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"This project is completed since 4 March. This website is available for download of FINAL REPORT, separate Annex H and the TECHNOLOGY ROADMAP as well as stakeholder inputs from the documents page.
For written comments please contact the European Commission policy officer at andras.TOTH@ec.europa.eu."

Welcome to the website of the Ecodesign Preparatory Study on Household Refrigerators & Freezers (ENER Lot 13).
This study will provide the European Commission with a technical, environmental and economic analysis of household refrigerators and freezers as required under Article 15 of the Ecodesign Directive 2009/125/EC.

The study is carried out for the European Commission, DG Energy under framework contract ENER.C3.2012-418-lot 1.
The study team started effectively at the beginning of 2015 and is expected to be finished in December 2015.

Reports issued for this study are available in the Documents section of this website.
Please register to receive updates on stakeholder meetings and publication of documents.
If you would like to read more about the background of this study, then please visit the Introduction.

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What's new?

Date Subject
4 March 2016 Final report published, project closed
17 December 2015 Stakeholder meeting presentations available
14 December 2015 2nd stakeholder meeting
14 November 2015 Draft Task Report 1-6 published
1 July 2015 Stakeholder meeting presentations available
2 June 2015 Interim report and related documents published