What is EEPLIANT4?

Overview

The Energy Efficiency Compliant Products 4 (EEPLIANT4) is an EU co-funded Concerted Action that builds on the success, good practices, and lessons learned from the three former EEPLIANT Actions since 2015 (EEPLIANT1, EEPLIANT2 and EEPLIANT3).  The aim of this new Concerted Action is to support the implementation and enforcement of the EU Ecodesign and Energy Labelling regulations for energy-related products and durably improve market surveillance in these fields. The project is funded by the European Union under the Programme for the Environment and Climate Action (LIFE) with duration from May 2024 until April 2029. 

EEPLIANT4 is coordinated by PROSAFE - The Product Safety Forum of Europe. The project consortium is composed of 26 Market Surveillance Authorities (MSAs) and 2 other govermental organisations from: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Turkey. They have joined forces to review and test the energy performance of eight product categories and market segments: refrigerating appliances, cooking appliances, vacuum cleaners, off-mode/network standby devices, tyres (C2, C3, re-treaded), electronic displays, air heating and cooling products, and solid fuel space heaters. 

In addition to the product specific activities, the EEPLIANT4 consortium will also work on improving the harmonisation of practices and methodologies related to market surveillance in the field of ecodesign and energy labelling, by addressing new and emerging challenges for MSA officers, building capacity within MSAs, enhancing the cooperation with EU customs, and developing useful IT tools for market surveillance. 

EEPLIANT4 is committed to promoting the importance of product compliance and energy efficiency. In doing so, the project will engage with consumer associations and share its activities, findings, and outcomes through its website and social media accounts.

Project Organisation

The project activities are divided into the following 13 Work Packages (WP):

WP1: Management, Communication, Dissemination, Exploitation, Sustainability and Replication
WP2: Refrigerating appliances
WP3: Tyres (C2, C3, re-treaded)
WP4: Electronic Displays
WP5: Cooking appliances
WP6: Vacuum cleaners
WP7: Off-mode - network standby
WP8: Air heating and cooling products
WP9: Solid fuel space heaters
WP10: Training and study visits
WP11: Emerging issues and challenges
WP12: Joint Activities with Customs
WP13: Development of digital tools for EL/ED market surveillance

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 EEPLIANT4 builds on the success and the lessons learned from past joint market surveillance actions on energy-related products:

• ECOPLIANT (European Ecodesign Compliance Project) - started in 2012
• EEPLIANT1 (Energy Efficiency Compliant Products 2014) - run between 2015 and 2017
• EEPLIANT2 (Energy Efficiency Compliant Products 2016) - began in 2017 and finished in February 2020 
• EEPLIANT3 (Energy Efficiency Compliant Products 4) - started in June 2019 and ended in March 2024 - Click here to watch the EEPLIANT3 video