/2018’.

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;;

AE in kWh per year and rounded to the nearest integer;

the sum of the gross volumes of all compartments with chilled operating temperatures, expressed in litres (L) and rounded to the nearest integer;

the highest average compartment temperature of all compartments with chilled operating temperatures, in degrees Celsius (°C) and rounded to the nearest integer, as set out in Table 5;

the warmest ambient temperature, in degrees Celsius (°C) and rounded to the nearest integer, as set out in Table 6;

the number of this Regulation, that is ‘2019/2018’.

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;

AE in kWh per year and rounded to the nearest integer;

the sum of the net volumes of all compartments with frozen operating temperatures, expressed in litres (L) and rounded to the nearest integer;

the highest average compartment temperature of all compartments with frozen operating temperatures, in degrees Celsius (°C) and rounded to the nearest integer, as set out in Table 7;

the maximum ambient temperature, in degrees Celsius (°C) and rounded to the nearest integer, as set out in Table 8;

the number of this Regulation, that is ‘2019/2018’.

The labels 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 designs in points 4.1 to 4.3.

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 labels shall fulfil all the following requirements (numbers refer to the figures above):

the ambient conditions shall correspond to Set 1, except for ice-cream freezers and gelato scooping cabinets which shall be tested in ambient conditions corresponding to Set 2, as set out in Table 2.

where a compartment can be set to different temperatures, it shall be tested at the lowest operating temperature.

refrigerated vending machines with compartments with variable volumes shall be tested with the net volume of the compartment with the highest operating temperature adjusted to its minimum net volume.

for beverage coolers, the specified cooling speed shall be according to the half reload recovery time.

For all refrigerating appliances with a direct sales function, the EEI, expressed in % and rounded to the first decimal place, is the ratio of the AE (in kWh/a) and the reference SAE (in kWh/a) and is calculated as:

EEI = AE/SAE.

The AE, expressed in kWh/a and rounded to two decimal places, is calculated as follows:

AE = 365 × Edaily ;

with:

The SAE is expressed in kWh/a and rounded to two decimal places. For refrigerating appliances with a direct sales function with all compartments having the same temperature class and for refrigerated vending machines, the SAE is calculated as follows:

SAE = 365 × P × (M + N × Y) × C;

For refrigerating appliances with a direct sales function with more than one compartment having different temperature classes, with the exception of refrigerated vending machines, the SAE is calculated as follows:

where:

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 11; 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.

from a model that has the same technical characteristics relevant for the technical information to be provided but is produced by a different manufacturer; or

by calculation on the basis of design or extrapolation from another model of the same or a different manufacturer, or both,

an arrow containing the letter of the energy efficiency class, in white, Calibri Bold and in a font size at least equivalent to that of the price, if the price is shown, in all other cases clearly visible and legible font size;

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 black around the arrow and the letter of the energy efficiency class.

be an arrow in the colour corresponding to the energy efficiency class of the product on the label;

indicate the energy efficiency class of the product on the arrow in white, Calibri Bold and in a font size equivalent to that of the price, if the price is shown, in all other cases a clearly visible and legible font size; and

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 example, with range of energy classes indicated

the image referred to in point 2 of this Annex shall be shown on the display mechanism in proximity to the price of the product, if the price is shown, and in all other cases in proximity to the product;

the image 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 class of the product in a font size equivalent to that of the price, if the price is shown, and in all other cases a clearly visible and legible font size.

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) and (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 12.

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 being taken on the non-compliance of the model according to points 3, 6 or the second paragraph of this Annex.