Brian, Level IV compliance per the international efficiency marking protocol is required for all product arriving in the EU as of April 27, 2010, with level V required by same day in 2011. your citation is valid.
In the US level IV is already required on all newly manufactured supplies, with the exemptions for spares that you cite below. DOE did publish a final rule on Jan 5 that requires all manufacturers of power supplies to register by July of 2010. This requires a test report per CEC test methods (with some minor changes that can be seen in the CFR), along with a declaration that is also detailed in the 10CFR in part 430 I believe. Australia has mandatory level IV compliance for some time now, and registration is required. NZ I have not seen a final rule. Best regards, Clif From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brian O'Connell Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 2:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: energy efficiency regulations Good People, I have found the following dates for affectivity and/or date required for compliance. My corporate colleagues in Asia do not agree with these dates. I would appreciate any additional information for dates. Required conformity dates for various power efficiency regulations for external power supplies: EC 278/2009 - 27 April 2011 10 CFR Part 430 and 431 - final action date - July 2011 (this date should be for the government, can it be interpreted for the vendor ?) 42 CFR Part 6295 - spare/replacement units June 2015 - new products July 2008 - energy star (tier 2) November 2008 Canada standby power as defined in CSA C62301-07 - for Energy Star label and report - September 2009 - tier 1 July 2010 - tier 2 January 2013 Other questions 1. I cannot found any required compliance date in the U.S. CFR, but a UL engineer said that the Dept of Energy will require that manufactures of battery chargers to submit efficiency and stand-by power data to DOE by July 2010. Any references for this requirement?? 2. The NZ website says that vendors will be required to comply 'by early 2010', but has no date - any links to actual dates ? As usual, thanks very much. Brian - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc Graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. can be posted to that URL. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]> - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc Graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. can be posted to that URL. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]>
