G/TBT/N/USA/583/Rev.2  
18 January 2024  
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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 AMERICA  
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 
regard ing 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):  
Refrigerators, freezers and other refri gerating or freezing equipment, electric or other; 
heat pumps; parts thereof (excl. air conditioning machines of heading 8415) (HS code(s): 
8418); Environmental protection (ICS code(s): 13.020); Energy efficiency. Energy 
conservation in general (ICS code(s ): 27.015); Domestic refrigerating appliances (ICS 
code(s): 97.040.30); Shop fittings (ICS code(s): 97.130)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Energy 
Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Refrigerators, R efrigerator -
Freezers, and Freezers; (24 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice of proposed rulemaking - The Energy Policy and 
Conservation Act, as amended (" EPCA"), prescribes energy conservation standards for 
various consumer products and certain commercial and industrial equipment, including 
refrigerators, refrigerator -freezers, and freezers . In this notice of proposed rulemaking 
("NOPR"), DOE proposes new energy conservation standards for refrigerators, 
refrigerator -freezers, and freezers identical to those set forth in a direct final rule  
published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register. If DOE receives a dverse 
comment and determines that such comment may provide a reasonable basis for 
withdrawal of the direct final rule, DOE will publish a notice of withdrawal and will proceed 
with this proposed rule.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Protection of the environment   G/TBT/N/USA/583/Rev.2  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:  89 Federal Register (FR) 2886, 17 January 2024; Title 10 Code 
of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 430 : 
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2024-01-17/html/2023 -28977.htm  
https://www.g ovinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2024-01-17/pdf/2023 -28977.pdf  
Energy Conservation Program: Energy Conservation Standards for Refrigerators, 
Refrigerator -Freezers, and Freezers, Direct final rule published 17 January 2024 will be 
notified as G/TBT/N/USA/583/Rev.2/Add.1:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2024-01-17/html/2023 -28978.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2024-01-17/pdf/2023 -28978.pdf  
This notice of proposed rulemaking and the direct final rule are identified by Docket 
Numb er EERE -2017-BT-STD-0003. The Docket Folder is available on Regulations.gov at 
https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EERE -2017-BT-STD-0003/document  and provides 
access to primary and supporting 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 6 May 2024. Comments received by the USA TBT Enquiry 
Point from WTO Members and their  stakeholders will be shared with DOE and will also be 
submitted to the Docket  on Regulations.gov if received within the comment period.  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  6 May 2024  
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/2024/TBT/USA/24_00560_00_e.pdf