G/TBT/N/CHN/1840  
29 April 2024  
(24-3454) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  CHINA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
State Administration for Market Regulation (Standardization Administration of the P.R.C.)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notific ation shall be indicated if different from above:   
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):  Remote 
refrigerating display cabinets, self -contained refrigerating display cabinets, closed ice 
cream refrigerating cabinets and self -contained beverage refrigerating display cabinets, 
solid door commercial refrige rating cabinets, refrigerated beverage vending machines, 
commercial ice machines, soft -serve ice cream maker, built -in front mechanically 
refrigerating and heated container, mechanically refrigerated (heated) vehicle container, 
mechanically refrigerated mo bile cold storage (container) (HS code(s): 8418); (ICS 
code(s): 27.010)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  National 
Standard of the P.R.C., Minimum allowable values of energy efficiency and energy 
efficiency grades for com mercial refrigerating appliances; (39 page(s), in Chinese)  
6. Description of content:  This document specifies the implementation requirements of 
the minimum allowable values of energy efficiency, energy efficiency grades and test 
methods for commercial re frigeration appliances.  
This document applies to remote refrigerating display cabinets, self -contained 
refrigerating display cabinets, closed ice cream refrigerating cabinets and self -contained 
beverage refrigerating display cabinets, solid door commercial  refrigerating cabinets, 
refrigerated beverage vending machines, commercial ice machines, soft -serve ice cream 
maker, built -in front mechanically refrigerating and heated container, mechanically 
refrigerated (heated) vehicle container, mechanically refrige rated mobile cold storage 
(container).  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Energy conservation  
8. Relevant documents:   G/TBT/N/CHN/1840  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  12 months after approval  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
WTO/TBT National Notification and Enquiry Center of the People's Republic of China  
Tel：+86 10 57954633/ 57954627  
E_mail: tbt@customs.gov.cn  
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