RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.120
3May1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-1137)
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): Household refrigeration
appliances (HS8418 1000, 8418 2100, 8418 2200, 8418 2900, 8418 3000 and
8418 4000)
5. Title andnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: "The Hong Kong Voluntary
Energy Efficiency Labelling Scheme forHousehold Refrigeration Appliances" inDraft
(56pages including Annexes)
6. Description ofcontent: Hong Kong willintroduce avoluntary energy efficiency
labelling scheme forhousehold refrigeration appliances onsaleinHong Kong, details of
which aregiven inthedocument "The Hong Kong Voluntary Energy Efficiency
Labelling Scheme for Household Refrigeration Appliances". Participating
manufacturers, agents orretailers arerequired toaffix anenergy label inspecified
format toeach product. Thelabel contains information onenergy consumption and
energy efficiency grading. Themethodology formeasurement ofenergy consumption
follows theISO8187 standard.
7. Objective andrationale: Topromote theawareness ofenergy efficiency among
consumers.
8. Relevant documents: TheHong Kong Voluntary Energy Efficiency Labelling Scheme
forHousehold Refrigeration Appliances
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: 15June1995
10. Final dateforcomments: 14June1995
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