COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2023/1670
of 16 June 2023
laying down ecodesign requirements for smartphones, mobile phones other than smartphones, cordless phones and slate tablets pursuant to Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/826
(Text with EEA relevance)
Article 1
Subject matter and scope
Article 2
Definitions
Article 3
Ecodesign requirements
Article 4
Conformity assessment
Article 5
Verification procedure for market surveillance purposes
Article 6
Circumvention
Article 7
Indicative benchmarks
Article 8
Review
Article 9
Amendment to Regulation (EU) 2023/826
Article 10
Entry into force and application
ANNEX I
Definitions applicable to the Annexes
ANNEX II
Ecodesign requirements
A.
MOBILE PHONES OTHER THAN SMARTPHONES
1. RESOURCE EFFICIENCY REQUIREMENTS
1.1.
Design for repair and reuse
(1) Availability of spare parts:
(2) Access to repair and maintenance information
(3) Maximum delivery time of spare parts
(4) Information on the price of spare parts
(5) Disassembly requirements
(6) Requirements for preparation for reuse
1.2.
Design for reliability
1.3.
Marking of plastic components
1.4.
Recyclability requirements
2. INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS
B.
SMARTPHONES
1. RESOURCE EFFICIENCY REQUIREMENTS
1.1.
Design for repair and reuse
(1) Availability of spare parts
(2) Access to repair and maintenance information
(3) Maximum delivery time of spare parts
(4) Information on the price of spare parts
(5) Disassembly requirements
(6) Requirements for preparation for reuse
(7) Replacement of serialised parts
1.2.
Design for reliability
1.3.
Marking of plastic components
1.4.
Recyclability requirements
2. INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS
C.
CORDLESS PHONES
1. LOW POWER MODES
2. RESOURCE EFFICIENCY REQUIREMENTS
2.1.
Design for repair and reuse
(1) Availability of spare parts
(2) Access to repair and maintenance information
(3) Maximum delivery time of spare parts
(4) Information on the price of spare parts
(5) Disassembly requirements
(6) Requirements for preparation for reuse
2.2.
Marking of plastic components
2.3.
Recyclability requirements
3. INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS
D.
SLATE TABLETS
1. RESOURCE EFFICIENCY REQUIREMENTS
1.1.
Design for repair and reuse
(1) Availability of spare parts
(2) Access to repair and maintenance information
(3) Maximum delivery time of spare parts
(4) Information on the price of spare parts
(5) Disassembly requirements
(6) Requirements for preparation for reuse
(7) Replacement of serialised parts
1.2.
Design for reliability
1.3.
Marking of plastic components
1.4.
Recyclability requirements
2. INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS
ANNEX III
Measurements and calculations
Rating level |
Ingress of solid foreign objects |
Ingress of water with harmful effects |
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Object size |
Protection against |
2 |
Protected from touch by fingers and ≥12 mm |
water spray less than 15 degrees from vertical |
3 |
≥2,5 mm |
water spray less than 60 degrees from vertical |
4 |
≥1 mm |
splashing of water |
5 |
dust-protected |
jetting of water |
6 |
dust-tight |
powerful jetting of water |
7 |
n.a. |
temporary immersion, 1 m depth |
8 |
n.a. |
continuous immersion, 1 m or more depth |
Non-foldable device |
Foldable device |
45 |
35 un-extended state + 15 additional falls in fully extended state |
ANNEX IIIa
Transitional methods
Parameter |
Source |
Reference Test Method / Title |
Notes |
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Disassembly requirements |
CEN |
EN 45554:2020 |
Fasteners: please refer to Table A.1 of the standard Tools: please refer to Table A.2 of the standard, unless differently specified in this Regulation Working environment: please refer to Table A.4 of the standard Skill level: please refer to Table A.5 of the standard |
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Protection against particles and water |
IEC |
IEC 60529:1989/AMD2:2013/COR1:2019 |
dust tight and protected against immersion in water up to 1 meter depth: IP67 protected against the ingress of solid foreign objects of size bigger than 1millimeter and splashing of water: IP44 |
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Protection from accidental spills |
European Commission |
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A spilling test shall be performed, by letting 220 mL of de-ionized water flow, without applying additional pressure, from 5 cm away from one edge of the slate tablet (distance between edge of cup in tilted state to the unit under test), followed by use of a paper towel to gently absorb excess liquid on the slate tablet. The slate tablet should dwell for 24 hours prior to functional inspection (as specified below). The procedure has to be conducted for each edge of the tablet in the display up orientation. Each time after having run the above test procedure, the unit under test has to be functional without defect, with particular reference to the following functionalities, where applicable:
