Air Fund register of non-labeled domestic appliances
The purpose of this register of space heating appliances is to list the non Flamme Verte space heating appliances that are eligible for Fonds Air Bois (The register is published on the ADEME website). Space heating appliances that are neither Flamme Verte nor in the register will not be eligible for Fonds Air Bois.
The Fonds Air Bois are financial aids to support the renewal of non-performing individual heating appliances in a French territory, supported by ADEME and local authorities. It is composed of :
- A financial aid to an individual who replaces an open, closed or polluting old boiler with an independent appliance or an efficient wood boiler
- Actions to raise awareness among individuals and wood professionals about practices to reduce emissions to indoor and outdoor air
Fonds Air Bois are local actions that last an average of 4 years. The list of territories (link to list) included in this scheme is evolutionary, you will have more informations by going here .
CRITT BOIS has been commissioned to update the register (mission letter ADEME).
How to integrate the database of space heating appliances and boilers eligible for Fonds Air Bois and which are not Flamme Verte :
- Complete the document request-analysis-register
or make a request for a model(s) of appliance to Mrs ROUGIE by email : registre@crittbois.com with the number of initial test reports to be analyzed and the appliance names that are linked to each report. - The CRITT Bois sends an email to the manufacturer specifying the parts to be supplied to decide whether the model is eligible or not.
- Upon receipt of all the requested documents, the CRITT Bois checks the data and validates the conformity or not to the requirements of the Fonds Air Bois. The manufacturer is informed whether or not its products comply with the Fonds Air Bois by email.
- If the appliance does not meet any of the thresholds or on of the requirements then it is ineligible. The manufacturer is informed and the appliance remains ineligible until proven otherwise by submitting a new test report or providing the missing documents.
The response time on the conformity or not of the space heating appliance is 10 working days maximum (excluding holiday) from the date of receipt by the Critt Bois of all the documents.
The data entered in the register are the values mentioned in your DOP. If the last one does not contain all the information, then the report will be used for the publication of the register.
The CRITT Bois establishes a work order (purchase order). The analysis work will only be engaged if the work order is returned signed.
Documents to be provided :
- Report(s)
- DOP of models to be recorded on the register
- If the request is from a reseller, need to send a letter from the manufacturer authorizing the reseller to record the appliances in the register
The CRITT Bois is entitled to request additional documents and other information necessary for the proper analysis of the file.
At the beginning of the operation, the costs of the analysis of the first 50 test reports are borne by the ADEME within the limit of 4 reports per manufacturer.
Beyond this limit, costs are charged to the manufacturer :
- 250€ HT per ITT report (a report can concern several models, all of them will be integrated into the register)
- 150€ HT per control report
- A price decreasing is applied in case of grouped sending of ITT reports to be analyzed :
- 225€ HT/report for 2 to 3 reports
- 200€ HT/report for 4 to 8 reports
- 185€ HT/report for 9 reports or more
A test report is established for a fireplace. The fireplace can be used for several models. The cost is per fireplace (either on a test basis). The register lists all the models mentioned in the report.
In the case of a new model placed on the market using a fireplace that is already in the register: provide the CRITT Bois with the DoP corresponding to the model. The cost of adding this model is included in the analysis rate of the initial report.
Cost of the analysis of the additional document for the justification of the requirements applicable on January 1, 2022: to justify the emissions and seasonal efficiency of the devices already entered in the register before January 1, 2022, it is necessary to send an additional document justifying the values seasonal emissions (for boilers) and seasonal energy efficiency (for independent appliances and boilers): € 10 excl. tax / document (in connection with 1 ETI report and 1 power). To keep the devices in the register on January 1, 2022, these documents must be sent before December 12, 2022. This document can be issued by the manufacturer or by a notified laboratory. Please note, for any new registration of a device in the register, this information will be supported by a document issued by a notified laboratory.
Case of a new model put on the market using a stove that is already in the register: provide CRITT Bois with the DoP corresponding to the model. The cost of adding this model is included in the analysis price of the initial report.
To find out the price that will be applied to you, request a quote to : registre@crittbois.com
Manufacturers must prove the quality of their products with an initial type testing report for each unit and a control report for a product of each range (logs, pellets).
The values that will be written in the register from January 1st, 2022 are those declared of ECODESIGN regulation.
From the initial type testing report, compliance with :
- Requirement 1: Contents of test reports
- Requirement 2: Age of ITT reports _ does not apply to boilers
- Requirement 3: Performance criteria _ application of these criteria to the initial test report _ New criteria from 1st may and 1st october 2022
- Requirement 8: Content of the DOP and ECODESIGN file
Some reports used as part of the CE marking may refer to previous ITT (Initial Type Testing) reports. If reference to an older ITT report justifies performance and CO, NOx and particulate emissions in the most recent report, the date of the oldest report is considered to be the ITT report date.
