First, thanks again to all who commented on my original query. I sent the question to a contact in the EU and they shared it with several people who are in a position to know the answers but prefer to remain anonymous. This is not "official" but as close as you will get without getting it in writing from the Commission.
First the references: COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1275/2008 of 17 December 2008 implementing Directive 2005/32/EC with regard to ecodesign requirements for standby and off mode electric power consumption of electrical and electronic household and office equipment. COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 278/2009 of 6 April 2009 implementing Directive 2005/32/EC as it relates to external power supplies (EPS). The comments paraphrased: The first regulation applies to "electrical and electronic household and office equipment". This from Article 1 - Scope of the regulation. It covers products with built-in and external power supplies. The second regulation applies to "power consumption in no-load condition and average active efficiency" for external power supplies ONLY. Emphasis on ONLY added by me. This from Article 1.1 - Scope of the regulation. There was not a lot of comment on the date problem other than to say if it's a product then it must comply by January. If it's an EPS only, it must comply by April. So the take-away here is that a product sold with an EPS must comply by January with the first regulation with regard to standby and off mode consumption. Then the EPS you sold with that product must meet the no-load and efficiency requirements for EPS by April. So there you have it from a guy who knows a guy who knows a guy. Regards, Scott Douglas - 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]>
