G/TBT/N/EU/949  
30 January 2023  
(23-0682) 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:  EUROPEAN UNION  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
European Commission  
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:   
European Comm ission,  
EU-TBT Enquiry Point,  
Fax: +(32) 2 299 80 43,  
E-mail: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -databases/tbt/en/  
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 CC CN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Household 
tumble dryers  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Commission Regulation implementing Direct ive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament 
and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for household tumble dryers, 
amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 1275/2008, and repealing Commission 
Regulation (EU) No 932/2012; (16 page(s), in English ), (10 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This draft Commission Regulation covers products designed for 
the drying of household laundry to be placed on the EU market.  
The draft regulation lays down minimum energy performance requirements, in particular 
on power demand in active mode and for the low power modes of household tumble 
dryers; minimum condensation efficiency performance; appropriate requirements 
contributing to circular economy objectives in particular, requirements on resource 
efficiency including availability of necessary spare parts and maximum delivery time 
thereof, access to repair and maintenance information, information requirements for 
refrigerant gase s, requirements for disassembly for the purpose of repair and for material 
recovery and recycling, and information requirements. In accordance with the Ecodesign 
Directive 2009/125/EC, household tumble dryers not meeting these requirements will not 
be allo wed to be placed on the EU market. The draft Regulation is based on the findings 
of technical, environmental and economic studies and takes into account the opinions of 
the different stakeholders.  G/TBT/N/EU/949  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent  problems where 
applicable:  The aim of the draft Regulation is to address regulatory and market failures 
existing in the household tumble dryers sector in the EU. The European Commission has 
reviewed Regulation (EU) No 932/2012 in the light of technologica l progress. The review 
study analysed technical, environmental and economic aspects of household tumble 
dryers as well as the real -life user behaviour. The study was developed in consultation 
with stakeholders and interested parties from the European Union  and third countries. 
The results of the study have been made publicly available and presented to the 
Consultation Forum established by Article 18 of Directive 2009/125/EC. The study 
concluded that there was a need for the introduction of a revised set of ecodesign 
requirements for household tumble dryers. Existing EU measures addressing energy 
efficiency of household tumble dryers need to be adapted as a result of the technological 
changes over the past 10 years. Moreover, the Review study and the consulta tion with 
stakeholders have identified poor "circular economy" performance. The proposed 
regulation addresses a number of identified failures hindering the full realisation of the 
existing energy and carbon emissions savings potential and the move towards a more 
resource efficient and circular economy.  
8. Relevant documents:   
Directive 2009/125/EC  of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 
establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy -related 
products, Official Journal L 285 , 31 October 2009, P. 010.  
http://eur -
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:285:0010:0035:en:PDF  
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 932/2012 of 3 October 2012 implementing Di rective 
2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to ecodesign 
requirements for household tumble driers  
https://eur -lex.eu ropa.eu/legal -content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:02012R0932 -
20170109&from=FR  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  April 2023  
Proposed date of entry into force:  20 days from publication in the Official Journal of 
the EU. The provisions shall apply from 1 July 2025  
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:   
European Commission,  
EU-TBT Enquiry Point,  
Fax: + (32) 2 299 80 43,  
E-mail: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
The text is available on the EU -TBT Website : http://ec.europa.e u/growth/tools -
databases/tbt/en/  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/EEC/23_0768_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/EEC/23_0768_01_e.pdf