Other appliances: (HS code: 73218)

Component of a technical system or technical system as a whole having the following characteristics:

- It is incorporated into the building, part of the building or the plot of land on which it stands;

- It contributes to the operation of a building for heating, cooling, or domestic hot water.

Décret relatif aux exigences de performance environnementale concernant l'installation d'un équipement de chauffage ou de production d'eau chaude sanitaire applicable à la construction de bâtiments ou parties de bâtiments (Decree on the environmental performance requirements applicable to the installation of heating or domestic hot water production equipment in the construction of buildings or parts of buildings) (5 pages, in French)

The draft decree provides as follows:

Remove the option to use hybrid systems that rely on fuel oil (amendment to Regulation No. 171-13 of the French Building and Housing Code (CCH) resulting from Decree No. 2022-8 of 5 January 2022);

Introduce, for new buildings, a ban on the installation of boilers with greenhouse gas emissions above 79 g/kWh, which corresponds to the regulatory threshold for electricity emissions;

Provide for an exemption from compliance with this threshold for systems used as back-up, as well as for technical systems connected to district heating networks. Buildings subject to specific land-use or property restrictions that make it impossible to implement this measure may also be exempted.

The draft decree seeks to transpose Articles 7 and 11 of Directive (EU) 2024/1275 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 April 2024 on the energy performance of buildings (EPBD). These regulations stipulate that new buildings must not consume any on-site fossil fuels from 2028 onwards for public sector buildings, and from 2030 onwards for the rest of the building stock.