Technical documentation and market surveillance
Documentation is important!
When placing a product on the market, proper documentation is crucial to demonstrate compliance with ecodesign and energy labelling requirements. This includes the CE marking, the EU
declaration of conformity, and a complete set of technical documentation.
CE marking and EU declaration of conformity.
As a supplier, it is your responsibility to ensure that your product is correctly CE marked before placing it on the market.
You must also prepare an EU declaration of conformity (also known as a DoC), which states that your product complies with all applicable requirements.
The declaration must explicitly reference the relevant ecodesign and energy labelling regulations.
Technical documentation
As a supplier, you are required to keep technical documentation that demonstrates the product’s compliance with ecodesign and energy labelling requirements.
The technical documentation must include, among other things:
- A general description of the model, sufficient to clearly and easily identify it.
- References to the harmonised standards applied, or any other measurement standards used.
- A description of the disassembly steps for each priority part as listed in Annex IV, point 5, including any tools and fasteners required at each stage, if applicable.
- Specific precautions that must be taken when assembling, installing, maintaining or testing the model.
- The values of the technical parameters as specified in Annex VI, table 9. These values are regarded as the declared values for the purpose of the verification procedure in Annex IX.
- The details and results of the calculations carried out, as described in Annex IV.
- Measurement or testing conditions, if not sufficiently covered by the applicable standards – this includes any algorithms used for battery charging under standard charging procedures, if relevant.
- Parameters for the initial test procedure for the energy efficiency index, if not sufficiently described under the settings in Annex IV, point 1, and Annex IV.
- A list of equivalent models, i.e. models with same technical characteristics and specifications.
The technical documentation must be available before the product is placed on the market.
To comply with energy labelling requirements, the documentation must be kept for five years from the date the last unit was placed on the market.
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