G/TBT/N/USA/1766  
25 August 2021  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
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 (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (OEERE), 
Department of Energy (DOE) [1795]  
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:   
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 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  General 
service lamps; Vocabularies (ICS 01.040), Environmental protection (ICS 13.020), Lamps 
and related equipment (ICS 29.140)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Energy 
Conservation Program: Definitions for General Ser vice Lamps (16 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice of proposed rulemaking and announcement of public 
meeting - On 19 January 2017, the U.S. Department of Energy ("DOE")  published two 
final rules adopting revised definitions of general s ervice lamp ("GSL") and general service 
incandescent lamp ("GSIL"), and other supplemental definitions, to go into effect 1 
January 2020. Prior to that effective date, on 5 September 2019, DOE withdrew the 
revised definitions of GSL, GSIL, and the other su pplemental definitions. Upon further 
review and consideration, in this notice of proposed rulemaking ("NOPR"), DOE proposes 
to adopt the definitions of GSL and GSIL and the associated supplemental definitions set 
forth in the January 2017 final rules. This  document also announces a public meeting to 
receive comment on these proposed definitions.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents:  86 Federal Register (FR) 46611, 19 August 2021; Title 10 Code 
of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 430:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-08-19/html/2021 -17346.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-08-19/pdf/2021 -17346.pdf  
This notice of proposed rulemaking and announcement of public meeting is identified by 
Docket Number EERE -2021-BT-STD-0012. The Docket Folder is available on 
Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EERE -2021-BT-STD-
0012/document  and provides access to primary and supporting documents as well as 
comments received. Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov  by searching G/TBT/N/USA/1766  
 
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  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 fr om 
WTO Members and their stakeholders will be shared with the regulator and will also be 
submitted to the Docket  on Regulations.gov if received within the comment period.  
G/TBT/N/USA/874/Add.13  - Energy Conservation Program: Definition for General Service 
Lamps; Final rules; withdrawal  
G/TBT/N/USA/1440/Add.2  - Energy Conservation Program: Definition for General Service 
Lamps; Final rules; withdrawal  
The Docket Number associated with e ach of the above notified actions is EERE -2018-BT-
STD-0010.  Documents are accessible from the Docket Folder on Regulations.gov  at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EERE -2018-BT-STD-0010/document .   
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  18 October 2021  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2021/TBT/USA/21_5366_00_e.pdf