Key Takeaways What Happened: Earlier this year, the European Commission adopted a series of amendments that expanded the scope of anti-circumvention provisions to ecodesign regulations for a number of product categories. Both the European Union (EU) Ecodesign Directive and the U.S. Appliance and Equipment Standards Program prohibit using defeat devices to circumvent prescribed test procedures to misrepresent a product’s actual energy or water performance. Who Should Care: Manufacturers, importers, and authorized representatives who place covered products into the U.S. or EU markets. Products subject to regulation include external power supplies, dishwashers, washing machines, washer dryers, refrigerators, and freezers.