. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/CHN/59 
7 September 2004  
 
(04-3710) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English 
   
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   National Development and Refo rm Committee (NDRC) and General 
Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:         
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:         
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   Energy Consumption 
Products  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Administrative 
Regulation for Energy Efficiency  label (5 pages, in Chinese) 
6. Description of content:   This regulation stipulates definition, administrative agencies, 
implementation model, procedure of filing, usage, supervision and penalty on energy 
efficiency label.  The regulation shall be applied to domestic manufactured and imported 
energy consumption products sold in the territory of China. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
For environmental protection and energy conservation 
8. Relevant documents:   Law of the People’s Republic of China on energy conservation, 
effective as of 1 January 1998  Law of the People’s Republic of China on Product Quality, effective as of 
1 September 2000 
 Regulations of the People’s Republic of China on Certification and Accreditation, effective 
as of 1 November 2003 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  1 September 2004  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 March 2005 
10. Final date for comments:   Not applicable G/TBT/N/CHN/59 
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11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [  X ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:   
China WTO/TBT National Enquiry Point 
Tel:  +86 10 82260618 Fax:  +86 10 82262448 
E-mail:  tbt@aqsiq.gov.cn 
 