PROJECT DESCRIPTION
BACKGROUND
The Energy Efficiency Compliant Products 4 (EEPLIANT4) is an EU co-funded Concerted Action that builds on the success, good practices, and lessons learned from the three former EEPLIANT Actions since 2015. The aim of this new Concerted Action is to support the implementation and enforcement of the EU Ecodesign and Energy Labelling regulations for energy-related products and durably improve market surveillance in these fields. These regulations set minimum requirements for the energy efficiency and environmental performance of products. They also provide consumers with clear information on their energy consumption and environmental impact. The EEPLIANT4 Concerted Action will check and test products from different product categories and market segments, such as household appliances (including refrigerating appliances, cooking appliances, dishwashers, vacuum cleaners), air-heating and cooling equipment, solid fuel space heaters, car tyres, and electronic displays. EEPLIANT4 will analyse the results of inspections and testing, measure the impacts generated from its activities, identify new good practices and common challenges, and provide empirical recommendations to improve the level of compliance and market surveillance of energy-related products in the EU. In addition to market controls and compliance verification testing, the EEPLIANT4 Concerted Action aims to improve the skills and knowledge of EU/EEA Market Surveillance Authorities (MSAs). The Action will continue supporting the harmonisation of practices related to the application of Ecodesign and Energy Labelling rules across Europe through a number of capacity-building, method-development and dissemination activities, also in cooperation with EU Customs and third parties (i.e., economic operators).Finally, the project will develop and implement technology-based solutions and tools that can improve the efficiency of certain tasks in the market surveillance workflow.