The European Commission approached the European Standardisation Organisations (ESOs) with the first draft Standardisation Requests (SR) to develop harmonised standards for two product categories: servers and data storage products on the one hand, and dishwashers, washing machines and washer-dryers on the other.
The summer holidays have been busy for the standardisation community as two of the standards developed under Commission Mandate 543 on material efficiency underwent a formal vote procedure.
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The European Commission is consulting standardisation stakeholders on plans to develop a guidance document to support the implementation of the Standardisation Regulation.
Consumers are not informed of the poor performance of portable electric heaters, which can still be bought for very low prices (around 20€) and can effectively comply with the existing regulation with a simple mechanic thermostat control. The low purchase price is however offset by the related energy consumption which inflates the electricity bills - something consumers may not fully realise when making that purchase. Electric heaters should be included in the scope of the Energy Labelling Regulation!
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