Recently, seller M broke the news to Luxshare Testing that some European sites received another email. Amazon informed that if major European sites must meet local ERP standards from September 2021, they need to upload energy efficiency labels in time, and sellers who do not meet the requirements will be Suspended from posting non-compliant products under related categories.

Dear sellers, please note that the EU energy efficiency regulations and directives are about to be implemented, you must pay attention!

01 The new EU energy efficiency label regulations are approaching, Amazon's emergency announcement reminds sellers

A few days ago, Amazon Europe released an important announcement, reminding sellers to pay attention to the new energy efficiency labeling requirements of Listing!

According to the description in the Amazon announcement, from March 1, 2021, the new energy efficiency label requirements will take effect in the EU and the United Kingdom. If the products sold by sellers are affected by the new energy efficiency label requirements, they must be adjusted in time. If the energy efficiency label is not complied with Rules, store products will face the risk of suspension of sales.

And new legal requirements have been formulated for the energy efficiency label of light sources. Amazon said that it will be enforced from September 1 in accordance with the EU directive, and the original regulations will be repealed. Sellers will need to indicate the energy efficiency class and the associated range of values ​​in electrical and electronic products.

In addition, Amazon reminds sellers of the steps required to upload and update related product listings.

When uploading a new product listing or updating an existing listing governed by energy efficiency labelling regulations, sellers should enter or upload the required information as required to ensure that any energy efficiency rating information in text or image form meets the new requirements. If the required requirements are not fulfilled in time, Amazon will remove the products sold in the store.

Not long after Amazon released the energy efficiency label announcement, some sellers were unfortunately recruited!

02 The seller did not upload the energy efficiency label and the product was removed by Amazon

In August, on a domestic forum, a seller posted that the product in his store was deleted because the energy efficiency label was not uploaded in time, the front end became a dog, and the back end was still displayed for sale. Complaints are still being processed.

Faced with such a situation, the seller said that the implementation of the New Deal should not give sellers some buffer time. Why did they start searching sellers so early?

A senior old seller commented that this regulation was promulgated by the EU government, and as early as March 1, 2021, the new energy efficiency label requirements have come into effect in the EU and the UK. Amazon also just does what the EU government dictates, no wonder they.

What you need to do now is to upload energy efficiency labels for your products quickly, or your products will be permanently removed from the shelves.

What is energy efficiency label certification, it affects sellers, and what should sellers do?

03 What is the EU Energy Efficiency Label?

In order to promote consumers to save household energy efficiency expenses and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the EU government first used energy efficiency labels for a variety of household appliances in 1994, and then expanded the energy efficiency labels in 2004, with the comparison scale from A (the most energy efficient) to G (least energy efficient).

On March 11, 2019, the European Commission adopted a new version of the energy efficiency labelling style for dishwashers, washing machines and washer-dryers, refrigerators, lamps, electronic displays (including televisions) and refrigeration equipment with direct selling capabilities.

These home appliances need to use the new energy efficiency label from March 1, 2021.

Light bulbs and lamps will be enforced from September 1, 2021. If the seller fails to upload in time, the product will not be allowed to be sold in the EU.

04 Which products need to upload energy efficiency labels?

Air conditioners, cooking appliances, dishwashers, heaters, lamps, light bulbs, local space heaters, domestic refrigeration equipment, specialized refrigeration equipment, televisions, tumble dryers, tires, vacuum cleaners, residential ventilators, domestic washing machines, solid fuels boiler

05 How to upload EU energy efficiency label information in Amazon background?

On product detail pages for sellers, energy efficiency information is displayed through a special "energy efficiency label" widget that activates as soon as specific product attributes are provided.

In order to comply with regulatory requirements for energy labelling, Amazon requires that you enter or upload the required information when listing new products subject to energy labelling regulations, or when updating existing product information.

06 What are the consequences of failing to upload energy efficiency labels in time?

According to the announcements of major cross-border e-commerce platforms, if the seller fails to upload the EU energy efficiency label for the products they sell, once the platform finds out, the product will be removed from the shelves, and the store may face the risk of closure.

Once the EU government and the UK government investigate and deal with imported products without energy efficiency label certification, they will detain the products, and the goods may face the risk of destruction in the later stage.

The energy efficiency labeling regulations have been in effect for many days, and some regulations will be updated and implemented on September 1. Sellers please carefully check whether the products in the store need to upload energy efficiency labels. For sellers who have not done so, please hurry up to avoid later products. Withhold risk!