G/TBT/N/USA/1959  
12 January 2023  
(23-0318) 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 AMERICA  
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) 
[1990]  
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 [  ], 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):  General 
service lamps; Environmental protection (ICS code(s): 13.020); Lamps and related 
equipment (ICS code(s): 29.140)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Energy 
Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for General Service Lamps; (82 
page(s), in English)  
6. Description o f content:  Notice of proposed rulemaking and announcement of public 
meeting on Wednesday, 1 February 2023 - The Energy Policy and Conservation Act , as 
amended  ("EPCA"), directs the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to initiate two 
rulemaking cycles for general service lamps (GSLs)  that, among other requirements, 
determine whether standards in effect for GSLs should be amended. EPCA also requires 
DOE to periodically determine whether more -stringe nt, standards would be 
technologically feasible and economically justified, and would result in significant energy 
savings. In this notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR), DOE proposes amended standards 
for GSLs pursuant to its statutory authority in EPCA, a nd also announces a webinar to 
receive comments on its proposal and associated analyses and results.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Protectio n of the 
environment  
8. Relevant documents:   
88 Federal Register (FR) 1638, 11 January 2022; Title 10 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) Part 430:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-01-11/html/2022 -28072.htm  G/TBT/N/USA/1959  
 
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  https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-01-11/pdf/2022 -28072.pdf  
DOE will hold a public meeting via webinar on Wednesday, 1 February 2023, from 1 p.m. 
to 4 p.m.  Eastern Time . See section IX, "Public Participation," for webinar registration 
information, participant instructions,  and information about the capabilities available to 
webinar participants.  
This notice of proposed rulemaking and announcement of public meeting is identified by 
Docket Number EERE -2022-BT-STD-0022. The Docket Folder is available on 
Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EERE -2022-BT-STD-
0022/document  and provides access to primary 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 27 March 2023. Comments received by 
the USA TBT Enquiry Point from WTO Members and their stakeholders will be sh ared with 
the regulator and will also be submitted to the Docket  on Regulations.gov if received 
within the comment period.  
G/TBT/N/USA/874 and subsequent addenda and corrigenda  - Energy Efficiency Program 
for Consumer Products: Energy Conservation Standards for General Service Lamps 
identified by Docket Numbers EERE-2013-BT-STD-0051, EERE-2017-BT-NOA-0052 and 
EERE-2018-BT-STD-0010. 
G/TBT/N/USA/1440 and subsequent addenda  - Energy Conservation Program: Energy 
Conservation Standards for General Service Lamps identified by  Docket Number EERE-
2018-BT-STD-0010. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  27 March 2023  
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/2023/TBT/USA/23_0397_00_e.pdf