G/TBT/N/CHE/240  
25 November 2019  
(19-8052) 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:  SWITZERLAND   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Swiss Federal Office 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 notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO  
Holzikofenweg 36, 3003 Bern  
tbt@seco.admin.ch , www.seco.admin.ch  
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):  
Refrigerating appliances; household washing machines; household washer -dryers; 
household dishwashers; vacuum cleaner; light sources and separate control gear; 
electronic d ispl; refrigerating appliances with a direct sales function; external power 
supplies; electric motors and variable speed drives; transformers; welding equipment; 
servers and data storage products; air heating products, cooling products, high 
temperature pr ocess chillers and fan coil units  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft revision 
of the ordinance on energy efficiency requirements for series -produced installations, 
vehicles and appliances (Energy Efficiency Ordinance ) ("Verordnung über die 
Anforderungen an serienmässig hergestellte Anlagen, Fahrzeuge und Geräte" - 
Energieeffizienzverordnung, EnEV), Articles, 2, 4 –6, 14–16 and Annexes 1.1, 1.2, 1.5, 
1.6–1.8, 1.12, 1.14 –1.22, 2.1 –2.3, 2.5, 2.7, 2.8, 2.10 –2.13 and 3.2; 4 4 pages; available 
in German (French and Italian will be issued as soon as available). (44 page(s), in 
German)  
6. Description of content:  This ordinance contains all requirements related to the energy 
efficiency of mass -produced appliances and installations. The notified draft ordinance will 
set out minimum energy performance and labelling requirements for refrigerating 
appliances, househol d washing machines, household washer -dryers, household 
dishwashers, electronic displays, refrigerating appliances with a direct sales function, light 
sources and separate control gears. It will set out minimum energy performance 
requirements for external p ower supplies, electric motors, variable speed drives, 
transformers, air heating products, cooling products, high temperature process chillers 
and fan coil units, servers and data storage products and welding equipment. For vacuum 
cleaners, the energy labe lling requirement will be withdrawn. Products not meeting these 
requirements will not be allowed to be placed on the Swiss market.  G/TBT/N/CHE/240  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  This proposal aims to reduce the power  consumption and to largely align the 
requirements regarding energy efficiency and energy labelling for the above -listed 
products (point 4) with the EU.  
8. Relevant documents:   
Draft revision of the ordinance on energy efficiency requirements for series -produced 
installations, vehicles and appliances (Energy Efficiency Ordinance) ("Verordnung über 
die Anforderungen an serienmässig hergestellte Anlagen, Fahrzeuge und Geräte" - 
Energieeffizienzverordnung, EnEV), Articles, 2, 4 –6, 14–16 and Annexes 1.1, 1.2, 1.5, 
1.6–1.8, 1.12, 1.14 –1.22, 2.1 –2.3, 2.5, 2.7, 2.8, 2.10 –2.13 and 3.2; 44 pages; available 
in German (French and Italian will be issued as soon as available).  
9. Proposed da te of adoption:  1 May 2020  
Proposed date of entry into force:  1 May 2020  
10. Final date for comments:  21 January 2020  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Current version of the Energy Efficiency Ordinance (Energieeffizienzverordnung vom 1 
November 2017) (SR 730.02), available in German, French and Italian.  
- German: https://www.admin.ch/opc/de/classified -
compilation/20162950/index.html   
- French: https://www.admin.ch/opc/fr/classified -compilation/20162950/index.html  
- Italian: https://www.admin.ch/opc/it/classified -compilation/20162950/index.html   
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