S.L. 427.86 Art. 2Applicability or otherwise of these regulations.

These regulations implement the requirements set by

Regulation (EC) No 206/2012 of the European Commission of 6

March 2012 implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for air conditioners and comfort fans. Regulation

(EC) No 206/2012 establishes eco-design requirements for the placing on the market of electric mains-operated air conditioners with a rated capacity of ≤ 12 kW for cooling, or heating if the product has no cooling function, and comfort fans with an electric fan power input ≤ 125W. In the implementation of the above-mentioned (EC) No 206/2012, these regulations shall apply to:

(a) appliances that use non-electric energy sources;

(b) air conditioners of which the condenser-side or evaporator-side, or both, do not use air for heat transfer medium.