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21 December 2022  
(22-9618) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  21 December 2022, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Switzerland . 
 
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Title:  Draft Energy Efficiency Ordinance  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[ ] Comment period changed - date:   
[ ] Notified measure adopted - date:  
[ ] Notified measure published - date:  
[ ] Notified measure enters into force - date:  
[X] Text of final measure available from1:  
https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/filestore/fedlex.data.admin.ch/eli/cc/2017/765/2 0230101
/de/pdf -a/fedlex -data-admin -ch-eli-cc-2017-765-20230101 -de-pdf-a-1.pdf 
https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/filestore/fedlex.data.admin.ch/eli/cc/2017/765/20230101
/fr/pdf -a/fedlex -data-admin -ch-eli-cc-2017-765-20230101 -fr-pdf-a-1.pdf 
https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/filestore/fedlex.data.admin.ch/eli/cc/2017/765/2 0230101
/it/pdf -a/fedlex -data-admin -ch-eli-cc-2017-765-20230101 -it-pdf-a-1.pdf 
[ ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  
Relevant symbol if measure re -notified:   
[ ] Content or scope of notified measure changed  and text available from1:  
New deadline for comments (if applicable):   
[ ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:  
[ ] Other:  
 
Description:  The Federal Council adopted the final version of the Energy Efficiency Ordinance, 
previously notified as G/TBT/N/CHE/268. Stakeholders' and other Members' comments have been 
considered in the final phase of the legislative process.  
The amendments to the already notified draft Energy Efficiency Ordinance are as follows:  
The initially proposed minimum energy performance standards (MEPS) for the following produ ct 
categories have been completely lifted:  
• Household refrigerators  
 
1 This information can be provided by including a website address, a pdf attachment, or other 
information on where the text of the final /modified  measure and/or interpretive guidance can be obtained.  G/TBT/N/CHE/268/Add.1  
 
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  • Household dishwashers  
• professional refrigerated storage cabinets  
The transitional period has been changed. The final transitional periods for the MEPS are as follows:  
• The novel MEPS shall a pply from the 1st January 2024  
• Appliances which have been placed on the Swiss market before the 1st January 2024 and 
which do not fulfil the novel MEPS can remain available on the market until the 31st 
December 2024.  
The MEPS for the following product cate gories have been changed:  
• Household Tumble dries:  
o As of 1 January 2024, mains -operated domestic tumble dryers that have a drying 
performance of less than or equal to 4 kg per hour (standard full load cotton 
program) may only be placed or made available on the market if their EEI 
determined in accordance with Annex II, ch. 1, of Regulation (EU) No. 932/2012 is 
less than 24.  
o As of 1 January 2024, mains -operated domestic tumble dryers that have a drying 
performance of more than 4 kg per hour (stan dard full load cotton program) may 
only be placed or made available on the market if their EEI determined in accordance 
with Annex II, No. 1 of Regulation (EU) No. 932/2012 is less than 32.  
• Local space heaters  
o As of 1 January 2024, electric local spacer he aters, with the exception of commercial 
decentralized heaters, may only be placed or made available on the market if their 
seasonal energy efficiency for space heating determined in accordance with Annex 
III of Regulation (EU) 2015/1188 is not less than 39 %. 
• Professional cooking appliances:  
o As of 1 January 2024, professional mains -operated hobs may only be placed or made 
available on the market if they are induction hobs or infrared hobs equipped with a 
pan detector that cannot be permanently deactivated.  
o From 1 January 2024, professional mains -operated deep fryers may only be placed 
or made available on the market if their tank has a thermal insulation with an R -
value of at least 0.12 square metre Kelvin per watt. Any cold zones intended to 
extend the servi ce life of the oil do not have to be insulated.  
The following exemptions from the MEPS have been adopted:  
• The novel MEPS for electric water heaters do not apply to built -in water heaters whose 
dimensions fall under the Swiss measurement system (SMS standar d) 
• The novel MEPS for electric local space heaters do not apply to pew heaters.  
• The novel MEPS for electric space and combined heaters do not apply to equipment for 
underground protective structures or underground military structures.  
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