From the Control Test report*, compliance with the following criteria is checked :
- Requirement 1: Content of test reports
- Requirement 3: Performance criteria _ application of these criteria to the control test PV
- Requirement 4: Selection of model for control test
- Requirement 5: Condition for carrying out the control test
- Requirement 6: performance criteria for control test
- Requirement 7: Age of Control Report _ New criteria on 1st July 2022
- Requirement 8: Content of the DOP and ECODESIGN file
* : does not apply to boilers
Open fireplaces are not eligible.
Boilers with an output of more than 70 kW are not eligible.
Failure to comply with one of these requirements makes the appliance ineligible, open fireplaces are not eligible.
Requirements 1 to 8 are described at the bottom of this page.
In addition to managing the register of mass-produced individual wood-burning appliances, Critt Bois has been asked to check the conditions of eligibility for the Air Bois Fund for applications for request for mass-produced stoves.
Tiled or masonry stoves manufactured in situ to comply with EN 15544:2023 and with a combustion chamber of one of the following types are eligible for Fond Air Bois :
- Foyer vertical (in german : « stehender normalbrennraum »)
- Foyer horizontal (in german : « liegender normalbrennraum »)
- Foyer Eco+ (in german : « umweltplusbrennraum »)
- Foyer 15a (in german : « 15a brennraum »)
Also eligible for Fonds Air Bois are tiled or masonry stoves manufactured in situ using a Flamme Verte labelled combustion chamber or listed in the Air Bois Fund register of domestic appliances not labelled as a stove (NF EN 16510-2-1 or NF EN 13240), closed fireplace or insert (NF EN 16510-2-2 or NF EN 13229).
To check that the equipment is eligible for Fonds Air Bois, the following supporting documents must be provided :
- Depending on the combustion chamber :
- Calculation note showing the compliance of the appliance sizing with EN 15544:2023 and specifying the nature of the fireplace, signed by the person certifying the compliance of the sizing ;
- Or, if a mass-produced combustion chamber is used, a document specifying the model and make of the fireplace so that its Flamme Verte certification can be verified, or its inclusion in the Fonds Air Bois register of domestic appliances not certified as a stove, closed fireplace or insert.
- Stove operating instructions for the user, giving advice on the correct use and maintenance of the appliance ;
- RGE Qualibois qualification number of the professional or professionals who installed the stove and signed the design calculation note, based on one of the following supporting documents :
- RGE certificate ;
- Quotation or invoice for the stove.
The procedure for examining an application for request for a masonry heater made in situ under a Fonds Air Bois is as follows :
- The application for request sent by the private individual is received by the Air Wood Fund manager.
- The Fonds Air Bois manager asks Critt Bois to check whether the application is eligible.
- Critt Bois sends an email to the applicant specifying the documents to be provided in order to decide whether or not the application is eligible.
- On receipt of all the documents requested, Critt Bois checks the data and validates whether or not it meets the requirements of the Fonds Air Bois.
- Critt Bois informs the Fonds Air Bois manager of the result of its verification.
- The Fonds Air Bois manager takes control of the application file and informs the applicant of the outcome of the application.
The requirements for mass-produced wood-burning appliances are as follows :
Requirement 1: Contents of test reports
The test report (ITT or control report) must contain the following informations :
- Test standard and fuel used, the test report is associated with a fuel. For a model to be displayed in the register with 2 fuels, the test reports for the 2 fuels in question are required.
- The unique report number
- Description of the model tested and its reference
- Nominal power for test performed, and partial load if required by regulation (and also, emission and efficiency at reduced power)
- Space Heating appliances: Emission of CO, OGC, Nox and dust at 13% of O2 at nominal power (and at reduced power if F(2) and F(3) factors are used to calculate the seasonal energy efficiency declared in Ecodesign), efficiency at nominal power (and reduced if F(2) and F(3) factors are used to calculate the seasonal energy efficiency declared in Ecodesign) and seasonal energy efficiency.
- Boilers : Emission of CO, OGC, Nox and dust at 10% of O2 for boilers, and seasonal energy efficiency
- Date of issue of the report, the date of the test
- Report must be signed
- If it is an initial type testing report or a control test or report change…
- Name and notification number of the laboratory. The laboratory must be notified for the test standard used for the test (or equivalent Cofrac 17025 for boilers).
- Seasonal energy efficiency. The calculation must be carried out by the test laboratory for ETI reports issued from January 1, 2022 as well as for inspection reports carried out from March 1, 2022. It is accepted that this value be entered in a document issued by the laboratory and which is different from the test report.
