Energy Efficiency Labelling Act. Country/Territory Germany Document type Legislation Date 2012 (2021) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAct on labelling of energy-consuming products, motor vehicles and tyres with indication of energy consumption and other important resources. Subject Energy, Environment gen. Keyword Ecofriendly products/ecofriendly processes Energy conservation/energy production Enforcement/compliance Access-to-information Consumer protection Emissions Monitoring Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe Abstract Article 1 of the above-mentioned Act establishes that the Act applies to the labelling of products with data on consumption of energy and of other essential resources and CO2 emissions through energy labelling, other product information and disclosures in advertisements and other promotional information. The text – consisting of 19 articles – deals, inter alia, with the following aspects: sphere of application, definition of terms, general requirements for consumption labelling, other product information and information in advertising, responsibility for market surveillance and cooperation, ordinance authorisation, random checks and market surveillance measures, access rights, reporting procedure and requirements, commission body and its tasks, eligibility for consumption labelling and obligation to label consumption. Four Annexes are enclosed. Full text German Website www.bmj.de; www.bgbl.de References - Legislation Implemented by Energy Efficiency Labelling Ordinance. Legislation | Germany | 1997 (2021) Keyword: Ecofriendly products/ecofriendly processes, Energy conservation/energy production, Enforcement/compliance, Offences/penalties Source: FAO, FAOLEX Law on transfer of tasks under the Energy Efficiency Labelling Act. Legislation | Germany | 2004 (2012) Keyword: Ecofriendly products/ecofriendly processes, Energy conservation/energy production, Enforcement/compliance Source: FAO, FAOLEX Passenger Car Energy Consumption Labelling Ordinance. Legislation | Germany | 2004 (2020) Keyword: Energy conservation/energy production, Offences/penalties, Classification/declassification, Access-to-information, Consumer protection, Pollution control, Emissions, Climate change, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amended by Ordinance amending the Energy Efficiency Labelling Act and other provisions on energy. Legislation | Germany | 2015 Keyword: Ecofriendly products/ecofriendly processes, Energy conservation/energy production, Inspection, Enforcement/compliance Source: FAO, FAOLEX