G/TBT/N/USA/1799/Add.3  
 
23 August 2022  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION  
Addendum  
The following communication , dated  23 August 2022, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the United States of America . 
 
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Title:  Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedures for Cooking Products  
 
Reason for Addendum:  
[ ] Comment period changed - date:   
[ ] Notified measure adopted - date:  
[X] Notified measure published - date: 22 August 2022  
[X] Notified measure enters into force - date: 21 September 2022; The final rule changes 
will be mandatory for representations of energy use or energy efficiency of a conventional 
cooking top on or after 20 February 2023. The incorporation by reference of certa in 
publications listed in this rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register on 21 
September 2022.  
[X] Text of final measure available from1:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-08-22/html/2022 -15725.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2022-08-22/pdf/2022 -15725.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/USA/final_measure/22_5734_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[ ] Notified measure withdrawn or revoked - date:  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: Test Procedure for Cooking Products  
AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy  
ACTION: Final rule; technical correction  
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy ("DOE") is establishing a test procedure for a category 
of cooking products, i.e., conventional cooking tops, under a new appendix. The new test procedure 
adopts the latest version of the relevant industry standard for electric cooking tops with 
 
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  modifications. The modifications adapt the test method to gas cooking tops, normalize the energy 
use of each test cycle, include mea surement of standby mode and off mode energy use, update 
certain test conditions, and clarify certain provisions. This final rule retitles the existing cooking 
products test procedure to specify that it is for microwave ovens only. This final rule also cor rects 
the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) following an incorrect amendatory instruction in a June 2022 
final rule  (notified as USA/903/Rev.1/Add.2 , "Energy Conservation Program: Test Procedures for 
Residential and Commercial Clothes Washers", identified by Docket ID EERE-2016-BT-TP-0011). 
DATES: The effective date of this rule is 21 September 2022. The final rule changes will be 
mandatory for representations of energy use or energy efficiency of a conventional cooking top on 
or after 20 February 20 23. The incorporation by reference of certain publications listed in this rule 
is approved by the Director of the Federal Register on 21 September 2022.  
This final rule; technical corrections and previous actions notified under the symbol 
G/TBT/N/USA/1799  are 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 and supporting documents as well as comments 
received. Documents are also accessible from Regulations.gov  by searching the Docket Number.  
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