What is EEPLIANT4?
Overview
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 (EEPLIANT1, EEPLIANT2 and EEPLIANT3). 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. The project is funded by the European Union under the Programme for the Environment and Climate Action (LIFE) with duration from May 2024 until April 2029.
EEPLIANT4 is coordinated by PROSAFE - The Product Safety Forum of Europe. The project consortium is composed of 26 Market Surveillance Authorities (MSAs) and 2 other govermental organisations from: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Turkey. They have joined forces to review and test the energy performance of eight product categories and market segments, as household appliances (Refrigerating appliances, Cooking appliances, Vacuum cleaners), Off-mode - network standby products, Tyres (C2, C3, re-treaded), Electronic displays, Air heating and cooling products and Solid fuel space heaters.
In addition to the product specific activities, the EEPLIANT4 consortium will also work on improving the harmonisation of practices and methodologies related to market surveillance in the field of ecodesign and energy labelling, by addressing the emerging challenges for MSA officers, building capacity in MSAs, enhancing the cooperation with Customs, and developing useful IT tools.
EEPLIANT4 will also work at raising awareness on the importance of product compliance and energy efficiency, and will therefore engage and cooperate with consumer associations, and will disseminate its work, its findings and results through the project's website and social media accounts.
Project Organisation
The project activities are divided into the following 13 Work Packages (WP):
- WP1: Management, Communication, Dissemination, Exploitation, Sustainability and Replication
- WP2: Refrigerating appliances
- WP3: Tyres (C2, C3, re-treaded)
- WP4: Electronic Displays
- WP5: Cooking appliances
- WP6: Vacuum cleaners
- WP7: Off-mode - network standby
- WP8: Air heating and cooling products
- WP9: Solid fuel space heaters
- WP10: Training and study visits
- WP11: Emerging issues and challenges
- WP12: Joint Activities with Customs
- WP13: Development of digital tools for EL/ED market surveillance
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EEPLIANT4 builds upon the success and the lessons learnt from past joint market surveillance actions on energy-related products in the EU and other countries:
- ECOPLIANT (European Ecodesign Compliance Project) - started in 2012
- EEPLIANT1 (Energy Efficiency Compliant Products 2014) - run between 2015 and 2017
- EEPLIANT2 (Energy Efficiency Compliant Products 2016) - began in 2017 and finished in February 2020
- EEPLIANT3 (Energy Efficiency Compliant Products 4) - started in June 2019 and ended in March 2024 - Click here to watch the EEPLIANT3 video