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ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/N/NZL/4
17 December 2001
(01-6363)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   NEW ZEALAND
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:
Ministry for the Environment
P O Box 10 362 Wellington New ZealandTel.:  +64 4 917 7400
Fax:  +64 4 917 7526
E-mail:   regs@mfe.govt.nz
Web site.:  www.eeca.govt.nz
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):   Minimum energy
performance standards:   Household refrigerating appliances, storage electric water heaters,
tubular fluorescent lamps, three-phase air conditioners,  heat pumps and air-to-air heat
pumps, three-phase cage induction motors.  Energy performance labelling:  Householdrefrigerating appliances, dishwashers, rotary clothes dryers, clothes washing machines,
single-phase non-ducted air conditioners.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Energy Efficiency
(Energy Using Products) Regulations 2001
6. Description of content:   The regulations require products of the specified classes to meet
minimum energy performance standards, or carry an energy efficiency label (as appropriate)
in accordance with the relevant standards if sold in New Zealand.  Information on the
energy performance of these products must be provided to the Energy Efficiency and
Conservation Authority (unless the product is registered under an equivalent scheme inAustralia).
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
To improve the energy efficiency of  New Zealand’s stock of household appliances and
other energy-using products over time by:G/TBT/N/NZL/4
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• Providing consumers with information on ener gy performance at point of sale, allowing
them to take this into account when selecting an appliance;
• requiring certain product classes to meet minimum standards to ensure that consumers
who do not select their own energy-using products (e.g. water heaters, building air
conditioners) are still assured of a basic level of energy efficiency.
8. Relevant documents:   AS/NZS 4474  Performance of household electrical appliances -
Refrigerating appliances; NZS 4602  Low pressure copper thermal storage electric water
heaters; NZS 4606  Storage water heaters;  NZHB 4782.2  Tubular fluorescent lamps;
NZHB 4783.2  Ballasts for fluorescent lamps;  AS/NZS 3823  Performance of householdelectrical appliances – Air conditioners and heat pumps;  AS/NZS 1359  Rotating electrical
machines - General requirements;  AS/NZS 2007  Performance of household electrical
appliances – Dishwashers;  AS/NZS 2442 Parts 1 & 2  Performance of household electrical
appliances - Rotary clothes dryers;  AS/NZS 2040  Performance of household electrical
appliances - Clothes washing machines.
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force:}
}1 April 2002 for energy labelling
1 July 2002 for minimum energy performance
standards except for fluorescent lamp ballasts
and water heaters (1 February 2003)
10. Final date for comments:   14 January 2002
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [     ] or address, telephone and fax
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:
Ministry for the Environment
P O Box 10 362
Wellington
New ZealandTel.:   +64 4 917 7400
Fax:  +64 4 917 7526
E-mail:   regs@mfe.govt.nz