Eurovent and its members see the European regulations on ecodesign and energy labeling as a powerful tool to achieve the EU's energy saving targets, to ensure a level playing field and to help achieve the EU's vision of climate neutrality by 2050.

Now the Association has published the first edition of the Eurovent Recommendation 14/6 - Interpretation of Regulation (EU) 2019/2018 and of Regulation (EU) 2019/2024 which refers to the regulations on energy labeling and eco-design requirements for refrigeration appliances with a direct sales function.

The purpose of this code of practice is to provide the interpretation of the sector in relation to Regulation (EU) 2019/2018 and Regulation 2019/2024 and to support the European Commission in the preparation of future guidelines that will accompany both Regulations. This document was prepared in a joint effort by participants of the Eurovent product group “Commercial Refrigeration Equipment” (PG-RDC), which represents the vast majority of all manufacturers of these products active in the EMEA market.

Pierluigi Schiesaro, research and development Director of Arneg and President of the Eurovent product group “Commercial Refrigeration Equipment”, says: “PG-RDC Eurovent has supported the European Commission from the very start of the preparatory study. In order to actively contribute to the achievement of the proposed energy saving objectives, Eurovent and its Associates consider an unambiguous interpretation of the requirements of these Regulations to be of fundamental importance. This is what we aim to provide with this recommendation”.

Francesco Scuderi, General Deputy Secretary of Eurovent, added: "European industry welcomes these long-awaited regulations and wishes to make their implementation as effective as possible. To help with this, Eurovent will host a webinar on January 26, 2021, to present the contents of the new Eurovent Recommendation 14/6 and to accommodate all questions from manufacturers, distributors, end-users, designers, policy makers and MSAs.”

The Eurovent 14/6 Recommendation is now available for download here.