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)
Objective(s)
On 20 June 2000, CECED notified a self commitment (the agreement) dated 19 November 1999 committing most of its members to improve the energy efficiency of household dishwashers. CECED has applied for an exemption under Article 81(3) of the EC Treaty. Pursuant to its Guidelines on the applicability of Article 81 of the EC Treaty to horizontal cooperation agreements (in particular environmental agreements), the Commission indicated in 2001 its intention to take a favourable view towards the notified agreement. The self commitment basically covers three sets of objectives concerning: production and imports of domestic dishwashers; monitoring and reporting; promotion of technological development as well as consumer awareness. It is open to new participants and was valid until 31 December 2004.

Description of the Initiative

Obsolete case
    Sector

    Sector

    Commission DG
    Contact Point - Commission
    ENER DDG1.C.3

    Self/Co-Regulation Basic Act

    PRIVATE ACT
    Year
    1999
    Title of Act
    Agreement of cessation of production and imports of several models of household dishwashers with low energy efficiency. Private act not available.
    NON-LEGISLATIVE ACT
    Year
    2001
    Title of Act
    Notice published pursuant to Article 19(3) of Council Regulation No 17 - Case COMP.F.1/37.894 - CECED Dishwashers (Text with EEA relevance) Official Journal C 250 , 08/09/2001 P. 0002 - 0003
    Review, Revision or Sunset Clause Year
    2004

    Geographical Coverage

    Global coverage
    Participating Countries
    Austria

    Description

    Problems that lead to the introduction of Self/Co-Regulation and the adoption of the Founding Act
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    Target Group(s)
    Antonio Merloni SpA, Araelik AT, Bosch Siemens Hausgerte GmbH, Brandt SA, Candy Elettrodomestici SRL, Electrolux Holdings Ltd, Fagor, Electrodomsticos S.Coop, Gorenje d.d., Merloni Elettrodomestici SpA, Miele & Cie GmbH & Co., SMEG SpA and Whirlpool Europe SRL. 
    Type of Instrument(s)
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    Level(s) at which private rules should be defined and applied
    Type of Financing
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    Type of Monitoring
    Conduct an initial survey of compliance capacity of future regulateesConduct regular visits and spot checksInitiate complaints proceduresMaintain database of those bounded by the normsProduce regular reportsReceive complaints and verify if norms were breached or notReflexive dialogue with the - stakeholdersOther
    European Commissionyes
    National public authorityyes
    International public authority
    Private regulator (code owner)yesyes
    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 dishwashers placed on the EC market by all participants. It is available to the European Commission and national authorities. The results are monitored by a notary who reports annually to CECED and to the Commission. CECED itself submits an annual report to the Commission including the following aggregate information and data collated by the notary: the overall production weighted energy consumption of dishwashers based on the notary's report; the proportion of dishwashers according to the number of place settings, a chart showing the distribution of energy efficiency classes and a histogram of the proportion of each cleaning/drying performance efficiency classes. Individual data may not be disclosed to other parties, including CECED members.
    Type of Enforcement
    Faming, shaming and blamingJudicial sanctionsMembership suspension/exclusionPrivate finesOther
    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
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    Results of Commission Monitoring

    Year of last Monitoring Results
    2004
    Scoring
    Link / Reference of Evaluation
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