G/TBT/N/USA/1215/Rev.1  
3 April 2023  
(23-2311) Page: 1/2 
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, Department of Energy  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notifi cation 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):  
Refrigeration products; Refrigerators, freezers and other refrigerating or freezing 
equipment , electric or other; heat pumps; parts thereof (excl. air conditioning machines 
of heading 8415) (HS code(s): 8418); Environmental protection (ICS code(s): 13.020); 
Domestic refrigerating appliances (ICS code(s): 97.040.30); Commercial refrigerating 
applia nces (ICS code(s): 97.130.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Energy 
Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Miscellaneous Refrigeration 
Products; (66 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice of proposed rulemaking; announcement of public 
meeting via webinar on 2 May 2023 - The Energy Policy and Conservation Act , as amended  
("EPCA"), prescribes energy conservation standards for various consumer products and 
certain commercial and industrial equipment, including miscellaneous refrigeration 
products . EPCA also requires the U.S. Department of Energy ("DOE") to periodically 
determine whether more stringent, standards would be tech nologically feasible and 
economically justified, and would result in significant energy savings. In this notice of 
proposed rulemaking ("NOPR"), DOE proposes amended energy conservation standards 
for miscellaneous refrigeration products, and also announces  a public meeting to receive 
comment on these proposed standards and associated analyses and results.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Protecti on of the 
environment   G/TBT/N/USA/1215/Rev.1  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:  88 Federal Register (FR) 19382, 31 March 2023; Title 10 Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 430:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-03-31/html/2023 -05363.htm  
https://www.govin fo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-03-31/pdf/2023 -05363.pdf  
DOE will hold a public meeting via webinar on Tuesday, 2 May 2023, from 1:00 p.m. to 
4:00 p.m.  Eastern Time  See section IV, "Public Participation," for webinar registration 
information, participant instructions and information about the capabilities available to 
webinar participants. Comments regarding the likel y competitive impact of the proposed 
standard should be sent to the Department of Justice contact listed in the ADDRESSES 
section on or before 1 May 2023.  
This notice of proposed rulemaking; announcement of public meeting and previous actions 
notified unde r the symbol G/TBT/N/USA/1215  are identified by Docket Numbers EERE -
2020-BT-STD-0039 and EERE -2011-BT-STD-0043. The Docket Folders are available from 
Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EERE -2020-BT-STD-
0039/document  and https://www.regulations .gov/docket/EERE -2011-BT-STD-
0043/document  and provide access to primary and supporting documents as well as 
comments received. Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov  by searching 
the Docket Number. W TO Members and their stakeholders are asked to submit comments 
to the USA TBT Enquiry Point  by or before 4pm Eastern Time  on 30 May 2023. Comments 
received by the USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO Members and their stakeholders will be 
shared with the regulator and will also be submitted to Docket E ERE-2020-BT-STD-0039 
on Regulations.gov if received within the comment period.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  30 May 2023  
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/crnattac hments/2023/TBT/USA/23_8698_00_e.pdf