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| **[World Trade]{.smallcaps}**                    |                   |
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|                                                  | G/TBT/N/USA/203** |
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|                                                  | 28 July 2006      |
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|                                                  | (06-3635)         |
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| **Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade**     | Original: English |
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NOTIFICATION

The following notification is being circulated in accordance with
Article 10.6.

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| ** | **Member to Agreement     |   |                                 |
| 1. | notifying:** [UNITED      |   |                                 |
| ** | STATES]{.underline}       |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | **If applicable, name of  |   |                                 |
|    | local government involved |   |                                 |
|    | (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):** |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
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| ** | **Agency responsible:**   |   |                                 |
| 2. | State of California (210) |   |                                 |
| ** |                           |   |                                 |
|    | **Name and address        |   |                                 |
|    | (including telephone and  |   |                                 |
|    | fax numbers, e-mail and   |   |                                 |
|    | web-site addresses, if    |   |                                 |
|    | available) of** **agency  |   |                                 |
|    | or authority designated   |   |                                 |
|    | to handle comments        |   |                                 |
|    | regarding the             |   |                                 |
|    | notification shall be     |   |                                 |
|    | indicated if different    |   |                                 |
|    | from above:**             |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | Energy Efficiency         |   |                                 |
|    | Division                  |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | California Energy         |   |                                 |
|    | Commission                |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | 1516 Ninth St., MS-25     |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | Sacramento, CA  95814     |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | U.S.A.                    |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | or                        |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | U.S. WTO TBT Inquiry      |   |                                 |
|    | Point                     |   |                                 |
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| ** | **Notified under Article  |   |                                 |
| 3. | 2.9.2 \[**   **\], 2.10.1 |   |                                 |
| ** | \[ **  **\], 5.6.2        |   |                                 |
|    | \[ **  **\], 5.7.1        |   |                                 |
|    | \[ **  **\], other:** 3.2 |   |                                 |
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| ** | **Products covered (HS or |   |                                 |
| 4. | CCCN where applicable,    |   |                                 |
| ** | otherwise national tariff |   |                                 |
|    | heading.\                 |   |                                 |
|    | ICS numbers may be        |   |                                 |
|    | provided in addition,     |   |                                 |
|    | where applicable):**      |   |                                 |
|    | Appliances efficiency \-- |   |                                 |
|    | power supplies; consumer  |   |                                 |
|    | audio and video           |   |                                 |
|    | equipment, which are      |   |                                 |
|    | televisions, compact      |   |                                 |
|    | audio products, digital   |   |                                 |
|    | versatile disc players,   |   |                                 |
|    | digital versatile disc    |   |                                 |
|    | recorders, and digital    |   |                                 |
|    | television adapters (HS:  |   |                                 |
|    | Chapter 8504, 8519, 8525) |   |                                 |
|    | (ICS: 33, 97).            |   |                                 |
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| ** | **Title, number of pages  |   |                                 |
| 5. | and language(s) of the    |   |                                 |
| ** | notified document:**      |   |                                 |
|    | Amendments to Appliance   |   |                                 |
|    | Efficiency Regulations,   |   |                                 |
|    | California Code of        |   |                                 |
|    | Regulations, Title 20,    |   |                                 |
|    | Sections\                 |   |                                 |
|    | 1601 -- 1608 (10 pages,   |   |                                 |
|    | in English).              |   |                                 |
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| ** | **Description of          |   |                                 |
| 6. | content:** These          |   |                                 |
| ** | Appliance Efficiency      |   |                                 |
|    | Regulations, (California  |   |                                 |
|    | Code of Regulations,      |   |                                 |
|    | Title 20, Sections 1601   |   |                                 |
|    | through 1608) dated July  |   |                                 |
|    | 2006, were adopted by the |   |                                 |
|    | California Energy         |   |                                 |
|    | Commission on 24 May      |   |                                 |
|    | 2006, and approved by the |   |                                 |
|    | California Office of      |   |                                 |
|    | Administrative Law on 23  |   |                                 |
|    | June 2006. These          |   |                                 |
|    | Appliance Efficiency      |   |                                 |
|    | Regulations replace all   |   |                                 |
|    | previous versions of      |   |                                 |
|    | California Appliance      |   |                                 |
|    | Efficiency Regulations.   |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | The Appliance Efficiency  |   |                                 |
|    | Regulations include       |   |                                 |
|    | standards for both        |   |                                 |
|    | federally-regulated       |   |                                 |
|    | appliances and            |   |                                 |
|    | non-federally-regulated   |   |                                 |
|    | appliances. Twenty-one    |   |                                 |
|    | categories of appliances  |   |                                 |
|    | are included in the scope |   |                                 |
|    | of these regulations. The |   |                                 |
|    | standards within these    |   |                                 |
|    | regulations apply to      |   |                                 |
|    | appliances that are sold  |   |                                 |
|    | or offered for sale in    |   |                                 |
|    | California, except those  |   |                                 |
|    | sold wholesale in         |   |                                 |
|    | California for final      |   |                                 |
|    | retail sale outside the   |   |                                 |
|    | state and those designed  |   |                                 |
|    | and sold exclusively for  |   |                                 |
|    | use in recreational       |   |                                 |
|    | vehicles or other mobile  |   |                                 |
|    | equipment.                |   |                                 |
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| ** | **Objective and           |   |                                 |
| 7. | rationale, including the  |   |                                 |
| ** | nature of urgent problems |   |                                 |
|    | where applicable:**       |   |                                 |
|    | Protection of the         |   |                                 |
|    | environment               |   |                                 |
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| ** | **Relevant documents:**   |   |                                 |
| 8. | Appliance Efficiency      |   |                                 |
| ** | Regulations, (California  |   |                                 |
|    | Code of Regulations,      |   |                                 |
|    | Title 20, Sections 1601   |   |                                 |
|    | through 1608), July 2006, |   |                                 |
|    | available online at URL:  |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | http://ww                 |   |                                 |
|    | w.energy.ca.gov/2006publi |   |                                 |
|    | cations/CEC-400-2006-002/ |   |                                 |
|    | CEC-400-2006-002-REV1.PDF |   |                                 |
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| ** | **Proposed date of        |   | To be determined                |
| 9. | adoption:**               |   |                                 |
| ** |                           |   |                                 |
|    | **Proposed date of entry  |   |                                 |
|    | into force:**             |   |                                 |
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| *  | **Final date for          |   |                                 |
| *1 | comments:** 1 January     |   |                                 |
| 0. | 2007                      |   |                                 |
| ** |                           |   |                                 |
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| *  | **Texts available from:   |   |                                 |
| *1 | National enquiry point    |   |                                 |
| 1. | \[** X **\] or address,   |   |                                 |
| ** | telephone and fax         |   |                                 |
|    | numbers, e-mail and       |   |                                 |
|    | web-site addresses, if    |   |                                 |
|    | available of the other    |   |                                 |
|    | body:**                   |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | Text and relevant         |   |                                 |
|    | documents available       |   |                                 |
|    | online at Internet URL:   |   |                                 |
|    |                           |   |                                 |
|    | http://www.energy.ca.g    |   |                                 |
|    | ov/appliances/2006rulemak |   |                                 |
|    | ing2/documents/2006-04-24 |   |                                 |
|    | _EXPRESS_TERMS_15-DAY.PDF |   |                                 |
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