Consultation on the Implementation of the Market Surveillance and Enforcement Requirements of the Eco-design of Energy Using Products and Energy Labelling Framework Directives

Sustainable Energy Using Products Team
Defra
Zone 5D Ergon House
Horseferry Road
London
SW1P 2AL
Telephone: 020 7238 4741

11 June 2009

Dear Consultee,

Consultation on Implementation of the Market Surveillance and Compliance Requirements of the EU Eco-design of Energy Using Products and Energy Labeling Framework Directives.

  1. I am writing to invite views on our proposals to implement the Market Surveillance and Enforcement requirements of the EU Energy Labelling and Energy Using Products Framework Directives.  The consultation is split into three main parts:
  • Part 1 asks for comments on three options under consideration for which should be the authority(ies) responsible for enforcing the requirements of the Energy Labelling (92/75/EC) and Ecodesign of Energy Using Products (2005/32/EC) Framework Directives.
  • Part 2 aims to gather stakeholder views on a proposed expansion of the enforcement options available to the market surveillance authority, in particular through the establishment of an administrative penalties regime and also on the strengthening of the current criminal sanctions already available to enforcement bodies.
  • Part 3 aims to gather views on draft Government guidance documents for the first 5 implementing measures recently agreed in Europe under the EUP Directive on standby and off mode power consumption, external power supplies, simple set top boxes, tertiary lighting and general lighting. The Government will continue to work within Europe to also promote the adoption of EU level Guidance.
  1. The following documents may be found on Defra’s website: www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/eup-labelling/
  • Consultation letter
  • Consultation document
  • List of Consultees
  • Annex B: Draft Amending Regulations - EuP
  • Annex C: Draft Amending Regulations - Labelling
  • Annex D: Initial Impact Assessment
  • Annex E: Draft Guidance notes
  1. We welcome your views and comments on the proposals. If you wish to obtain a paper copy of this consultation, please contact product.complaince@defra.gsi.gov.uk  Sustainable Energy Using Products Team, Sustainable Consumption and Production, Defra, Zone 5D Ergon House, Horseferry Road, SW1P 3JR, 020 7238 4741.
Responses
  1. Please send responses to either:

Email: product.compliance@defra.gsi.gov.uk quoting "Compliance and Enforcement Consultation" in the subject line.

Or by post to:

Maria Grace
Compliance and Enforcement Consultation
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Area 5D, Ergon House
Horseferry Road
London
SW1P 2AL

  1. 5. Responses should be received by Friday 4 September 2009.
Consultation Criteria

This consultation is in line with the Code of practice on Consultations. This can be found at www.berr.gov.uk/bre/

  1. When this consultation ends, we intend to put a copy of the responses in the Defra library at Ergon House, London. This is so that the public can see them.  Also, members of the public may ask for a copy of responses under freedom of information legislation.
  2. If you do not want your response - including your name, contact details and any other personal information – to be publicly available, please say so clearly in writing when you send your response to the consultation.  Please note, if your computer automatically includes a confidentiality disclaimer, that won’t count as a confidentiality request.
  3. Please explain why you need to keep details confidential.  We will take your reasons into account if someone asks for this information under freedom of information legislation. But, because of the law, we cannot promise that we will always be able to keep those details confidential.  We will summarise all responses and place this summary on our website at www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/.  This summary will include a list of names of organisations that responded but not people’s personal names, addresses or other contact details. 

To see consultation responses and summaries, please contact the library at:

Defra
Information Resource Centre
Lower Ground Floor
Ergon House
17 Smith Square
London
SW1P 3JR
Telephone: 020-7238-6575
Email:  defra.library@defra.gsi.gov.uk

Please give the library 24 hours’ notice.  There is a charge for photocopying and postage.

  1. If you have any comments or complaints about the consultation process, please address them to Marjorie Addo, Defra’s Consultation Co-ordinator, Area 7C Nobel House,17 Smith Square, London SW1P 3JR, or email consultation.coordinator@defra.gsi.gov.uk
  2. Thank you for your help. If you have any queries please contact us as above.

Yours faithfully,

Sarah Nicholson
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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