Commission Decision (EU) 2018/59 of 11 January 2018 amending Decision 2009/300/EC as regards the content, and period of validity, of the ecological criteria for the award of the EU Eco-label to televisions (notified under document C(2018) 6)Text with EEA relevance.

Article 3 of Decision 2009/300/EC is replaced by the following:

Article 3

The ecological criteria for the product group televisions and the related assessment and verification requirements shall be valid until 31 December 2019..

Article 2

The Annex to Decision 2009/300/EC is amended as set out in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 3

1. Applications for the EU Ecolabel for products falling within the product group televisions submitted before the date of adoption of this Decision shall be evaluated in accordance with the conditions laid down in the version of Decision 2009/300/EC in force on the day immediately preceding the date of adoption of this Decision (the old version of Decision 2009/300/EC).

1. Applications for the EU Ecolabel for products falling within the product group televisions submitted within one month from the date of adoption of this Decision may be based either on the criteria set out in the old version of Decision 2009/300/EC or on the criteria set out in the version of that Decision as amended by this Decision.

1. EU Ecolabel licences awarded in accordance with the criteria set out in the old version of Decision 2009/300/EC may be used for 6 months from the date of adoption of this Decision.

Article 4

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 11 January 2018.

For the Commission

Karmenu Vella

Member of the Commission

Annex

ANNEX

In the Annex to Decision 2009/300/EC, criterion 1 (Energy savings) is amended as follows:

(1) in point b) (Maximum energy consumption), ≤ 200 W is replaced by ≤ 100 W;

(2) all four paragraphs in point c) (Energy Efficiency) are replaced by the following:

Televisions shall meet the specifications of the Energy Efficiency Index set out in Annex I to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1062/2010

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1062/2010 of 28 September 2010 supplementing Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to energy labelling of televisions (OJ L 314, 30.11.2010, p. 64).

for the energy efficiency class specified as follows or, alternatively, for a more efficient energy efficiency class:

i.

energy efficiency class A for appliances with a visible screen diagonal ≤ 90 cm (or 35,4 inches);

ii.

energy efficiency class A+ (A for UHD) for appliances with a visible screen diagonal > 90 cm (or 35,4 inches) and < 120 cm (or 47,2 inches);

iii.

energy efficiency class A++ (A+ for UHD) for appliances with a visible screen diagonal ≥ 120 cm (or 47,2 inches).

In this point, UHD means Ultra High Definition, which is standardised

International Telecommunications Union Recommendation (ITU-R) BT.2020.;

with two resolutions of 3840 × 2160 (UHD-4K) pixels or 7680 × 4320 (UHD-8K) pixels.

(3) in the section headed Assessment and verification (points a) to c)):

(a) the first paragraph is replaced by the following:

The applicant shall submit a test report for the television model(s) covering the test carried out according to EN 50564 standards for meeting the conditions set out in point a) and the tests carried out using the measurement procedures and methods referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Annex VII to Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1062/2010 for meeting the conditions set out in points b) and c). In addition, the energy efficiency class and the visible screen diagonal shall be indicated in the report.;