(i)have two, four, six or eight poles; (ii)have a rated voltage U N above 50 V and up to and including 1 000 V; (iii)have a rated power output P N from 0,12 kW up to and including 1 000 kW; (iv)are rated on the basis of continuous duty operation; and (v)are rated for direct on-line operation; (b)variable speed drives with 3 phases input that: (i)are rated for operating with one motor refered to in point (a), within the 0,12 kW-1 000 kW motor rated output range; (ii)have a rated voltage above 100 V and up to and including 1 000 V AC; (iii)have only one AC voltage output.

This policy is being reviewed by the European Commission and is expected to be revised in 2027. 

Exclusions: this Regulation shall not apply to: a. voltage converters; b. uninterruptible power supplies; c. battery chargers; d. halogen lighting converters; e. external power supplies for medical devices; f. external power supplies placed on the market no later than 30 June 2015 as a service part or spare part for an identical external power supply which was placed on the market not later than one year after this Regulation has come into force; under the condition that the service part or spare part; or its packaging; clearly indicates the primary load products for which the spare part or service part is intended to be used with.

This Policy is under review by the European Commission and is expected to be revised in 2023.

The Regulation shall not apply to fans integrated in: products with a sole electric motor of 3 kW or less where the fan is fixed on the same shaft used for driving the main functionality; laundry and washer dryers 3 kW maximum electrical input power; kitchen hoods 280 W total maximum electrical input power attributable to the fans. This Regulation shall not apply to fans which are designed to operate under certain specified conditions; potentially explosive atmospheres; emergency use only; extreme operating temperatures; high supply voltage; etc. These types of fans can be found in commercial and industrial buildings.

This Regulation does not apply to: (a) refrigerating appliances with a direct sales function that are only powered by energy sources other than electricity; (b) the remote components, such as the condensing unit, compressors or water condensed unit, to which a remote cabinet needs to be connected in order to function; (c) food processing refrigerating appliances with a direct sales function; (d) refrigerating appliances with a direct sales function specifically tested and approved for the storage of medicines or scientific samples; (e) refrigerating appliances with a direct sales function that have no integrated system for producing cooling, and function by ducting chilled air that is produced by an external air chiller unit; this does not include remote cabinets nor does it include category 6 refrigerated vending machines, as defined in Table 5 of Annex III; (f) professional refrigerated storage cabinets, blast cabinets, condensing units and process chillers as defined in Regulation (EU) 2015/1095 of the European Parliament and Council; (g) wine storage appliances and minibars.

This Policy is under review by the European Commission in the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation working plan 2025-2030 and is expected to be revized in 2028.