G/TBT/N/USA/691/Rev.1  
16 March 2023  
(23-1941) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Revision  
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 (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notifi cation 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 [  ], 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):  Battery 
chargers; Domestic safety (ICS code(s): 13.120); Miscellaneous domestic and commercia l 
equipment (ICS code(s): 97.180)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Energy 
Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Battery Chargers; (57 
page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice of proposed rulemaking; announcement of public 
meeting on 27 April 2023 - The Energy Policy and Conservation Act , as amended  ("EPCA"), 
prescribes energy conservation standards for various consumer products and certain 
commercial and industrial equipment, including battery chargers . EPCA also requires the 
U.S. Department of Energy ("DOE" or "Department") to periodically determine whether 
more-stringent, standards would be technologically f easible and economically justified, 
and would result in significant energy savings. In this notice of proposed rulemaking 
("NOPR"), DOE proposes amended energy conservation standards for battery chargers, 
and announces a public meeting to receive comment o n these proposed standards and 
associated analyses and results.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Protection of the 
environment   
8. Relevant documents:  88 Federal Register (FR) 16112, 15 March 2023; Title 10 Code of 
Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 430:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-03-15/html/2023 -04765.htm  G/TBT/N/USA/691/Rev.1  
 
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  https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-03-15/pdf/2023 -04765.pdf  
DOE will hold a public meeting v ia webinar on Thursday, 27 April 2023, from 1:00 p.m. 
to 4:00 p.m.  Eastern Time  See section VII, "Public Part icipation," for webinar registration 
information, participant instructions, and information about the capabilities available to 
webinar participants.  
This notice of proposed rulemaking; announcement of public meeting is identified by 
Docket Number EERE -2020-BT-STD-0013. The Docket Folder is available at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EERE -2020-BT-STD-0013/document  and provides 
access to primary and supporting documents as well as comments received. Documents 
are also accessible from Regulations.gov  by searching the Docket Number. WTO Members 
and their stakeholders are asked to submit comments to the USA TBT Enquiry Point  by or 
before 4pm Eastern Time  on 15 May 2022. Comments received by the USA TB T Enquiry 
Point from 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 c omment period.  
Previous actions notified under the symbol G/TBT/N/USA/691  are identified by Docket 
Numbers EERE-2008-BT-STD-0005 and EERE-2020-BT-STD-0006. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  15 May 2023  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone or fax 
numbers  and email and website address es, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/USA/23_2071_00_e.pdf