G/TBT/N/PAN/121  
26 July 2022 
(22-5638) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member: PANAMA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:  
Ministerio  de la Presidencia  (Ministry of the President's Office)  
Secretaria Nacional de Energía  (National Energy Secretariat)  
Address: Calle 50 y 74, Edificio 909, piso 11  
Panamá, Panama  
Tel.: (+507) 527 -9976 or 527 -9955 
Website: https://www.energia.gob.pa/  
Email: infoenergía@energía.gob.pa  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  
Ministerio de Comercio e Industrias  (Ministry of Trade and Industry)  
Dirección General de Normas y Tecnología Industrial (Directorate -General for Standards 
and Industrial Technology)  
Vía Ricardo J. Alfaro, Edificio Plaza Edison, 3 Piso  
Panamá, Panama  
Tel.: (+507) 560 -0716/560 -0600, Ext. 5964  
Email: dgnti@mici.gob.pa  
Website: https://www.mici.gob.pa/normalizacion -tecnica/consulta -publica  
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): Domestic 
refrigerating appliances (ICS code(s): 97.040.30)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Reglamento 
Centroamericano RTCA 97.01.81:22 PRODUCTOS ELÉCTRIC OS. Refrigeradores y 
congeladores electrodomésticos. Especificaciones de eficiencia energética  (Central 
American Technical Regulation (RTCA) No. 97.01.81:22: Electrical products. Household 
refrigerators and freezers. Energy efficiency specifications) (16 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content: The notified Regulation establishes the maximum energy 
consumption levels, test method, conformity assessment procedure and labelling for 
household refrigerators and freezers operated using hermetic motor -driven compressors, 
which are manufactured or marketed in, or imported into, the States Parties.  
 
It applies to household refrigerators and refrigerator -freezers of up to 1,104 litres (39 
cubic feet) and household freezers of up to 850 litres (30 cubic feet) operated using G/TBT/N/PAN/121  
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  hermetic motor -driven compressors, which are manufactured or marketed in, or imported 
into, the States Parties.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection  
8. Relevant documents:  
1. 10 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 430, Energy Conservation Program for 
Consumer Products.  
2. AHAM HRF -1-2019, Energy and Internal Volume of  Consumer Refrigeration Products.  
3. CAN/CSA -C300-08, Energy performance and capacity of household refrigerators, 
refrigerator -freezers, freezers, and wine chillers.  
4. Mexican Official Standard NOM -015-ENER -2018, Eficiencia energética de refrigeradores 
y congeladores electrodomésticos. Límites, métodos de prueba y etiquetado . 
9. Proposed date of adoption: To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force: To be determined  
10. Final date for comments: 60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Ministerio de Comercio e Industrias  
Dirección General de Normas y Tecnología Industrial  
Vía Ricardo J. Alfa ro, Calle El Paical, Edificio Plaza Edison, 3er Piso  
Panamá, Panama  
Tel.: (+507) 560 0716/(+507) 560 0600, Ext. 5968/5967  
Email: ngenao@mici.gob.pa / dlay@energia.gob.pa  
Website: www.mici.gob.pa  
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