EPREL is the European Product Registry for Energy Labelling, established under Regulation (EU) 2017\/1369. It consists of a public part, a compliance part for market surveillance authorities, and a portal providing access to both parts. The database does not replace market surveillance but supports it. <\/p>\n\n
The compliance part is particularly relevant for you. It contains the data that the regulator uses to check whether your label matches your technical documentation. Therefore, what you enter there must correspond with what you record elsewhere. <\/p>\n\n
The public part feeds, among other things, the energy labels that consumers see. If someone looks up your model, they will find the data you entered yourself. <\/p>\n\n
The obligation lies with the supplier, meaning the manufacturer or the party placing the product on the EU market under their own name. They enter the data before placing a unit of a new model on the market. Not afterwards and not at the time of the first sale. <\/p>\n\n
This sequence is strict. You may not place a product on the market if the model is not in the database. Registration is therefore not administrative aftercare but a condition for market access. <\/p>\n\n
If you import under your own brand, you are the supplier and therefore the one who registers. Your Chinese manufacturer cannot do this for you, as they are not placing the product on the EU market. <\/p>\n\n
Only for product groups for which a delegated act prescribes an energy label. Examples include refrigerating and freezing appliances, washing machines, dishwashers, tumble dryers, televisions, light sources, and tires. Since June 20, 2025, smartphones and tablets also fall under a label. Consequently, they are also subject to the registration obligation. <\/p>\n\n
There is no energy label for laptops. This is often assumed otherwise, likely because laptops and tablets are often in the same product range. No label means no registration obligation. <\/p>\n\n
Even within a product group, a portion may fall outside the labelling requirement. For example, local space heaters are excluded from the labelling regulation for space heaters. For those devices, there is no energy label and no EPREL registration, even though ecodesign requirements do apply. <\/p>\n
If your product falls outside the labelling requirement, ecodesign requirements regarding energy consumption, components, or repairability may still apply. Check these separately. We see dossiers where the conclusion 'no EPREL' is extended to 'no energy legislation'. That is a different question. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
The dealer shall display the label visibly, explicitly including online distance selling. In addition, they shall make the product information sheet available to the customer at the point of sale. If the customer requests it in physical form, that must also be possible for them. <\/p>\n\n
This makes your product page a checkpoint. The label must be visible there, not hidden behind a tab or only in the specifications. If you do not have the label, you must request it from the supplier. <\/p>\n\n
If the product information sheet is also missing, you can download it from the database when that function is available for the product concerned. This is useful for ranges that you source from multiple suppliers. <\/p>\n
Briefly let us know what kind of product it is. We will contact you regarding whether a labelling obligation applies. <\/p>\n\t\n\t\n
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