Requirement 2: Age of ITT report
- Initial type testing report less than 2 years old
If this requirement is not respected, refer to Requirement 4.
This requierment is not for boiler.
for space heating appliances
for domestic Boiler
Requirement 4: Choice of the model to be tested
Carrying out a control test: this test is necessary to maintain a model in the register when its ITT report is more than 2 years old or when control test report is too old (see requirement 7).
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Caution: All devices whose report is older than the required age are not to be tested. *An ETI report with several power ratings is counted as several ETI reports. |
It is up to the manufacturer to draw up the list of reports covered by the control report. Once established, a report can only be removed from this list after 3 years from the control report.
The model to be subjected to the control test must be selected from the list of reports. The selection of the model for the control test is the responsibility of the manufacturer, whereby the test must be carried out primarily on the model with the reported dust emissions :
- wood log appliances: less than 10mg/Nm3 or more than 35mg/Nm3
- pellet appliances: priority on appliance with dust emission greater than 15mg/Nm3, then less than 5mg/Nm32
Requirement 5: Conditions for carrying out the control test
Carrying out control tests in accordance with the following instructions :
- The selected appliance complies with the above instructions
- The appliance subjected to the control must be identical to the one used for the initial test report: same stove, same standard, same fuel and same power (the power measured during the test must be equal to +/-15% of the declared rated nominal power)
- If for the calculation of the seasonal energy efficiency declared in ECODESIGN the correction factors F(2) and F(3) have been used, then the test at reduced power must also be carried out during the control test.
- Requirement to have a control report for a product of each range (logs, pellets)
- The testing laboratory must be notified and different from the laboratory that did the initial type testing report
- The control report must be done for each product range (logs, pellets) and not for each model
- For ranges (same fuel type) with more than 10 appliances, the manufacturer must provide a control report every 10 appliances; a appliance is defined as a set of products that are governed by the same test report
- The test report must be renewed every 3 years (2 years from 1st July 2022). The test should then be done primarily in a appliance that has not had a control test
- Boilers are not subject to the control report requirement
- Compliance with Fonds Air Bois thresholds : The results of the test are authoritative; any fireplace whose control test results show results below the requirements of the Fonds Air Bois will render the fireplace ineligible. It will be removed from the register. The company will have to submit a control report on another device in the register.
- Tolerance thresholds : The Ecodesign directive stipulates that the results of control test reports do not exceed thresholds in relation to the values declared by the manufacturer :
If the control test is compliant and the reported performance is better than the control test, the performance values that will be published in the register will be the most unfavorable (control results). The manufacturer shall provide the updated DOP accordingly. If the thresholds are exceeded then :
- Any product that does not respected the thresholds is not eligible. The appliance is removed from the register
- The company may request additional tests :
- It can carry out a control report on 3 products of the same model*** as the one controlled.
- These products will be tested by the same laboratory that carried out the control.
- The company will send the summary report of the tests of the 3 products to the CRITT Bois. The company will have to explain if the product has undergone modifications to achieve the objective and in so describe the modifications.
- The tolerance threshold rule will be applied to the average emissions of the 3 products.
- If the thresholds are still not respected, the product is no longer eligible for the Fonds Air Bois. The product will be kept off the register. The company will have to carry out another check on a model of the register.
- If the thresholds are respected, the product will reintegrated to the register. The results of this additional control will be published in the register.
Requirement 7: Age of the control report
Any control report must be less than 3 years old (2 years from 1st July 2022). Every 3 years of the control report, it will be necessary to make a new control test and provide its report. The appliance tested must be different from the one used for control test(s) already performed.
Requirement 8 : content of the DOP
The DOP must refer to the standard associated with the appliance category (EN 12815 for stove cookers _ EN 13240 for stoves _ EN 13229…).
If the DOP does not mention certain emissions, then the register will show those mentioned in the ETI report (from January 1st, 2022, the values will be those declared for ECODESIGN regulation).
For devices already registered in the register before 01/01/2022, the document justifying the ECODESIGN values may be done by the manufacturer. This document must be dated and signed.
For the registration of a new appliance from 01/1/2022, the performance ECODESIGN values must be justified by a document established by a notified laboratory.
For some appliances, when they are concerned, the ECODESIGN values must be published at nominal and reduced power. The document transmitted must provide this information where applicable.
Special case in the context of the control test:
If the control test is compliant with requirement 3 but not with requirement 6, then the performance values that will be published in the register will be the most unfavorable (control results) . The manufacturer must then provide the updated DOP and ECODESIGN document accordingly.
For further information : registre@crittbois.com