G/TBT/N/EU/301  
 
17 July 2015  
(15-3687)  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 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 : 
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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Air heating products, 
cooling products and high temperature process chillers 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Draft Commission 
Regulation implementing Directive 2009/125/E C of the European Parliament and of the 
Council establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-
related products, with regard to air heating products, cooling products and high temperature chillers (48 pages, in English) 
6. Description of content: This draft Commission Regulation applies to air heating products, 
cooling products and high temperature process chillers placed on the EU market.  
The draft regulation lays down minimum energy performance requirements and in 
particular the requirements on minimum space heating energy efficiency for air heating 
products, space cooling energy efficiency for cooling products, energy performance ratio for high temperature process chillers and emissions of nitrogen oxides for products using 
combustion. 
The draft regulation also lays down requirements on information to be provided in the 
manuals of the products and on free access Websites of manufacturers or importers. 
In accordance with Ecodesign Directive 2009/125/EC, air heating products, cooling 
products and high temperature process chillers not meeting these requirements will not be 
allowed to be placed on the EU market. The dr aft Regulation is based on the findings of a 
technical, environmental and economic study which has been carried out with 
stakeholders. G/TBT/N/EU/301 
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The aim is to address regulatory and market failures existing in the air heating 
products, cooling products and high temperature process chillers sector in the EU.  
The energy consumption during use-phase and th e emissions of nitrogen oxides have been 
identified as relevant in the preparatory studies and they can be reduced by applying cost effective measures. 
The worst performing air heating products, cooling products and high temperature process 
chillers will be removed from the market. Th e Regulation will push the market towards 
more environmentally friendly products, it w ill contribute to the fight against climate 
change and it will increase energy efficiency in the EU. 
8. Relevant documents: Directive 2009/125/EC of the Euro pean Parliament and of the 
Council of 21 October 2009 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign 
requirements for energy-related products, Of ficial 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: 1 February 2016 
Proposed date of entry into force: 20 days from publication in the Official Journal of the 
EU. The first provisions shall apply from January 2018 
10. Final date for comments: 60 days from notification 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
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/  
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