Definitions
Article 2
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply: (1) ‘external power supply’ (EPS) means a product which is neither a battery charger nor a wireless charger and meets all the following criteria: (a) it is designed to convert single-phase alternating current (AC) power input from the mains power source into one or more direct current (DC) or AC power outputs; (b) it is capable of being used with one or more separate consumer products that constitute the primary load; (c) it is contained in a physical enclosure that is separate from the consumer product or products that constitute the primary load; (d) it is designed to be connected to the consumer product or products that constitute the primary load with a removable electrical connection, or with hard-wired cables or other wiring; (e) its nameplate output voltage does not exceed 60 V DC or 42,4 V peak AC; (f) it is placed on the market with or without the powered consumer product; (2) ‘battery’ means a battery as defined in Article 3(1), point (1), of Regulation (EU) 2023/1542; (3) ‘battery charger’ means a consumer product that is primarily used to charge the batteries of consumer products, and that contains dedicated circuitry to regulate the charging current and voltage; (4) ‘portable battery of general use’ means a type of battery as defined in Article 3(1), point (10) of Regulation (EU) 2023/1542; (5) ‘wireless charger’ means a consumer product that meets all of the following criteria: (a) it is designed to transmit power not exceeding 50 W by inductive coupling; (b) it contains a power supply integrated into the same unit; (c) it is capable of being used with one or more separate consumer products that constitute the primary load; (d) it is contained in a physical enclosure separate from the consumer product or products that constitute the primary load; (e) it has no electric power source apart from the AC input power; (6) ‘wireless charging pad’ means a consumer product that meets the criteria laid down in letters (a), (c), (d) and (e) of point (5) and does not contain a power supply integrated into the same unit; (7) ‘USB Type-C cable’ means a cable assembly with USB Type-C plugs and overmoulds at both ends, with a power rating of either 60 W or 240 W, that meets the requirements laid down in the ‘Universal Serial Bus Type-C® Cable and Connector Specification, Release 2.4, October 2024’, issued by the USB 3.0 Promoter Group and the Universal Serial Bus Implementers Forum (USB-IF); (8) ‘USB Type-C plug’ means a plug that meets the requirements laid down in the ‘Universal Serial Bus Type-C® Cable and Connector Specification, Release 2.4, October 2024’, issued by the USB 3.0 Promoter Group and the USB-IF; (9) ‘separate control gear for low luminous flux light sources’ means a separate control gear as defined in Article 2, first paragraph, point (3) of Regulation (EU) 2019/2020 whose light source does not fulfil the requirement laid down in point (1)(c) of the same paragraph, and has instead a luminous flux of less than 60 lumen; (10) ‘mains’ means the standard EU electricity supply as specified in standard EN 50160:2022 ‘Voltage characteristics of electricity supplied by public electricity networks’; (11) ‘output’ means a physical outlet of the EPS through which electrical power or data is provided to the load connected to it; (12) ‘power output’ means any of the outputs of the EPS to which a load can be connected and from which power can be drawn, as opposed to signal connections used for communication through a data output; (13) ‘consumer product’ means a product that operates or is designed to operate with electric energy, and is placed on the market, including in the context of providing a service, which is intended for consumers or is likely, under reasonably foreseeable conditions, to be used by consumers even if not intended for them; (14) ‘hard-wired cable’ means a cable directly fixed to a product without any intermediate connector in such a way that it is not designed or intended to be detached by end-users; (15) ‘nameplate output voltage’ means any output voltage of the EPS as provided on the EPS nameplate pursuant to point 5(a) of Annex II to this Regulation, or displayed in Table 7, ‘Product information’, pursuant to point 5(g) of the same Annex; (16) ‘active mode’ means a condition in which the input of an EPS is connected to the mains power source and a power output is connected to a primary load that is in operation; (17) ‘port’ means a physical, electrical and digital interface of the EPS for the supply of electrical power as well as exchange of data and control signals through a receptacle, and that has one corresponding power output; (18) ‘nameplate output power’ (P out ) means any output power of the EPS as provided on the EPS nameplate pursuant to point 5(a) of Annex II to this Regulation, or displayed in Table 7, ‘Product information’, pursuant to point 5(g) of the same Annex; (19) ‘low-voltage EPS’ means an EPS with a nameplate output voltage less than 6 V and a nameplate output current greater than or equal to 550 mA; (20) ‘model identifier’ means the code, usually alphanumeric, which distinguishes a specific product model from other models with the same trade mark or the same manufacturer’s, importer’s or authorised representative’s name; (21) ‘adaptive EPS’ means an AC-DC EPS that can alter the output voltage at one of its ports, denoted as ‘adaptive port’, during the active-mode on the basis of an established digital communication protocol with the end-use application without any user-triggered action; (22) ‘nameplate output current’ means any output current of the EPS as displayed in Table 7, ‘Product information’, pursuant to point 5(g) of Annex II to this Regulation; (23) ‘active mode efficiency’ means the ratio of the power supplied by an EPS in active mode to the input power required by the EPS; (24) ‘receptacle’ means a component of the EPS with an opening to the exterior allowing a plug to be inserted into it and that provides an electro-mechanical connection between the plug and the EPS; (25) ‘total maximum output power’ means the maximum power that can be supplied by any combination or subset of the power outputs of an EPS operated simultaneously; (26) ‘USB power delivery (USB-PD) port’ means an adaptive EPS port that meets the requirements laid down in the ‘Universal Serial Bus Power Delivery Specification, Revision 3.2, Version 1.1, 2024-10’ and the ‘Universal Serial Bus Type-C® Cable and Connector Specification, Release 2.4, October 2024’ issued by the USB 3.0 Promoter Group and the USB-IF; (27) ‘single-voltage EPS’ means an EPS able to convert AC power to only one output voltage at a time which is supplied through one or more power outputs; (28) ‘declared values’ means the values provided by the manufacturer, importer or authorised representative for the stated, calculated or measured technical parameters in accordance with Article 4, for the verification of compliance by the Member State authorities; (29) ‘Common Charger logo’ means a logo that meets the requirements set out in Annex III to this Regulation; (30) ‘spare part EPS’ means an EPS which is not an interoperable EPS and is intended solely to replace an EPS placed on the market before 14 December 2028.