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On June 20, 2025, the European Union will enforce the Ecological Design and Energy Efficiency Labeling Act for mobile phones, tablets, and cordless phones!

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2025-06-23

On June 20, 2025, the European Union will enforce the Ecological Design (EU) 2023/1670 and Energy Efficiency Labeling (EU) 2023/1669 regulations for mobile phones, tablets, and cordless phones!

The EU Ecological Design (EU) 2023/1670 and Energy Efficiency Labeling (EU) 2023/1669 regulations will be enforced on June 20, 2025.

Regulations cover product scope

Ecological Design Regulation (EU) 2023/1670 covers product scope: smartphones, non smart mobile phones, tablets, and cordless phones;

The Energy Efficiency Labeling Regulation (EU) 2023/1669 covers the product range of smartphones and tablets.

Overview of the requirements of the Ecological Design Regulation (EU) 2023/1670

1. Spare parts such as batteries, display screens, back covers, cameras, terminals, and buttons are detachable, repairable, and replaceable;

2. Common spare parts such as batteries, back covers, chargers, and card slots can be disassembled, repaired, and replaced by ordinary users. If the battery is only allowed to be disassembled, repaired, and replaced by professional maintenance personnel, higher requirements will be placed on the battery's service life and the product's dust and water resistance;

3. Spare parts include the commonly used spare parts mentioned above, which can be disassembled, repaired, and replaced by authorized professional maintenance personnel;

4. The relevant information required for ordinary users and professional maintenance personnel to disassemble, repair, and replace spare parts should be provided on the product website of the supplier (manufacturer, importer, or authorized representative) in a public or conditional manner to ordinary users and professional maintenance personnel;

5. Suppliers should provide channels for purchasing spare parts on the relevant product website and ensure the smooth operation of these channels;

6. The product should have a reliable design to ensure that it can prevent falling, scratching, dust and water to a certain extent, have sufficient battery charging and discharging cycles to ensure a considerable service life of the battery, and have a good battery management and monitoring system;

7. From the end of the product's market launch until at least 5 years after that date, the supplier shall provide free upgrades and updates to the operating system;

8. In terms of harmful substances, plastic materials larger than 50g should be labeled with the polymer type, and some raw materials such as cobalt, tantalum, neodymium, and gold should have their weight ranges displayed on relevant product websites;

9. Suppliers should publicize the basic information of product recycling rate Rcyc and recycled materials on relevant product websites;

10. For cordless phones, the network standby power of the base station cannot exceed 1W, and the standby power of the charging dock without base station function cannot exceed 0.6W (when the handle is in place) and 0.3W (when the handle is not in place);

Overview of Energy Efficiency Labeling Regulation (EU) 2023/1669 Requirements

1. Suppliers are responsible for developing paper and electronic energy efficiency labels for their products in accordance with this regulation and providing them to distributors upon request;

2. Suppliers are responsible for developing paper and electronic product information sheets in accordance with this regulation and providing them to distributors upon request;

3. Suppliers are responsible for developing and maintaining technical documents in accordance with this regulation;

4. Suppliers are responsible for submitting product registration information in the European Product Registry for Energy Labeling (EPREL) EU product energy efficiency labeling registration system;

5. The standard style for energy efficiency labels is as follows:

I. QR code;

II. Trademark;

III. Model number;

IV. From A-G energy efficiency level, gradually decrease from top to bottom;

V. The energy efficiency rating of this product;

VI. Battery life;

VII. Drop reliability level;

VIII. Maintainability index level;

IX. The number of durable cycles of the battery;

X. Dustproof and waterproof grade;

XI. Energy efficiency label regulation number.

6. The product information sheet style is as follows:

7. Important information to be included in technical documents:

Introduction to the EU market sampling procedure

1. Market sampling is carried out by authorized institutions of local member states;

2. The allowable tolerances in the sampling procedure are only used for sampling and cannot be applied to other product qualification assessments;

3. The published values and grades on the label or product information sheet shall not be more favorable than the declared values in the technical documentation;

4. The product should not be designed to automatically detect that it is being tested and achieve a more favorable level by changing its characteristics;

5. The sampling test results of battery cycle times are calculated by the operating system of the sampled product;

6. The sampling content includes testing and inspecting relevant materials;

7. The sampling test content includes the power of network standby and normal standby (cordless phones), battery life, durable cycle times of the battery, rated capacity of the battery, nominal voltage of the battery, battery voltage after durability cycle times test, dust and water resistance, repairability index, and drop;

8. Compare the results of the sampling test with the declared values in the technical documentation, and determine whether the sampling test is qualified on the basis of allowing a certain tolerance;

9. The materials for random inspection include energy efficiency labels, product information sheets, technical documents, etc., and the published and claimed values are checked according to point 3;

Link to the original text of EU regulations on the official website:

1. eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1670/oj/eng

2. eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2023/1669/oj/eng

EU Energy Efficiency Label Registration Website:

1. eprel.ec.europa.eu/screen/home

2. energy-efficient-products.ec.europa.eu/suppliers_en#user-guide-for-suppliers