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General Court of the European Union

PRESS RELEASE No 218/21

Luxembourg, 8 December 2021

Judgment in Case T-127/19 Dyson and Others v Commission

Energy consumption of cyclonic bagless vacuum cleaners: the General Court dismisses Dyson Ltd’s claim for compensation for alleged loss

By using the standardised empty receptacle testing method, the Commission did not manifestly and gravely disregard the limits on its discretion or commit a sufficiently serious breach of the principles of equal treatment and sound administration

Since 1 September 2014, all vacuum cleaners sold in the European Union have been subject to energy labelling requirements, the detailed rules of which have been fixed by the Commission in a 2013 regulation, 1 supplementing the Energy Labelling Directive. 2 The energy labelling is aimed, among other things, at informing consumers of energy efficiency levels and cleaning performances of vacuum cleaners.

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