Objective

This Regulation establishes the rules for the Union energy-efficiency labelling programme for office equipment (hereinafter referred to as the Energy Star programme) as defined in the Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the European Union on the coordination of energy-efficiency labelling programmes for office equipment signed on 10 December 2012 in Brussels and 18 January 2013 in Washington ( *1 ) (hereinafter referred to as “the Agreement”).

( *1 ) OJ L 63, 6.3.2013, p. 7 .’;"

Article 4 is amended as follows:

paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

‘1. The Energy Star programme shall contribute to fulfilling the Member States’ and the Union’s energy-efficiency targets as referred to in Articles 1 and 3 of Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on energy efficiency ( *2 ) . It shall be coordinated, as appropriate, with other Union labelling or quality certification arrangements as well as with schemes such as, in particular, the Union Ecolabel award scheme, established by Regulation (EC) No 66/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the EU Ecolabel ( *3 ) , the indication by labelling and standard product information of the consumption of energy and other resources by energy-related products, established by Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council ( *4 ) and measures implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-related products ( *5 ) . That coordination shall include the exchange of evidence and, if appropriate, the setting of common levels of specifications and requirements across the different schemes.

( *2 ) OJ L 315, 14.11.2012, p. 1 ."

( *3 ) OJ L 27, 30.1.2010, p. 1 ."

( *4 ) OJ L 153, 18.6.2010, p. 1 ."

( *5 ) OJ L 285, 31.10.2009, p. 10 .’;"

paragraphs 4 and 5 are replaced by the following:

‘4. Other existing and new voluntary energy-efficiency labelling schemes for office equipment products in the Member States may co-exist with the Energy Star programme.

5. Without prejudice to any Union rules on conformity assessment and conformity marking and/or to any international agreement concluded between the Union and third countries as regards access to the Union market, products covered by this Regulation which are placed on the Union market may be tested by the Commission or Member States in order to verify their compliance with the requirements of this Regulation.’;

Article 6 is replaced by the following:

REGULATION (EU) No 174/2013 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 5 February 2013 amending Regulation (EC) No 106/2008 on a Community energy-efficiency labelling programme for office equipment