G/TBT/N/PER/74  
23 April 2015  
(15-2148)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: Spanish  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Notifying Member: PERU 
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible: Ministerio de Energía y Minas , MINEM (Ministry of Energy and 
Mining) 
Name and address (including telephon e 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: Ministerio de 
Comercio Exterior y Turismo (Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism) 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2. 10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ],  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): Technical 
Regulation on the energy efficiency labelling of boilers: 
 84.02 Steam or other vapour generating boilers (other than central heating hot 
water boilers capable also of producing low pressure steam); super-heated water 
boilers. 
 84.03 Central heating boilers other than those of heading 84.02. 
 84.04 Auxiliary plant for use with boilers of heading 84.02 or 84.03 (for example, 
economisers, super-heaters, soot removers, gas recoverers); condensers for steam 
or other vapour power units. 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Reglamento 
técnico sobre etiquetado de eficiencia energética de calderas  (Technical Regulation on the 
energy efficiency labelling of boilers) (16 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content: The notified Technical Regulation establishes the technical 
characteristics of energy labelling and the va rious energy efficiency ranges indicated on 
energy labels, as well as the test methods to be applied for the production, importation and marketing of energy equipment. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: This proposal establishes the technical and energy labelling requirements to 
be met for the production, importation and marketing of boilers, with a view to protecting 
human health and safety and preventing practices likely to mislead consumers. The Technical Regulation also establishes conformity assessment procedures and administrative provisions in accordance with the WTO TBT Agreement and Andean 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
 NTP 350.300:2008: Procedimiento para la determinación de la eficiencia térmica 
de calderas industriales  (Peruvian Technical Standard 350.300:2008: Procedure for 
determining the thermal efficiency of industrial boilers) 
 NTP 350.301:2008: Calderas industrials. Estándares de eficiencia térmica 
(combustible/vapor) y etiquetado  (Industrial boilers. Thermal efficiency 
(fuel/steam) standards and labelling) 
9. Proposed date of adoption: Six months after publication in the Official Journal El 
Peruano . 
Proposed date of entry into force: Six months after publication in the Official Journal El 
Peruano . 
10. Final date for comments: 20 July 2015 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresse s, if available, of other body:  
Ministerio de Comercio Exte rior y Turismo – MINCETUR 
Calle Uno Oeste Nº 50 – Urb. Corpac – Lima 27 – Perú 
Tel.: +(51-1) 513-6100, Ext. 8022 Fax: +(51-1) 513-6100, Ext. 8002 Email: otc@mincetur.gob.pe  
http://extranet.comunidadandina.org/sirt/public/index.aspx 
http://www.mincetur.gob.p e/reglamentostecnicos 
http://www.minem.gob.pe/_pr epublicacion.php?idSector =10&idPrepublicacion=164 
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