WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.96.57
19March 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-0981)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: HONG KONG
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Electrical andMechanical Services Department
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [X],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable):
Room coolers (HS8415 1000, 8415 8100, 8415 8200)
5. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: "The Hong Kong Voluntary
Energy Efficiency Labelling Scheme forRoom Coolers" (available indraft, 60pages
including annexes)
6. Description ofcontent: Hong Kong willintroduce avoluntary energy efficiency
labelling scheme forroom coolers. Under thescheme, theparticipating manufacturers
oragents orretailers willaffixanenergy label inspecified format ontotheirproducts
giving information onenergy consumption andenergy efficiency grading, which areto
becalculated inaccordance with thedocument "The Hong Kong Voluntary Energy
Efficiency Labelling Scheme forRoom Coolers". Thetesting methodology specified in
thedocument follows theISO5151 Standard.
7. Objective andrationale: Topromote theawareness ofenergy efficiency among
consumers.
8. Relevant documents: -
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: 1June1996
10. Final dateforcomments: 15May1996
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point []oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body:
Electrical andMechanical Services Department
111Leighton Road, 11/F
Causeway Bay
Hong Kong Fax: +852 2890 6081