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Rated capacity and battery endurance in cycles |
CENELEC |
IEC EN 61960-3:2017 |
Battery endurance in cycles shall be measured with the following test sequence:
Tests shall be performed with an external power source, which does not limit the power draw of the battery and leaves it to the specified default charging algorithm to regulate the charging rate. |
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Scratch hardness |
CEN |
EN 15771:2010 |
Scratch hardness shall be tested on the visible display area, without protective cover on the display |
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Recycled content of the product or of a part |
CEN |
EN 45557:2020 |
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Standardised physical dimensions of rechargeable batteries |
IEC |
IEC 60086-2:2015 |
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Base station simulator for battery endurance test |
ETSI |
ETSI TR 125 914 - V16.0.0, chapter 9 |
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Battery endurance test ambient conditions |
ECMA |
ECMA 383 |
Ambient temperature (23±5) °C, relative humidity 10 % to 80 %, ambient light (250±50) Lux |
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Resistance to accidental drops |
IEC |
IEC 60068-2-31, Free fall repeated – Procedure 2 |
Mobile phones shall be tested for resistance to accidental drops, fall height 1 meter; the test has to be performed with 5 units consecutively and is passed, if at least 4 units pass the test. |
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Contact closure cycle resistance |
ASTM |
ASTM-F1578-07 |
Buttons shall be tested as integrated in the device. The device itself acts as the contact closure monitoring device by responding as intended to a button push. The test probe orientation shall be 90 degrees to sample. In case of volume buttons, the criterion applies individually to both, the volume up and the volume down segment of a combined button. Fail criterion: Device fails to respond to button push as intended. Test report according to ASTM-F1578-07 except for the electrical characteristic changes. The test shall be performed with one unit, which might be the same for all buttons or one unit per button. |
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Insertion/extraction cycle resistance |
IEC, EIA |
EN ISO 62680-1-3 EIA-364-09D |
The test shall be done at a rate of 500 ± 50 cycles per hour and no physical damage to any part of the charging port shall occur; in case the device is sold with a charging cable, this cable has to be used; in case the device is sold without a charging cable the cable shall be specified by the manufacturer, importer or authorised representative. The test shall be performed with one unit. |
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Rcyc |
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EN 45555:2019 |
To be calculated as mass based recyclability rate, with the following reference end-of-life scenario:
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Critical raw material (CRM) content |
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EN 45558:2019 |
To be applied to gold following the same approach as for CRMs |
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Secure deletion |
NIST |
Guidelines for Media Sanitization, NIST Special Publication 800-88 - Revision 1 |
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ANNEX IV
Verification procedure for market surveillance purposes
Parameters |
Verification tolerances |
networked standby power consumption [W] and standby power consumption [W] |
The determined value(1) shall not be more than 0,10 W higher than the declared value. |
battery endurance in cycles – default settings [cycles] |
The determined value(1) shall not be more than 20 cycles lower than the declared value. |
rated battery capacity (Crated [mAh]) |
The determined value(1) shall not be more than 10% higher than the declared value. |
remaining battery capacity (%) |
The determined value(1) shall not be more than 2% points lower than the declared value. |
ingress protection rating (IPxx) |
To be verified according to the standard referred to under Annex IIIa for this parameter. |
protection from accidental spills |
To be verified according to the standard referred to under Annex IIIa for this parameter. |
Parameters |
Pass rate tolerances |
resistance to accidental drops |
The determined value corresponding to the declared value shall be met by at least 80 % of the tested units. |