Sinrace Power Supply Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.

The European Commission has adopted the eco-design requirement for External Power Supply (EPS) on April 6th 2009 and it came into force on April 27th 2009. The product requirements for EPS cover most AC / AC and AC / DC units that have a separate enclosure and an output power of 250W. It covers a wide range of products, e.g. power supplies for home electronics and IT equipment.

Implementation Stages

The implementing measure (IM) for EPS will be enforced in two stages with different minimum requirements. The first stage comes into effect on April 27th 2010 and the second stage on April 27th 2011. 

According to EU's Official Journal the requirements are:

The Implementing Measure covers products with the following characteristics:

• Converts AC Power from mains into low voltage DC or AC output
• Only one DC or AC output voltage at a time
• A separate device that constitutes the primary load
• Contained in a physical enclosure separate from the device
• With removable or hard wired male/female connection, cable, cord, etc.
• Rated output power less than 250W
• Intended for use with electrical and electronic household and office equipment in EC No. 1275/2008