G/TBT/N/USA/1638/Add.2  
 
17 December  2020 
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  17 December 2020 , is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the United States of America . 
 
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Title: Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Clothes Washers and 
Clothes Dryers  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[  ] Comment period changed - date:   
[  ] Notified measure adopted - date:  
[X] Notified measure published - date: 16 December 2020  
[X] Notified measure enters into force - date: 15 January 2021  
[X] Text of final measure available from1:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-12-16/html/2020 -26976. htm 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2020-12-16/pdf/2020 -26976.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/USA/final_measure/20_7771_00_
e.pdf 
[  ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  
Relevant symbol if meas ure re -notified:   
[  ] Content or scope of notified measure changed  
New deadline for comments (if applicable):   
[  ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:  
[  ] Other:  
 
Description:  Energy Conservation Program: Establishment of New Product Classes for Residential 
Clothes Washers and Consumer Clothes Dryers   
AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy  
ACTION: Final rule  
SUMMARY: The Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended ("EPCA"), prescribes energy 
conservation standards for various consumer products and certain commercial and industrial 
equipment, including residential clothes washers and consumer clothes dryers. In this final rule, the 
U.S. Department of Energy ("DOE" or "the Department") establishes separate product classes for 
top-loading consumer clothes washers and consumer clothes dryer s that offer cycle times for a 
 
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  normal cycle of less than 30 minutes, and for front -loading residential clothes washers that offer 
cycle times for a normal cycle of less than 45 minutes. DOE's decision to establish these new product 
classes is based on the comments received in response to the proposed rule as well as testing and 
evaluation conducted by the Department. This rulemaking sets out the basis for the new product 
classes. DOE intends to determine the specific energy and water consumption limits for the new 
product classes in separate rulemakings in accordance with the requirements of the Department's 
Process Rule.  
DATES: The effective date of this rule is 15 January 2021.  
This final rule and previous actions notified under the symbol G/TBT/N/USA/1638  are identified by 
docket number EERE -2020-BT-STD-0001.   The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov  at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=EERE -2020-BT-STD-0001, and provides access to primary 
and supporting documents as well as comments received. Documents are also accessible from 
Regulations.gov  by searc hing the docket number.  
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