G/TBT/N/EU/950  
30 January 2023  
(23-0685) 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 Delegated Regulation supplemen ting Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 of the 
European Parliament and of the Council with regard to energy labelling of household 
tumble dryers and repealing Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 392/2012; (14 
page(s), in English), (25 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This draft Commission Delegated Regulation applies to 
household tumble dryers to be placed on the EU market and repeals Regulation (EU) No 
392/2012 with regard to energy labelling of household tumble dryers.  
It requires suppliers, before products can be placed on the EU market, to upload the label 
data, the product information sheet and the technical documentation into a product 
registration database.  
The draft Commission Delegated Regulation is based on the f indings of a review study 
and of a long discussion process with stakeholders.  G/TBT/N/EU/950  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:   
The aim of the draft Regulation is to provide customers with transparent and objective 
information on the energy efficiency of household tumble dryers, and on additional 
information to compare these appliances for an informed purchase choice. This will 
contribute to a market pull towards more environmentally friendly products, with 
increased en ergy efficiency, thus contributing to the clean energy transition and 
mitigation of climate change.  
Moreover, Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 requires for household tumble dryers, which 
currently have an energy label showing classes from A+++ to D, the introduct ion of a 
new, rescaled label showing classes from A to G.  
Consumer information, labelling  
8. Relevant documents:   
Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2017 
setting a framework for energy labelling and repealing Directive 2010/30/EU, OJ L 198, 
28.7.2017, p. 1 –23 
https://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_.2 017.198.01.0001.01.ENG&toc=OJ:L:2017:198:TO
C 
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 392/2012 of 1 March 2012 supplementing 
Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to energy 
labelling of household tumble driers  
https://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:02012R0392 -
20200809&from=FR  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  April 2023  
Proposed date of entry i nto force:  This regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 
2024. It 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.eu/growth/tools -
databases/tbt/en/  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/EEC/23_0769_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/EEC/23_0769_01_e.pdf