EPREL (European Product Registry for energy labelling)

EPREL is a database operated by the European Commission providing information about the energy efficiency and other important specifications of different models of labelled products. Suppliers are obliged to enter product information into EPREL as required by the EU energy labelling framework regulation.

Dealers can use EPREL to download energy labels and PIS, to look up specific information on a product or to generate links to EPREL e.g. for an online shop.

EPREL consists of a "compliance" section and a "public" section: 

• In the compliance section, suppliers are legally required to register any product models placed on the EU market that are subject to EU energy labelling requirements. The information to be registered includes confidential technical information only accessible to market surveillance authorities, which are responsible for verifying compliance.
• In the public part, consumers, dealers and other stakeholders can find useful information about the product such as the energy label and PIS, select products according to specific criteria, sort results using up to three simultaneous keys, assess the population in respect to the Taxonomy criteria (i.e. highest significantly populated class(es)), download energy labels and PIS, also in electronic format and for online use via public APIs, and more.

Information to be entered into the public part by the supplier contains:

1. The name or trademark, address, contact details and other legal identification of the supplier;
2. the model identifier;
3. the label in electronic format;
4. the energy efficiency class(es) and other paramters of the label;
5. the parameters of the product information sheet in electronic format

The compliance part must contain the following technical documentation:

1. General description of the model, sufficient for it to be unequivocally and easily identified;
2. references to the harmonised standards applied or other measurement standards used;
3. specific precautions that shall be taken when the model is assembled, installed, maintained or tested;
4. the measured technical parameters of the model;
5. the calculations performed with the measured parameters;
6. testing conditions if not described sufficiently in point (b).

Registering an organisation 

To be able to register products in EPREL, manufacturers, suppliers, importers, or authorised representatives have to undergo a verification process, which ensures that the registration is authentic and originates from a reliable source. 

The successful verification is confirmed by an electronic seal, which ensures that a company's name cannot be misused. An electronic seal can only be requested by: 

• A delegated person from the organisation. 
• A delegated person from the legal representative of the organisation. 
• A legal representative of the organisation. 

You can register and verify as a natural or legal person. 

If you do not verify your organisation: 

• Your products will not be shown in the public part of EPREL.  
• An alert is shown when the QR code on the product label is scanned. 
• MSA's might focus on your products during their inspection campaigns.
• MSAs can set fines. 

Please find more information and guidance on the verification process here.

Registering a product 

Once you have registered and verified your organisation, you can correctly insert products into EPREL so that they are fully visible.

First, you have to choose the product group, to which your product belongs. Then you insert the data requested by the database, e.g. brand and model name and technical specifications. This process is automated to a high extent for newer regulations, i.e. parameters that are requested in the label, PIS or Label technical documentation, have to be inserted in a mask. For older regulations, you have to upload the labelling technical documentation as your own generated document.