‘Energy Efficiency Index’ (EEI) means the ratio of the eco programme energy consumption to the standard programme energy consumption;

‘eco programme energy consumption’ (EPEC) means the energy consumption of a household dishwasher for the eco programme, expressed in kilowatt hour per cycle;

‘standard programme energy consumption’ (SPEC) means the energy consumption taken as a reference as a function of the rated capacity, expressed in kilowatt hour per cycle;

‘place setting’ (ps) means a set of tableware for use by one person, not including serving pieces;

‘serving pieces’ means items for the preparation and serving of food which can include pots, serving bowls, serving cutlery and a platter;

‘rated capacity’ means the maximum number of place settings together with the serving pieces, which can be cleaned, rinsed and dried in a household dishwasher in one cycle when loaded in accordance with the manufacturer’s, importer’s or authorised representative’s instructions;

‘cleaning performance index’ (IC) means the ratio of the cleaning performance of a household dishwasher to the cleaning performance of a reference household dishwasher;

‘drying performance index’ (ID) means the ratio of the drying performance of a household dishwasher to the drying performance of a reference household dishwasher;

‘programme duration’ (Tt) means the length of time beginning with the initiation of the programme selected, excluding any user programmed delay, until the end of the programme is indicated and the user has access to the load;

‘cycle’ means a complete cleaning, rinsing and drying process, as defined by the programme selected, consisting of a series of operations until all activity ceases;

‘off mode’ means a condition in which the household dishwasher is connected to the mains and is not providing any function; the following shall also be considered as off mode:

‘standby mode’ means a condition where the household dishwasher is connected to the mains, and provides only the following functions, which may persist for an indefinite time:

‘network’ means a communication infrastructure with a topology of links, an architecture, including the physical components, organisational principles, communication procedures and formats (protocols);

‘delay start’ means a condition where the user has selected a specified delay to the beginning of the cycle of the selected programme;

‘spare part’ means a separate part that can replace a part with the same or similar function in a product;

‘professional repairer’ means an operator or undertaking which provides services of repair and professional maintenance of household dishwashers;

‘eco programme water consumption’ (EPWC) means the water consumption of a household dishwasher for the eco programme, expressed in litres per cycle;

‘guarantee’ means any undertaking by the retailer or a manufacturer to the consumer to:

‘declared values’ means the values provided by the manufacturer, importer or authorised representative for the stated, calculated or measured technical parameters in accordance with Article 4, for the verification of compliance by the Member State authorities.

this programme shall be:

the name ‘eco’ shall be used exclusively for this programme. The formatting of ‘eco’ is not restricted in terms of font, font size, case sensitivity or colour. The only other additional information which may be combined with the term ‘eco’ is the temperature of the eco programme;

the indications ‘normal’, ‘daily’, ‘regular’ and ‘standard’, and their translations in all EU official languages, shall not be used in programme names for the household dishwasher, neither alone nor in combination with other information.

the Energy Efficiency Index (EEI) shall be less than 63.

the EEI shall be less than 56 for household dishwashers with a rated capacity equal to or more than 10 place settings.

the cleaning performance index (IC) shall be greater than 1,12 ;

the drying performance index (ID) shall be greater than 1,06 for household dishwashers with a rated capacity of more than 7 place settings;

the drying performance index (ID) shall be greater than 0,86 for household dishwashers with a rated capacity equal to or less than 7 place settings.

household dishwashers shall have an off mode or a standby mode or both. The power consumption of these modes shall not exceed 0,50 W;

if the standby mode includes the display of information or status, the power consumption of this mode shall not exceed 1,00 W;

if the standby mode provides for a connection to a network and provides networked standby as defined in Commission Regulation (EU) No 801/2013 ( 4 ), the power consumption of this mode shall not exceed 2,00 W;

at the latest 15 minutes after the household dishwasher has been switched on or after the end of any programme and associated activities or after any interaction with the equipment, if no other mode, including emergency measures, is triggered, the equipment shall switch automatically to off mode or standby mode;

if the household dishwasher provides for a delay start, the power consumption in this condition, including any standby mode, shall not exceed 4,00 W. The delay start shall not be programmable by the user for more than 24 h;

any household dishwasher that can be connected to a network shall provide the possibility to activate and deactivate the network connection. The network connection shall be deactivated by default.

