G/TBT/N/EU/433  
 
21 December 2016  
(16-6987) 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 : EUROPEAN UNION   
If applicable, name of local government involved  (Article 3.2 and 7.2) :  
2. Agency responsible:  European Commission  
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 :  
European Commission  
EU-TBT Enquiry Point  
Fax: +(32) 2 299 80 43  
E-mail: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -databases/tbt/  
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):  Electronic displays  
5. Title, number of pages  and language(s)  of the notified document:  Draft Commission 
Regulation implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for electronic displays, repealing Regulation 
(EC) No 642/2009 with regard to ecod esign requirements for televisions and amending 
Regulation (EC) No 1275/2008 with regard to ecodesign requirements for standby and off 
mode electric power consumption of electrical and electronic household and office 
equipment and Regulation (EU) No 617/20 13 with regard to ecodesign requirements for 
computers and computer servers (12 pages + Annex 26 pages, in English)  
6. Description of content:  This draft Commission Regulation applies to electronic displays to 
be placed on the EU market and in particular to televisions and computer monitors.  
The draft regulation lays down minimum energy performance requirements and in 
particular the requirements on maximum power demand in on, standby, network standby 
and off modes and automatic power down function.  
The dra ft regulation also lays down requirements on resource efficiency -related aspects, 
including design to enhance extraction of key components, marking of plastic parts and a 
mercury presence logo.  
In accordance with the Ecodesign Directive 2009/125/EC, elect ronic displays not meeting 
these requirements will not be allowed to be placed on the EU market. The draft 
Regulation is based on the findings of a technical, environmental and economic study 
which has been carried out with stakeholders.  G/TBT/N/EU/433  
 
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  7. Objective and rationale , including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
The aim of the draft Regulation is to address regulatory and market failures existing in the 
electronic displays sector in the EU.  
Existing EU measures addressing energy efficiency of tel evisions were exceeded by an 
unpredicted technological change. Furthermore, there has been a functional convergence 
between televisions and computer displays, and as the latter were not covered by the 
existing requirements, a possible regulatory loophole e xisted. Several new possibly 
energy -intensive features, such as network connectivity, and materials resources issues 
were not addressed by the existing regulations.  
These failures have prevented the full realisation of the existing energy and carbon 
emissi ons savings potential.  The proposed regulation addresses all the identified failures.  
8. Relevant documents:  Directive 2009/125/EC  of the European P arliament and of the 
Council of 21  October 2009 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign 
requirements for energy -related products, Official Journal L 285 , 31 October 2009, P. 010.  
http://eur -
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:285:0010:0035:en:PDF   
9. Proposed date of adoption:  June 2017  
Proposed date of entry into force: 20 days from publication in the Official Journal of the  
EU. The provisions shall apply from July 2018   
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point  [  ] or address, telephone and fax 
number s and e mail and website address es, if available , of other bo dy:  
European Commission  
EU-TBT Enquiry Point  
Fax: + (32) 2 299 80 43  
E-mail: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
The text is available on the Website: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -databases/tbt/  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/TBT/EEC/16_5236_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2016/TBT/EEC/16_5236_01_e.pdf