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10 February 2020  
(20-1045) Page: 1/1 
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):  State of 
New York  
2. Agency responsible:  Department of Environmental Conservation, State of New York 
[1605]  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the noti fication 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 [   ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other : Technical 
Regulation - Local Government (Article 3.2)  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Substances 
containing greenhouse gases; Environmental protection (ICS 13.020), Air quality 
(ICS 13.040), Products of the chemical industry (ICS 71.100)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Substances 
Containing Highly Poten t Greenhouse Gases (4 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Proposed rule - Pertains to substances that contain 
hydrofluorocarbons, which are highly potent greenhouse gases.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems wh ere 
applicable:  Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents:   
• Vol. XLI, Issue 53, New York State Register 31 December 2019 pages 11 -14:   
https://www.dos.ny.gov/info/register/2019/dec31.pdf  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  13 March 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_1097_00_e.pdf  
 