Unfrozen and chill compartment volume (litres)
The combined volume of the parts that keep food cold but not frozen — the fridge and any chill compartment — in litres.
- What it looks like on the label
- A fridge-cabinet icon beside a number in litres (L).
- Printed on
- Fridge or freezer
- Unit
- litres, whole number
- Regulation
- Regulation (EU) 2019/2016, Annex III
What the regulation says
On a fridge or freezer label
- What the number measures
- Sum of the volumes of chill and unfrozen compartments.
- Unit
- litres, whole number
- Test condition
- measured volume; left off the label for an appliance with no unfrozen or chill compartment.
Regulation (EU) 2019/2016, Annex III, point 1.2 (VIII): the sum of the volumes of the chill compartment(s) and the unfrozen compartment(s), expressed in litres and rounded to the nearest integer;
Checked 2026-09-25.
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Sources
- Regulation (EU) 2019/2016 — Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2016 of 11 March 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 with regard to energy labelling of refrigerating appliances. Label content: Annex III. Article 11: “It shall apply from 1 March 2021.” Amended by Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/340 (label sizes, test notes and verification tolerances); the label points quoted here are unchanged by it. Checked 2026-09-25.
Read in the Official Journal text on the date shown. Our drawing is not the official pictogram; the regulation’s own label figure is the authority.