G/TBT/N/PER/76  
23 April 2015  
(15-2150)  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 washing machines for domestic use: 
 84.50 Household or laundry-type washing machines, including machines which both 
wash and dry. 
 84.51 Machinery (other than machines of heading 84.50) for washing, cleaning, 
wringing, drying, ironing, pressing (including fusing presses), bleaching, dyeing, dressing, finishing, coating or impregnating textile yarns, fabrics or made up textile 
articles and machines for applying the paste to the base fabric or other support used 
in the manufacture of floor coverings such as linoleum; machines for reeling, unreeling, folding, cutting or pinking textile fabrics. 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Reglamento 
técnico sobre etiquetado de eficiencia energética de lavadoras de uso doméstico  (Technical 
Regulation on the energy efficiency labell ing of washing machines for domestic use) 
(23 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 washing machines for domestic use, 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 Community Decision No. 562. G/TBT/N/PER/76 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
 UNE EN 60456:2014 (IEC 60456:2010, as amended) Clothes washing machines for 
household use – Methods for measuring the performance. 
 EN 60704-2-4:2012 (IEC 60704-2-4:2011, as amended) Household and similar 
electrical appliances – Test code for the determination of airborne acoustical noise – Part 2-4: Particular requirements for washing machines and spin extractors. 
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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