G/TBT/N/USA/1877/Add.1  
 
8 February 2023  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  8 February 2023, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the United States of America . 
 
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Title:  Energy Conservation Program: Consumer Refrigeration and Miscellaneous Refrigeration 
Products  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[ ] Comment period changed - date:   
[ ] Notified measure adopted - date:  
[X] Notified measure published - date: 7 February 2023  
[X] Notified measure enters into force - date: 9 March 2023  
[X] Text of final measure available from1:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-02-07/html/20 23-02198.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2023-02-07/pdf/2023 -02198.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/USA/final_measure/23_0992_00_
e.pdf 
[ ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  
Relevant symbol if measure re -notified:   
[ ] Content or scope of notified measure changed  and text available from1:  
New deadline for comments (if applicable):   
[ ] Interpretive guidance issued and text available from1:  
[ ] Other:  
 
Description:  TITLE: Energy Conservation Program: Consumer Refrigeration and Miscellaneous 
Refrigeration Products  
AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy  
ACTION: Final rule  
SUMMARY: On 18 July 2016, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) published a final rule (notified 
in G/TBT/N/USA/942/Add.1 ) that amended the test procedure for refrigerators and refrigerator -
freezers and established both coverage and procedures f or testing miscellaneous refrigeration 
products ("MREFs"). That final rule also established provisions within DOE's certification 
 
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  requirements to provide instructions regarding product category determinations, which were 
intended to be consistent with the definitions established for MREFs and refrigerators, refrigerator - 
freezers, and freezers. This final rule corrects certain inconsistencies between the instructions for 
determining product categories and the corresponding product definitions to avoid confu sion 
regarding the application of those definitions.  
DATES: The effective date of this rule is 9 March 2023.  
This final rule and the notice of proposed rulemaking; request for comment notified as 
G/TBT/N/USA/1877  are identified by Docket Number EERE -2022-BT-CRT-0021. The Docket Folder 
is available from Regulations.gov at https://www.regulations.gov/docket/EERE -2022-BT-CRT-
0021/document  and provides access to primary documents as well as comments received. 
Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov  by searching the Docket Number.  
Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy (OEERE) - Building Technologies Office - Appliance 
& Equipment Standards - Miscellaneous Refrigeration Products: 
https://www1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/appliance_standards/standards.aspx?productid=39&actio
n=viewlive  
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