Status and Summary - Lot 30 Motors & Variable Speed Drives
16 January 2019
Status
Lot 30 has now passed the Regulatory Committee voting stage and will proceed to EU Parlaiment and Council ratification. Lot 30 will incorporate electric motors currently regulated under Lot 11 by Regulation 640/2009 amended by 4/2014 and also bring into scope motors that were previously exempt. Expected publication of Lot 30 is July 2019.
Summary
Lot 30 has been delayed by over three years due to multiple rejections of the impact assessments. Folowing the public consultation in Oct/Nov 2018, it has finally reached the Regulatory Committee vote stage.
The scope is expected to cover the following:
(a) Induction electric motors without brushes, commutators, slip rings or electrical connections to the rotor, rated for operation on a 50 or 50/60 Hz sinusoidal voltage, that:
(i) have 2, 4 or 6 or 8 poles;
(ii) have a rated voltage UN above 50 V and up to and including 1 000 V;
(iii) have a rated output PN from 0,12 kW up to and including 1 000 kW; and
(iv) are rated on the basis of continuous duty operation.
(b) Variable speed drives rated for operating with motors specified in (a), within the 0,75 kW - 1 000 kW rated output range.
The Regulation is expected to apply from 30 June 2020.
BEAMA engagement
BEAMA have been feeding into Lot 30 since the study phase via CEMEP, the European Association covering electrical machines and power electronics. Detailed discussions on Lot 30 take place in BEAMA's Rotating Electrical Machines Group.
