G/TBT/N/USA/1799  
5 November 2021  
(21-8410) 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) [1828]  
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 [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):  Cooking 
products, test procedures; Quality (ICS 03.120), Test conditions and procedures in 
general (ICS 19.020), Kitchen equipment (ICS 97.040)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Energy 
Conservation Program: Test Procedur es for Cooking Products (41 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Notice of proposed rulemaking and announcement of public 
meeting - The U.S. Department of Energy ("DOE") proposes to establish a test procedure 
for a category of cooking products,  i.e., conventional cooking tops, under a proposed new 
appendix. The proposed test procedure would adopt the latest version of the 
relevant   industry standard with modifications to adapt the test method to gas cooking 
tops, offer an optional method for bur den reduction, normalize the energy use of each 
test cycle, include measurement of standby mode and  off mode energy use, update 
certain test conditions, and provide  certain clarifying language. This NOPR also proposes 
to retitle the  existing cooking produc ts test procedure for microwave ovens only. DOE  is 
seeking comment from interested parties on the proposal.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; Pr otection of the 
environment; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:  86 Federal Register (FR) 60974, 4 November 2021; Title 10 Code 
of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 430:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-11-04/html/2021 -23330.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2021-11-04/pdf/2021 -23330.pdf  
This notice of proposed rulemaking and announcement of public meeting is identified by 
Docket Number EERE -2021-BT-TP-0023. The Docket Folder is available on 
Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EERE -2021-BT-TP-
0023/document  and provides access to primary documents as well as comments received. 
Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov  by searching the Docket Number. G/TBT/N/USA/1799  
 
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  WTO Members and their stakeholders are asked to submit comments to the  USA TBT 
Enquiry Point . Comments received by the USA TBT Enqu iry 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/1516 and subsequent addenda  - Energy Conservation Program: Test 
Procedures for Cooking Products  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  3 January 2022; DOE will accept comments, data, and 
information regarding this proposal no later than 3 January 2022. See section V, "Public 
Participation," for details. DOE will hold a webinar on Wednesday, 15 December 2021, 
from 1:00 p.m. to 5: 00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST). See section V, "Public 
Participation," for webinar registration information, participant instructions, and 
information about the capabilities available to webinar participants. If no participants 
register for the webina r, it will be cancelled.  
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/2021/TBT/USA/21_7028_00_e.pdf