EPREL deadline approaching
Starting October 22, 2024, verification will become mandatory for all suppliers on the EPREL platform.
As of 1 January 2019, Suppliers need to register their product models submitted to energy label obligations, in the ‘product database’, before placing on the Union market the first product of a model in the scope of the Labelling legislation.
The ‘product database’, established in application of Article 12 of the Energy Labelling Regulation, is designated as ‘EPREL‘ (European Product Registry for Energy Labelling).
Suppliers verification
To ensure that the information entered and published in EPREL is genuine and from reliable source, before registering models, suppliers need to pass a verification process where both their identity and their establishment in the Union is electronically verified.
After a long transitional and adjustment period lasting almost 5 years, next October 22, 2024 all suppliers using the EPREL platform need to be aware of two important updates related to supplier verification and product registration:
1. Mandatory Verification from October 22, 2024:
- Starting October 22, 2024, verification will become mandatory for all suppliers on the EPREL platform.
- This means unverified suppliers will no longer be able to register products. Additionally, products placed on the market by unverified suppliers after this date will not appear on the EPREL database and will be considered as not legally placed on the market.
2. Transition to NTR Identity Type Reference:
- Until April 22, 2025, registration using non-NTR (National Trade Register) identity type reference will be tolerated.
- However, new suppliers must register using NTR starting from that date.
- By April 22, 2027, all suppliers on the platform must use NTR identity type reference.
Verification of Suppliers: main deadlines
22/10/2024 – Suppliers verification becomes mandatory
- To register or perform any editing of registered models, suppliers have to be already verified (Article 3)
- Models registered by suppliers still not verified after this date are not listed in searches anymore, are not retrievable via APIs and only appear if the registration number is entered (typing the number or via QR reading), (Article 7)
- Any “identity type” accepted in a transitional period (NTR, VAT, LEI, PSD, xx:) (Article 6.1 derogating Article 4)
22/04/2025 – National trade/business registration code into the seals becomes mandatory
- Electronic seals with “NTR” (National Trade/business registration) is the only identity type accepted from this date (Article 4, end of derogation as from Article 6.1). No end of validity set for these seals (unless differently regulated by a future regulation)
- Verifications using seals with VAT, LEI, PSD and xx: identity types completed before this date remain valid (Article 7.1), but only until 22/04/2027 (Article 7.2)
22/04/2027 – End of validity for any verification not including the national trade/business registration code
- Verifications completed, before 22/4/2025, using seals with VAT, LEI, PSD and xx: identity types need to be renewed and the national trade/business registration code needs to be provided and verified using seals with the “NTR” identity type (Article 6.2)
What to do: take action
- Verify your identity before October 22, 2024, to avoid disruption in product registration.
- If you are a new supplier, ensure you register using NTR from April 22, 2025.
