European Commission 1 October 2019, COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT Accompanying the document COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) .../... laying down ecodesign requirements for household washing machines and household washer-dryers pursuant to Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 1275/2008 and repealing Commission Regulation (EU) No 1015/2010 and COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) .../... supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to energy labelling of household washing machines and household washer-dryers and repealing Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1061/2010 and Commission Directive 96/60/EC

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This European Commission Impact Assessment evaluates proposed revisions to Ecodesign and Energy Labelling regulations for household washing machines (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1015/2010) and washer-dryers (Directive 96/60/EC), grounded in the legal bases of Articles 114 and 194 TFEU and the Energy Labelling Framework Regulation (EU) 2017/1369. The assessment identifies two principal regulatory problems—outdated energy efficiency requirements causing energy label congestion and consumer non-use of regulated test programmes—and assesses policy options including revised testing regimes with proportional time caps, rescaled A-to-G energy labels, and new material efficiency (circular economy) requirements addressing spare parts availability, repair information access, and end-of-life disassembly. The preferred option for washing machines combines a proportional time-cap testing regime with two-tier Ecodesign stringency requirements (Tier 1 in April 2021, Tier 2 in April 2024) and material efficiency measures, projected to yield electricity savings of 2.01 TWh/year and GHG abatement of 0.68 MtCO₂eq/year by 2030.AI