WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.428
18December 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-5353)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: European Commission
Agency orauthority designated tohandle comments regarding thenotification canbe
indicated ifdifferent from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [x],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers may beprovided inaddition, where applicable): Household electric
washing machines
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Draft Commission
Directive Modifying Commission Directive 95/12/EC of23May 1995 Implementing
Council Directive 92/75 with regard toEnergy Labelling ofHousehold Washing
Machines (4pages)
6. Description ofcontent: Theproposal modifies Commission Directive 95/12/EC of
23May 1995 insuch awayastotemporarily exclude washing machines without an
internal heatsource from itsscope.
7. Objective andrationale: There areasmall number ofwashing machines ontheEU
market thatdonothave aninternal heatsource toheatwater, butrelyonbeing filled
withhotwater. These areincluded within thescope ofCommission Directive 95/12/EC
of23May 1995, butnotwithin thatoftheharmonized measurement standard. The
draftremedies thisfaultbyexcluding suchappliances until30June1998, bywhich time
CENELEC should haveapproved amodified measurement standard.
8. Relevant documents: Council Directive 92/75/EEC of22September 1992. Commission
Directive 95/12/EC of23May1995. Draft Directive.
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce: 15May1997
10. Final dateforcomments: 18January 1997
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: DGIII-A-1