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12 June 2020  
(20-4176) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
  NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AME RICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (OEERE), 
Department of Energy (DOE) [1653]  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Please submit comments to: USA WTO TBT Enquiry Point, Email: usatbtep@nist.gov  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [X ], 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):  Room air 
conditioners; Air conditioning machines, comprising a motor -driven fan and elements for 
changing the temperature and humidity, including those machines in which the humidity 
cannot be separately regulated (HS 8415); Quality (ICS 03.120), Environm ental protection 
(ICS 13.020), Test conditions and procedures in general (ICS 19.020), Ventilators. Fans. 
Air-conditioners (ICS 23.120)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Energy 
Conservation Program: Test Procedure for Roo m Air Conditioners (44 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice of proposed rulemaking - The U.S. Department of Energy 
(DOE) proposes to amend the test procedure for room air conditioners ("room ACs") to 
address updates to the industry stand ards that are incorporated by reference, provide for 
the testing of variable -speed room ACs to better reflect their relative efficiency gains at 
lower outdoor temperatures as compared to single -speed room ACs, and to provide 
specifications and minor correc tions that would improve repeatability, reproducibility, and 
overall readability of the test procedure. Because there are no testing modifications 
proposed for single -speed room ACs, DOE expects that the proposed changes will not 
affect the measured energy  use for these models. For variable -speed room ACs, the 
proposed changes will improve the representativeness of the measured energy use of 
these models. As part of this proposal, DOE is announcing a public meeting to collect 
comments and data on its propos al. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of the environment  G/TBT/N/USA/1625  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
85 Federal Register (FR) 35700, 11 June 2020; Title 10 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 
Parts 429 and 430:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg /FR-2020-06-11/html/2020 -11215.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-06-11/pdf/2020 -11215.pdf  
This notice of proposed rulemaking is identified by docket number EERE -2017-BT-TP-0012.  
The docket folder is available on Regulations.gov  at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EERE -2017-BT-TP-0012, and provides access to 
primary documents as well as comments receiv ed. Documents are also accessible from 
Regulations.gov  by searching the docket number. WTO Members and their stakeholders 
are asked to submit comments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point .  Comments received by the 
USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO Members and their s takeholders will be shared with the 
regulator and will also be submitted to the Docket  on Regulations.gov if received within the 
comment period.  
Energy Conservation Progr am for Consumer Products: Test Procedures for Clothes Dryers 
and Room Air Conditioners, Final Rule published 6 January 2011:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2011-01-06/html/2010 -32118.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2011-01-06/pdf/2010 -32118.pdf   
This rulemaking is identified by docket number EERE -2008-BT-TP-0010. A notice of 
proposed rulemaking and notice of public meeting was pub lished on 8 December 2008 at 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2008-12-09/html/E8 -28952.htm  and 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2008-12-09/pdf /E8-28952.pdf  and was notified 
as G/TBT/N/USA/305/Add.2 . The docket folder for this rulemaking activity is available on 
Regulations.gov  at https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EERE -2008-BT-TP-0010, and 
provides access to primary and supporting documents as well as comments received. 
Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov  by searching the docket number.  
18 June 2015 - Energy Cons ervation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Room 
Air Conditioners; Request for Information identified by docket number EERE -2014-BT-STD-
0059:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2015-06-18/html/2015 -15001.htm   
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2015-06-18/pdf/2015 -15001.pdf   
The docket folder for this rulemaking activity is available on Regulations.gov  at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EERE -2014-BT-STD-0059, and provides access to 
primary documents as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible from 
Regulations.gov  by searching the docket number.  
4 August 2015 - Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedure for Room Air Conditioners; 
Request for Information identified by docket number EERE-2017-BT-TP-0012:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2017-08-04/html/2017 -16441.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2017-08-04/pdf/ 2017-16441.pdf  
The docket folder for this rulemaking activity is available on Regulations.gov  at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EERE -2017-BT-TP-0012, and provides access to 
primary documents as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible from 
Regulations.gov  by searching the docket number.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  10 August 2020  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/USA/ 20_3713_00_e.pdf  
 