European Economic
and Social Committee
Conseil Européen de la Construction d'appareils Domestiques - European Committee of Domestic Equipment Manufacturers (CECED)
Summary of the initiative
Name
Conseil Européen de la Construction d'appareils Domestiques - European Committee of Domestic Equipment Manufacturers (CECED)
Website(s)
Objective(s)
Improving energy efficiency through the adoption of more energy efficient technologies, thanks to energy labelling and setting minimum efficiency performance standards. The self commitment concerns domestic electric storage water heaters (hereinafter "DESWH") used for the purposes of supplying hot water for use in private homes.
Description of the Initiative
Obsolete case
Sector
Self/Co-Regulation Basic Act
Self/Co-Regulation Basic Act
PRIVATE ACT
Year
1999
Title of Act
Voluntary commitment on reducing standing losses of domestic electric storage water heaters
Review, Revision or Sunset Clause Year
2003
NON-LEGISLATIVE ACT
Year
2001
Title of Act
Notice published pursuant to Article 19(3) of Council Regulation No 17 - Case COMP.F.1/37.893 - CECED Water Heaters, Official Journal C 250, 08/09/2001 P. 0004 - 0005
Geographical Coverage
Description
Description
Problems that lead to the introduction of Self/Co-Regulation and the adoption of the Founding Act
Energy waste; uninformed consumers
Target Group(s)
Manufactures and importers of electric appliances
Type of Instrument(s)
Self commitment
Type of Financing
-
Type of Monitoring
| Conduct an initial survey of compliance capacity of future regulatees | Conduct regular visits and spot checks | Initiate complaints procedures | Maintain database of those bounded by the norms | Produce regular reports | Receive complaints and verify if norms were breached or not | Reflexive dialogue with the - stakeholders | Other | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| European Commission | yes | |||||||
| National public authority | ||||||||
| International public authority | ||||||||
| Private regulator (code owner) | yes | yes | ||||||
| Private independent party with a mandate (e.g. auditors) | yes | |||||||
| Self-appointed private parties (e.g. NGOs) |
Succinct description of the type of Monitoring
Monitoring and reporting: CECED has set up and maintained a database containing an analysis of all models of DESWH placed on the community market by all participants. It is available to the European Commission and national authorities. The fulfilment of the objectives of the agreement is monitored by a notary who reports annually to CECED and the Commission. "CECED" entrust an independent consultant (hereinafter referred to as the Notary) to monitor on a notary base the production weighted average standing losses. The Notary service consists in consolidating the elementary data provided by participants and in releasing the results." (The Notary will never disclose the elementary data provided by the participants). CECED itself submits an annual report to the Commission including aggregated data as to the fulfilment of these objectives.
Type of Enforcement
| Faming, shaming and blaming | Judicial sanctions | Membership suspension/exclusion | Private fines | Other | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Private Regulator | |||||
| Private independent party with a mandate (e.g. auditors) | |||||
| Court system | |||||
| Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) / Online dispute resolution (ODR) |
Succinct description of the type of Enforcement
-
Results of Commission Monitoring
Year of last Monitoring Results
2003
Scoring
Link / Reference of Evaluation
-
Downloads
SMO self- and co-regulation database - private code 97