G/TBT/N/USA/1481  
 
1 May 2019  
(19-3007) 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:  UNITED STATES OF AME RICA  
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) [1504]  
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 [X], 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):  Small 
electric motors and electric motors; Electric motors and generators (excluding generating 
sets) (HS 8501); Test conditions and procedures in general (ICS 19.020), Electrical and 
electronic testing (ICS 19.080), Rotating machinery (ICS 29 .160)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Energy 
Conservation Program: Test Procedures for Small Electric Motors and Electric Motors (25 
page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) p roposes amending its 
test procedures for small electric motors. First, DOE proposes further harmonizing its 
procedures with industry practice by incorporating a new industry standard manufacturers 
would be permitted to use in addition to the industry stand ards currently incorporated by 
reference as options for use when testing small electric motor efficiency. Second, with 
respect to electric motors, DOE proposes further harmonizing its test procedures by 
incorporating an additional industry standard to the two that are already incorporated by 
reference as options when testing the efficiency of this equipment. Each of these changes 
is expected to reduce testing burdens on manufacturers. Finally, DOE proposes to adopt 
industry provisions related to the test co nditions to ensure the comparability of test 
results for small electric motors. None of these proposed changes would affect the 
measured average full -load efficiency of small electric motors or the measured nominal 
full-load efficiency of electric motors w hen compared to the current test procedures.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of the environment; Harmonization; Cost saving and productivity 
enhancement  
8. Relevant documents:   
• 84 Federal Register (FR) 17004, 23 April 2019; Title 10 Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) Part 431: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2019-04-G/TBT/N/USA/1481  
 
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  23/html/2019 -06868.htm;  https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2019-04-
23/pdf/2019 -06868.pdf  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  24 June 2019  
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/2019/TBT/USA/19_2582_ 00_e.pdf