#2026-413Approval process for heat pump models under energy quality and industrial resilience rules
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This decree creates an approval process for heat pump models that may be needed to qualify for certain energy-related weightings under France’s energy code. Approved models will be listed by joint ministerial order, based on quality and industrial resilience criteria to be set separately. Manufacturers must file applications through a national platform managed by ADEME. Files are reviewed monthly, with ADEME expected to give a reasoned opinion within one month; if it does not, the opinion is treated as negative. If the ministers do not respond within two months from the monthly cutoff date, the application is refused. A temporary approval may be available where a manufacturer presents an investment plan to meet the required conditions within up to two years.
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Key Changes
- Creates an approval process for heat pump models linked to energy-code weighting benefits
- Requires manufacturers to submit approval files through an ADEME-managed national platform
- Sets monthly filing cutoffs, review deadlines, refusal by silence, and a possible temporary approval route based on investment plans
Obligations
What this law requires
Manufacturers seeking approval for a heat pump model must submit an application dossier through the national platform managed by ADEME.
The application dossier must include information and supporting documents demonstrating that the heat pump model meets the quality and industrial resilience approval conditions set by the relevant joint ministerial order.
ADEME must review each manufacturer dossier and communicate a reasoned opinion to the ministers responsible for industry and energy within one month from the monthly cutoff date applicable to the dossier.
If ADEME does not communicate a reasoned opinion within one month from the applicable monthly cutoff date, its opinion is deemed unfavorable.
The ministers responsible for industry and energy must decide on heat pump model approval by joint order; if they remain silent for two months from the applicable monthly cutoff date, the application is deemed refused.