Article 1 Subject matter and scope 

1. This Directive establishes a framework for the setting of  Community ecodesign requirements for energy-related products  with the aim of ensuring the free movement of such products  within the internal market. 2. This Directive provides for the setting of requirements  which the energy-related products covered by implementing  measures must fulfil in order to be placed on the market  and/or put into service. It contributes to sustainable development by increasing energy efficiency and the level of  protection of the environment, while at the same time  increasing the security of the energy supply. 

3. This Directive shall not apply to means of transport for  persons or goods. 

4. This Directive and the implementing measures adopted  pursuant thereto shall be without prejudice to Community  waste management legislation and Community chemicals legislation, including Community legislation on fluorinated  greenhouse gases.