Vacuum cleaner need in the EU for the time being, no energy label more to come on the market. Reason, a bizarre dispute over the question of whether your energy-efficiency needs to be tested with or without a bag is – and what is then vacuum cleaners with bag-less dust. the
Who buys in the coming weeks, a new vacuum cleaner, can no longer rely on the proven energy-Label. So far, everyone in the EU sold a vacuum cleaner had to be provided with such a label – such as washing machines or refrigerators. However, in the case of vacuum cleaners is the end of it for the time being. The relevant EU-rules, because the EU has failed to Commission, appeal against a court judgment on appeal.
The General court of the European Union (General court) had ruled in November that the energy should be tested in containers, the efficiency of vacuum cleaners empty the Dust. Such Tests would be the real conditions as close as possible, were the judges at that time. The EU Directive should inform the consumer, finally, about how energy efficient the device during everyday use. The calculation of the energy efficiency with an empty tank is not in line with this objective.
So that instead of the court of first instance, a complaint from the manufacturer Dyson, the bag is sold loose, vacuum cleaner. The British company had substantiated its claim that the regulation was not misleading. The power consumption of some of the vacuum cleaner increases, the full of the bag. The regulation was previously no Tests with a full bag.
The EU Commission would have had to the judgment in approximately two months time to appeal – but decided against it. Now the authority is considering how it moves best. Currently, the energy efficiency would have revised requirements of other household appliances, said a spokeswoman. To for vacuum cleaner new rules, it may take several months.
