RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.95.108
18April 1995
ORGANIZATION
(95-0942)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: UNITED STATES
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible: Department ofEnergy (11)
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Consumer products
5. Titleandnumber ofpages ofthenotified document: Energy Conservation Programme
forConsumer Products: TestProcedures forWater Heaters; Kitchen Ranges, Ovens,
andMicrowave Ovens; andClothes Washers; andReporting Requirements forClothes
Washers, Clothes Dryers, andDishwashers (34pages)
6. Description ofcontent: TheEnergy Policy andConservation Actrequires the
Department toadminister anenergy conservation programme andstandard methods of
testing beprescribed forproducts covered under theprogramme. Thepurposes ofthis
proposed rulemaking areto:propose amendments toclarify thewater heater, kitchen
range, oven, andmicrowave, andclothes washer testprocedures; announce the
Department 'sintentions toincorporate byreference testprocedures adopted bythe
International Electrotechnical Commission; and request data, comments, and
information regarding theirapplicability andworkability.
7. Objective andrationale: Energy conservation
8. Relevant documents: 60FR15330, 23March 1995; 10CFR Part430. Willappear in
theFederal Register when adopted.
9. Proposed dateofadoption andentry intoforce: Tobedetermined
10. Final dateforcomments: 31August 1995
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress andtelefax number ofother
body: