G/TBT/N/USA/1961  
3 February 2023  
(23-0761) 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) 
[1992]  
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):  External 
power supplies; Environmental protection (ICS code(s): 13.020); Miscellaneous domestic 
and commercial 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 External Power Supplies  
; (63 page( s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice of proposed rulemaking and announcement of public 
meeting via webinar on Wednesday, 1 March 2023 - The Energy P olicy and Conservation 
Act, as amended  ("EPCA"), prescribes energy conservation standards for various 
consumer products and certain  commercial and industrial equipment, including external 
power supplies ("EPSs") . EPCA also requires the U.S. Department of Energy ("DOE") to 
periodically  determine whether more -stringent, 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 energy conservation 
standards fo r EPSs, and also announces a public meeting to receive comment on these 
proposed standards and associated analyses and results.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents:   
88 Federal Register (FR) 7284, 2 February 2023; Title 10 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) Part 430:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-02-02/html/2023 -01282.htm  G/TBT/N/USA/1961  
 
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  https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-02-02/pdf/2023 -01282.pdf  
DOE will hold a public meeting via webinar on Wednesday, 1 March 2023, from 1:00 p.m. 
to 4:00  p.m. Eastern Time . See section VII, "Public Participation," 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-0006. The Docket Folder is available from 
Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EERE -2020-BT-STD-
0006/document  and provides access to primary and supporting documents as well as 
comments received. Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov  by searchin g 
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 3 April 2023. Comments 
received by the USA TBT 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 comment period.  
G/TBT/N/USA/691 and subsequent a ddenda  - Energy Conservation Program: Energy 
Conservation Standards for Battery Chargers and External Power Supplies identified by 
Docket Numbers EERE-2008-BT-STD-0005, EERE-2020-BT-STD-0006 and EERE-2020-
BT-STD-0013. 
G/TBT/N/USA/929 and subsequent addenda  - Energy Conservation Program: Test 
Procedures for External Power Supplies identified by Docket Numbers EERE-2014-BT-TP-
0043 and EERE-2019-BT-TP-0012. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  3 April 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_0897_00_e.pdf