Product information requirements

The instruction manuals for installers and users, and free access websites of manufacturers, their authorised representatives and importers, shall contain the elements as explained below.

Any specific precautions to be taken when the LSH is assembled, installed or maintained, and information relevant to disassembly, recycling and/or disposal at end-of-life.

Technical parameters in both regulations shall be measured and calculated in accordance with the respective Annex III and show the significant figures as indicated in the respective tables in Annex II.

Table: Product information requirements for product models complying with the old and new regulation.

The old regulation (EU) 2015/1188 Annex III, 3 (a)	The new regulation (EU) 2024/1103 Annex II, 4 (1)
Gaseous and liquid fuel domestic LSH (including flueless heaters)
Table 1	Placed on market with control: Table 1 Placed on market without control: Table 2 for at least one combination of LSH and control functions that make the product compliant with this regulation and Table 7 (without any modification)
Table 2	Placed on market with control: Table 3 Placed on market without control: Table 4 for at least one combination of LSH and control functions that make the product compliant with this regulation and Table 7 (without any modification)
Commercial LSH
Table 3 (The content is identical to the new regulation.)	Table 5 (The content is identical to the old regulation.)
Separate related controls
No requirements	Table 7 without any modification, and the information in Table 6 (mainly including low power consumption and type of control functions)

For domestic LSH, the content is mostly unchanged, but the following parameters are new:

Low power mode consumptions (off, idle, networked standby mode) and indication of presence of a standby mode with display of information or status
The seasonal space heating efficiency in %
Indication of presence of self-learning functionality and control accuracy
Please note that the number of decimals has increased for various parameters

Moreover:

For gaseous and liquid fuel LSH only, the minimum permissible total flue duct length has been introduced.
For electric LSH only, the section on auxiliary energy consumption and on electric storage LSH have been omitted.

The difference between the tables for LSH placed on the market without control compared to the table for LSH with control (for all domestic LSH) is:

There is a remark at the top “This product needs a control to comply with the mandatory ecodesign requirements set out in Regulation (EU) 2024/1103”.
The sections on power consumption in low power modes and Efficiency (NCV = net calorific value) are omitted.
The section on control functions refers to the functions that need to be present in a separately purchased control (clearly not to the ones present in the product). A room temperature control cannot be selected in this section.

The following information requirements need to be considered for both old and new regulation ((EU) 2024/1103 (Annex II. 4)):

The instruction manual for installers and users, free access websites of manufacturers (please note, that the new regulation also includes “their authorised representatives and importers”), and the product packaging shall incorporate the following product information in such a way to ensure clear visibility and legibility and in a language easily understood by the users of the Member State where the product is marketed:

For LSH on the market, flueless LSH and open to chimney LSH only, this sentence: “This product is not suitable for primary heating purposes”

and

For electric portable space heaters and electric visibly glowing radiant portable LSH, this sentence: This product is only suitable for well insulated spaces or occasional use’
- Must be on the cover page of the instruction manual for users.
- Must be displayed together with the other characteristics of the product on the free-access websites of manufacturers.
- Must be placed in a prominent position on the packaging.
  Please note, that the old regulation states, that the prominent position on the packaging must be displayed to the end user prior to purchase.

Please note, that the new regulation states that:

(3) For separate related controls, the instruction manuals for installers and users free access websites of manufacturers, their authorised representatives and importers, and the product packaging shall incorporate the following product information in such a way as to ensure clear visibility and legibility and in a language easily understood by the users of the Member State where the product is marketed:

“This control has the following control functions: Insert here the list of control function codes according to Table 7, Annex II.”

(4) The instructions manuals for installers and users, the free access websites of manufacturers, their authorised representatives and importers, and the product packaging may contain additional information about the characteristics of the product that may be useful to installers and users, including information about the compatibility of heaters and controls to fulfil the requirements in points 1 and 3 in Annex II.