9.5.2012 Official Journal of the European Union L 123/1 II (Non-legislative acts) REGULATIONS COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) No 392/2012 of 1 March 2012 supplementing Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to energy labelling of household tumble driers (Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European incentives for suppliers to further improve the energy efficiency of household tumble driers and to accelerate market transformation towards energy-efficient technol- ogies. Union, (5  Household combined washer-driers are addressed in Having regard to Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Commission Directive 96./60/.EC of 19 September 1996 Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 2010 on the indi- implementing Council Directive 92| 75/EEC_ with regard cation by labelling and standard product information of the to energy labelling of household combined washer- consumption of energy and other resources by energy-related driers (). - They have particular ~ characteristics an.d products (1), and in particular Article 10 thereof, should .therefore be exempted from the scope of this Regulation. Whereas: (6)  The information provided on the label should be obtained through reliable, accurate and reproducible o ) o measurement procedures which take into account the (1) Directive 2010/30/EU requires the Commission to adopt recognised  state-of-the-art  measurement  methods, delegated. acts .for- t-he labelling .of energy-related Products including, where available, harmonised  standards represeptlng s1gr11f1capt pf)ten.tml for energy savings apd adopted by the European standardisation bodies, as presenting a w1.de d}sparlty in performance levels with listed in Annex 1 to Directive 98/34EC of the equivalent functionality. European Parliament and of the Council of 22 June 1998 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards and regu- (2)  Provisions for the energy labelling of household tumble lations (4). driers were established by Commission Directive 95/13/EC of 23 May 1995 implementing Council Directive 92/75/EEC with regard to energy labelling of (7)  This Regulation should specify a uniform design and household electric tumble driers (). content for the label for household tumble driers, including gas-fired driers. (3)  The energy used by household tumble driers accounts for a significant part of total household energy demand in ®)  In addition, this Regulation should specify requirements the Union. In addition to the energy efficiency as to the ‘technical documentation’ and the ‘product improvements already achieved, the scope for further fiche’ for household tumble driers. reducing the energy consumption of household tumble driers is substantial. (9 Moreover, this Regulation should specify requirements as to the information to be provided for any form of (4)  Directive 95/13/EC should be repealed and new distance selling and advertisement of household tumble provisions should be laid down by this Regulation in driers and any form of technical promotional material for order to ensure that the energy label provides dynamic such appliances. () O] L 153, 18.6.2010, p. 1. () O] L 266, 18.10.1996, p. 1. ? L 136, 21.6.1995, p. 28. (*) OJ L 204, 21.7.1998, p. 37.