G/TBT/N/USA/998/Rev.1  
15 February 2024  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Revision  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (OEERE), Department of Energy (DOE)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regard ing 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 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading.  ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  
Conventional cooking products; Electric  industrial or laboratory furnaces and ovens (excl. 
resistance heated, induction, dielectric and drying furnaces and ovens) (HS code(s): 
851430); Environmental protection (ICS code(s): 13.020); Energy efficiency. Energy 
conservation in general (ICS code(s) : 27.015); Kitchen equipment (ICS code(s): 97.040)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Energy 
Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Conventional 
Cooking Products; (16 page(s), in English)  
6. Desc ription of content:  Notice of proposed rulemaking - The Energy Policy and 
Conservation Act, as amended (" EPCA"), prescribes ener gy conservation standards for 
various consumer products and certain commercial and industrial equipment, including 
consumer conventional cooking products. In this notice of proposed rulemaking ("NOPR"), 
the U.S. Department of Energy ("DOE") proposes new an d amended energy conservation 
standards for consumer conventional cooking products identical to those set forth in a 
direct final rule published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register. If DOE receives 
adverse comment and determines that such comme nt may provide a reasonable basis for 
withdrawal of the direct final rule, DOE will publish a notice of withdrawal and will proceed 
with this proposed rule.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer inf ormation, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of the environment   G/TBT/N/USA/998/Rev.1  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
89 Federal Register (FR) 11548, 14 February 2024; Title 10 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) Parts 430 : 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2024-02-14/html/2024 -02007.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2024-02-14/pdf/2024 -02007.pdf  
Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer 
Conventional Cooking Products, Direct Final Rule published 14 February 2024 will be 
notified as G/TBT/N/USA/998/Rev.1/Add.1:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2024-02-14/html/2024 -02008.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2024-02-14/pdf/2024 -02008.pdf  
This notice of proposed rulemaking and previous actions notified under the symbol 
G/TBT/N/USA/998  are identified by Docket Number EERE -2014-BT-STD-0005. The 
Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EERE -2014-BT-STD-0005/document  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. 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 
stakeholders by 4pm Eastern Time  on 3 June 2024 will be sha red with DOE and will also 
be submitted to the Docket  on Regulations.gov if received within the comment period.  
9. Proposed date of adoptio n: To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  3 June 2024  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone or fax 
numbers  and email and website address es, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2024/TBT/USA/24_01493_00_e.pdf