This standard specifies the terms, preparation, implementation, general requirements and specific requirements involved in energy-using products ECD.

This standard could be used to establish general requirements for energy-using products ECD, which can be used by anyone involved in energy-using products design and development. This standard could also be used to facilitate the users' understanding of environmental performance of energy-using products.

This standard is applicable to electrical and electronic products which rely on energy to work properly. This standard is neither applicable to ECD of vehicles, nor to those energy-using products or components which couldn?t be put on the market individually or whose environmental impacts couldn't be assessed individually.

NOTE Examples of applicable products are: heating and hot water equipment, motor systems, lamps for household and tertiary industry, household electric appliances, household and commercial office equipment, consumer electronic systems and thermal ventilation air conditioner systems