G/TBT/N/OMN/412  
27 July 2020  
(20-5133) 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:  OMAN   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Ministry of Commerce & Industry  
Directorate General for Specifications & Measurements  
P.O. Box: 550, Postal Code: 113  
Tel.: + (968) 2481 3832  
Fax: + (968) 2471 5992  
E-mail: nepic@moci.gov.om  
Website: http://www.mocioman.gov.om  
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:   
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):  Water 
Heaters, Electrical Clothes Washing Machines, Refrigerators, Refrigerator -Freezers and 
Freezers  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Ministerial 
Decree obligating the Omani standards "Water heaters - energy performance  
requirements" ; "Electrical Clothes Washing Machines Energy and Water performance 
requirements" and  "Refrigerators, Refrigerator - Freezers and Freezers - Energy 
Performance, Testing and  Labeling Requirements" (1 page(s), in Arabic)  
6. Description of cont ent: This Ministerial Decree obligating the Omani standards "Water 
heaters - energy performance requirements" and "Electrical Clothes Washing Machines 
Energy and Water performance requirements" and "Refrigerators, Refrigerator -Freezers 
and Freezers - Energy  Performance, Testing and Labeling Requirements". The standards 
specifies  the Minimum Energy Performance Standard (MEPS), energy efficiency labelling 
and testing  requirements . 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Energy Efficiency  G/TBT/N/OMN/412  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
1. Final Draft OS "Water heaters - energy performance requirements"  
• EN 50440 - "Efficiency of domestic electrical storage water heaters and testing 
method"  
2. Final Draft OS "Electrical Clothes Washing Machines Energy and Water performance  
requirements"  
• EN 60456:2016 - Clothes washing machines for household use - Methods for  
measuring the performance  
• OS GSO 1899 - GCC Standard Voltages and Frequencies for Alter nating Current 
Distribution.  
3. Final Draft OS "Refrigerators, Refrigerator - Freezers and Freezers - Energy Performance, 
Testing and Labeling Requirements"  
• IEC 62552 -1:2015  
• IEC 62552 -2:2015  
• IEC 62552 -3:2015  
• EU Directive 2019/2016  
The standards are available for sale through the follo wing website: http://www.gso.org.sa  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
National Enquiry Point and Information Centre (NEPIC)  
P.O. Box: 550  
Postal code: 113 Muscat  
Sultanate of Oman  
Tel.: + (968) 2481 7252  
Fax: + (968) 2481 7040  
Email: nepic@moci.gov.om  
And can be downloaded from:  
https://members.wto.org/c rnattachments/2020/TBT/OMN/20_4401_00_x.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/OMN/20_4401_01_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/OMN/20_4401_02_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2020/TBT/OMN/20_4401_03_e.pdf