EEPLIANT4 Work Package 9: Solid Fuel Local Space Heaters

Scope of action

This Work Package covers solid fuel local space heaters. The MSAs will undergo compliance verifications checks against the following legislation:

• Regulation (EU) 2015/1186 with regard to the energy labelling of local space heaters;
• Regulation (EU) 2015/1185 with regard to ecodesign requirements for solid fuel local space heaters.

Objectives

• Surveying the state of compliance in the internal market solid fuel local space heaters;
• Identifying and dealing with non-compliant products, ensuring that products are brought into conformity or withdrawn from the market;
• Reducing the electricity bills of consumers, thereby improving the wellbeing of European consumers/end-users;
• Reducing unfair competition resulting from the presence of non-compliant products on the market;
• Raising awareness among economic operators (as defined in Regulation (EU) 2019/1020) and other concerned stakeholders about the problems identified;
• Raising the profile of EU market surveillance in general.

Participants

8 Market Surveillance Authorities (MSAs) are part of this Work Package. They are from 7 Countries: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, and The Netherlands.