Regulatory ESSENTIAL



Regulatory ESSENTIALS - modular information package with all the essential information for compliant products in your target market. Conveniently read online at Product-Compliance-Portal ROGER WILLCO.

Eco design; Energy efficiency; Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards; GMS; Minimum Energy Performance Standards; MEPS; Energy label

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Scope: This ESSENTIAL decscribes the legal obligations for manufacturers and the regulatory requirements concerning ecodesign and energy efficiency for products in the USA.

Stakeholders: Manufacturer
Legislation in force: National Appliance Energy Conservation Act of 1987 (NAECA), enacted March 17, 1987, is a United States Act of Congress that regulates energy consumption of specific household appliances. The Energy Policy Act of 1992 is an Act to provide for improved energy efficiency, mandatory since 24 October 1992. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 and was enacted 8 August 2005. 10 CFR Part 429 sets forth the procedures to be followed for certification, determination and enforcement of compliance of covered products and covered equipment with the applicable conservation standards set forth in parts 430 and 431 of this subchapter.

Application national: eco design, energy efficiency

Countries: Image for US USA - United States of America,  
Status: Published 2022-02-28 by Inken Green and Linda Kritzler
Last change 2024-01-10 by Inken Green: Source for standards for conformity assessment, Eco-design and energy consumption labeling
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Scope of this ESSENTIAL
This ESSENTIAL decscribes the legal obligations for manufacturers and the regulatory requirements concerning ecodesign and energy efficiency for products in the USA. '

Analysis of regulatory requirements

Legislation in force for this PCT
Here you will get a linked document in ROGER WILLCO
(only reachable with additional ROGER WILLCO license)

Are legal provisions regulates the product compliance topic? If yes, what is the reference (title, number)?

Scope of legislation
Here you will get related hyperlink(s)

Scope of legislation
https://www.energy.gov/eere/buildings/stand... ...ere/buildings/standards-and-test-procedures'

Responsible actors
Here you will get textual information

Which actor(s) are responsible for compliance with the legal provisions: e. g. - economic operators (manufacturer, importer, distributor, fulfilment service provider), - user (commercial/industrial/professional), - user (private, consumer)?

Regulatory market access conditions for the actor(s)
Here you will get textual information

What are the main regulatory requirements (e. g. conformity assessment fulfilment of essential requirements of Annex I 2006/42/EC) prior placing on the market, importation and putting into service (brief description)

Exemption clauses
Here you will get textual information

Exempted devices/products or industry sectors.

Sub-federal legislation of states/counties
Here you will get related hyperlink(s)

E. g. by 2019 an Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) on governance of the Electrical Equipment Safety System (EESS) has been signed by Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia and Tasmania.

FTA/MRA status with EU
Here you will get textual information

Has the country signed a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) or a Mutual recognition agreement (MRA) with EU?

Authority
Here you will get related hyperlink(s)

Name of the authority for approval, registration, market surveillance and/or enforcement

Route to compliance

Formal and administrative requirements

Registration at related authority required?
Here you will get textual information

Product registration? Manufacturer registration? Importer / Representative registration? if required.

Local representative legally required?
Here you will get textual information

[Yes/No]

Equipment authorization (approval process)

Approval process (conformity assessment procedure)
Here you will get textual information

Means each legally required approval process prior placing on the market, importation or putting into service

Is the IECEE CB Scheme accepted by the authority/approval body?
Here you will get textual information

"[Yes/ No / no information available] [Text] Information (website)"

Conformance document(s) to show compliance to the authority
Here you will get textual information

e. g. SDoC, technical documentation (for 10 years), filled-in approval forms (e. g. ACMA in AUT)

Conformance document validity and renewal
Here you will get textual information

Validity for Conformance document name mentioned. For mandatory certification validity is important.

Is a factory inspection legally required
Here you will get textual information

Testing & Standards

Specific requirements for testing
Here you will get textual information

e. g. is an accredited test lab. mandatory, limits, test samples, product description

Source for standards for conformity assessment
Here you will get textual information

Is in-country testing legally required?
Here you will get textual information

Acceptance of foreign test reports
Here you will get textual information

Regulatory labelling, markings and user information

Regulatory label (mandatory)
Here you will get textual information

e. g. product label

Regulatory e-labelling allowed?
Here you will get textual information

e. g. put the regulatory information and labels in a software menu

Required information on the product and/or packaging
Here you will get textual information

e. g. address of the manufacturer/importer, serial number

User instructions language(s)
Here you will get textual information

Regulated by the legal provisions

User instruction requirements and specific compliance notes
Here you will get textual information

Form, sentence inside, simple text. E. g. FCC/ISED compliance information, SAR information, battery, environmental information like waste

Warnings, symbols
Here you will get textual information

e. g. ANSI Z 535.4

Hints
Here you will get related hyperlink(s)

Specific recommendations, information or most common mistakes

Hints
Here you will get a image or chart

Specific recommendations, information or most common mistakes


Code, ContinentUSA, North America
Economic Area
Official LanguageThe United States of America doesn’t have an official language on the federal level. They do use English as the primary language for official documents and publications, legislation, orders, regulations and rulings. The states with English as the only official language are: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia and Wyoming. Puerto Rico has declared Spanish the principal language, but both English and Spanish are official languages. In the US Virgin Islands, only English is official, while American Samoa has English and Samoan. Guam has English and Chamorro has official languages and in the Northern Mariana Islands, English, Chamorro and Carolinian are official.
Standard InstituteAmerican National Standards Institute - ANSI | https://ansi.org/
HS CodememberYes, since 1970






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