G/TBT/N/USA/931/Rev.1  
7 October 2019  
(19-6467) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
Revision  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member:  UNITED STATES OF AME RICA 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (OEERE), 
Department of Energy (DOE)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regardi ng 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 [X], 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):  
Ceiling  fans; Table, floor, wall, window, ceiling or roof fans, with a self-contained electric 
motor of an output not exceeding 125 W (HS 841451 ); Environmental protection 
(ICS:13.020); Electrical and electronic testing (ICS:19.080); Ventilators. Fans. 
Air-conditioners (ICS:23.120)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Energy 
Conservation Program: Test Procedure for Ceiling Fans (27 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice of proposed rulemaking and request for comment - The 
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) proposes to amend its test procedures for ceiling fans 
established under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. On 25 July 2016, DOE 
published a final rule amending the test procedure for ceiling fans to support the ceiling 
fans energy conservation standards rulemaki ng. In this notice of proposed rulemaking 
(NOPR), DOE proposes to: Interpret the term "suspended from a ceiling" in the EPCA 
definition of ceiling fan to mean offered for mounting only on a ceiling; specify that very 
small -diameter (VSD) ceiling fans that do not also meet the definition of low -speed small - 
diameter (LSSD) ceiling fan are not required to be tested pursuant to the DOE test 
method; for LSSD and VSD ceiling fans, increase the tolerance for the stability criteria for 
the average air velocity mea surements in low speed to reduce test burden; specify that 
large-diameter ceiling with blade spans greater than 24 feet do not need to be tested 
pursuant to the DOE test method; codify current guidance on calculating several values 
reported on the U.S. Fed eral Trade Commission's (FTC) Energy Guide label for LSSD and 
VSD ceiling fans using results from the ceiling fan test procedures; and amend certification 
requirements and product -specific enforcement provisions to reflect the current test 
procedures and r ecently amended energy conservation standards for ceiling fans.  G/TBT/N/USA/931/Rev.1  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Protection of the environment; Cost saving 
and productivity enhancement   
8. Relevant documents:   
• 84 Federal Register (FR) 51440, 30 September 2019; Title 10 Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) Parts 429 and 430:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2019-09-30/html/2019 -20827.htm   
https://www.govi nfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2019-09-30/pdf/2019 -20827.pdf  
• G/TBT/N/USA/1045/Add.1  
9. Proposed date of adoption: To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force: To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  29 November 2019  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone or fax 
numbers  and email and website address es, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/USA/19_5515_00_e.pdf