Qualifying requirements and procedures for circulator pumps

Qualifying requirements
In order to be listed on the Danish Energy Saving Trust’s (hereinafter called the Trust) product overview of recommended circulator pumps and thereby be entitled to use the Energy Saving Label (Go’ Energimærket), the product must conform to the following requirements, namely:

• The product is a circulator pump with integrated pump and motor
• The product conforms to the A energy label category in relation to Europump’s energy labelling criteria as described in: “Industry commitment to improve the energy performance of stand-alone Circulators through the setting-up of a Classification Scheme in relation to Energy Labelling” dated January 2005
• The product must be a centrifugal pump
• Efficiency of the product must be P1<2500W (for each head on twin pumps)
• The product must comply with all other statutory requirements in Denmark
• A user manual in Danish or the Scandinavian languages must be supplied with the product
• The product must be available on the Danish market at the time that the product is included on the Trust’s product overview of circulator pumps at savingtrust.dk
• There must be an agent for Denmark located in the EU, who is responsible for contacts with the Trust
• The producer/importer (hereinafter called the market participant) must make it possible for Danish consumers to have their enquiries dealt with by a Danish speaking contact person
• Sales figures for the product must be sent to the Danish Energy Label Secretariat (Sekretariat for Go’ Energimærket) every year

Inclusion procedure
Before the product is listed on the Trust’s product overview, the market participant must forward a signed declaration. Thereafter, the market participant must forward a completed data form (available from the Danish Energy Label Secretariat) where the market participant has signed for the following information:

• All listed products meet the qualifying requirements
• Name of producer, country of production and the model number as shown on the rating plate
• Date when product is available on the market
• The products meet Europumps criteria, according to the above-mentioned.

If the product fulfills the requirements, the product will be added to the Trust’s product overview of recommended circulator pumps.

Energy Saving Label
Once a product is included on the Trust’s product overview, retailers and the market participant have the
right to use the Energy Saving Label in connection with the marketing of products on the understanding that they have entered into a User and Product Agreement with the Trust. The individual agreements can be required from the Danish Energy Label Secretariat.

Conditions for inclusion on the product overview
The market participant must inform the Trust about any product alterations, and if it is no longer sold, or is being phased out of the Danish market. A product may only be listed on the Trust’s product overview as long as it remains unaltered. If the product is altered or fails a random test, it will be removed from the product overview and thereafter may not use the Energy Saving Label. If the market participant wishes to have the altered product re-listed on the product overview, the market participant must complete the application procedure again. Only the Trust can decide whether the product should be recommended again.

The Trust reserves the right to amend the qualifying requirements for inclusion on the product overview. In the event of changes to the qualifying requirements and procedures a minimum of 2 months notice will be given. Thereafter, a product will be deleted from the product overview, subject to the fact that no new documentation is delivered demonstrating that the products conform to the new requirements.

Additional documentation
The Trust may at any time, and without stating a reason, request the market participant to forward additional documentation showing that the product meets the qualifying requirements. The product will be listed on the product overview once all the additional documentation has been processed and approved by the Trust. The market participant agrees to allow the Trust to pass on information to the test laboratory used by the Trust.

Random testing
The Trust reserves the right to undertake random testing of products listed on the overviews of recommended circulator pumps. The Trust selects one product for testing from the warehouses or showrooms of producers, distributors or retailers. The market participant will make products to be tested available free of charge to the Trust, irrespective of the location from which they are delivered. If a test shows that a product does not comply with the requirements for inclusion on the product overview, the market participant may be required to pay the costs incurred by the Trust in performing the test. These costs may not exceed DKK 50,000 excluding Danish VAT per year.

The Trust must be advised within one week in situations where a product fails the Trust’s tests and the market participant does not accept the results. In this connection, the market participant may submit new argumentation and/or documentation in order to refute the test conclusions. If the Trust does not approve any new documentation, the market participant can initiate a follow-up test of 3 products. Alternatively, the Trust’s conclusion will stand and the product will be deleted from the product overview and forfeits the right to use the Energy Saving Label.

If the market participant decides to initiate a follow-up test of 3 products, the Trust has the right to select the 3 products, and the testing will be carried out at an authorised test laboratory. The results of the follow-up test of 3 products will be made available by the Trust within 4 weeks, unless otherwise agreed. The cost of testing the 3 products will be met by the market participant, except where the test reverses the Trust’s original result. In this situation, the Trust will cover the costs of testing the 3 products, and the product(s) will be reinstated on the product overview. The Trust has the right to distribute the test results to the relevant authorities and retailers of the product tested, as well as publish the test results via the relevant media.

Submission of material
The material required, and any questions should be addressed to:

The Danish Energy Saving Label Secretariat
For and on behalf of Go’ Energi
Bredbjergvej 44
DK-5230 Odense M
Tel.: +45 33 95 58 37
Fax: +45 33 95 58 23
E-mail: goenergimaerket@team.goenergi.dk