availability of spare parts:

maximum delivery time of spare parts:

access to Repair and Maintenance Information:

after a period of two years after the placing on the market of the first unit of a model, and until the end of the period mentioned under (1), the manufacturer, importer or authorised representative shall provide access to the appliance repair and maintenance information to professional repairers in the following conditions:

once registered, a professional repairer shall have access, within one working day after requesting it, to the requested repair and maintenance information. The information may be provided for an equivalent model or model of the same family, if relevant;

the available repair and maintenance information shall include:

information requirements for refrigerant gases:

without prejudice to Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 5 ), for household dishwashers equipped with a heat pump, the chemical name of the refrigerant gas used, or equivalent reference such as a commonly used and understood symbol, label or logo, shall be displayed permanently and in a visible and readable way on the exterior of the appliance, for example on the back panel. More than one reference can be used for the same chemical name;

requirements for dismantling for material recovery and recycling while avoiding pollution:

information that the eco programme is suitable to clean normally soiled tableware, that for this use, it is the most efficient programme in terms of its combined energy and water consumption, and that it is used to assess compliance with the EU ecodesign legislation;

information that loading the household dishwasher up to the capacity indicated by the manufacturer will contribute to energy and water savings and information on correct loading of tableware and main consequences of incorrect loading;

information that manual pre-rinsing of tableware items leads to increased water and energy consumption and is not recommended;

information that washing tableware in a household dishwasher usually consumes less energy and water in the use phase than hand dishwashing when the household dishwasher is used according to the manufacturer’s instructions;

values on the programme duration, energy and water consumption for all programmes that offer a cycle;

information that the values given for programmes other than the eco programme are indicative only; and,

instruction on how to find the model information stored in the product database, as set out in Regulation (EU) 2019/2017 by means of a weblink that links to the model information as stored in the product database or a link to the product database and information on how to find the model identifier on the product.

correct installation (including level positioning, connection to mains, connection to water inlets, cold and/or hot if appropriate);

correct use of detergent, salt and other additives, and main consequences of incorrect dosage;

foreign object removal from the household dishwasher;

periodic cleaning, including optimal frequency and limescale prevention, and procedure;

periodic checks of filters, including optimal frequency, and procedure;

identification of errors, the meaning of the errors, and the action required, including identification of errors requiring professional assistance;

how to access professional repair (internet webpages, addresses, contact details).

any implications of self-repair or non-professional repair for the safety of the end-user and for the guarantee;

the minimum period during which spare parts for the household dishwasher are available.

The EEI is calculated as follows and rounded to one decimal place:

EEI = (EPEC/SPEC) × 100

where:

EPEC is the eco programme energy consumption of the household dishwasher measured in kWh/cycle and rounded to three decimal places;

SPEC is the standard programme energy consumption of the household dishwasher.

The SPEC is calculated in kWh/cycle and rounded to three decimal places as follows:

the Member State authorities shall verify one single unit of the model;

the model shall be considered to comply with the applicable requirements if:

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if the results referred to in point (2)(a), (b), (c) or (d) are not achieved, the model and all equivalent models shall be considered not to comply with this Regulation;

if the result referred to in point (2)(e) is not achieved, the Member State authorities shall select three additional units of the same model for testing. As an alternative, the three additional units selected may be of one or more equivalent models;

the model shall be considered to comply with the applicable requirements if, for these three units, the arithmetical mean of the determined values complies with the respective verification tolerances given in Table 1;

if the result referred to in point (5) is not achieved, the model and all equivalent models shall be considered not to comply with this Regulation;

The Member State authorities shall provide all relevant information to the authorities of the other Member States and to the Commission without delay after a decision being taken on the non-compliance of the model according to points 3, 6 or the second paragraph of this Annex.

household dishwashers with 14 place settings (without heat pump technology):

household dishwashers with 13 place settings (with heat pump technology):

household dishwashers with 10 place settings:

household dishwashers with 6 place settings:

standby mode: 0,20 W;

networked standby condition: Ethernet 0,60 W, Wi-Fi 0,70 W.