G/TBT/N/USA/1516  
14 August 2019  
(19-5285) 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:  UNITED STATES OF AME RICA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (OEERE), 
Department of Energy (DOE) [1543]  
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:   
Please submit comments to: USA WTO TBT Enquiry Point  
Email: usatbtep@nist.gov  
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 applicab le): Cooking 
products, general; Test conditions and procedures in general (ICS 19.020), Kitchen 
equipment (ICS 97.040)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Energy 
Conservation Program: Test Procedures for Cooking Products (10 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  On 25 April 2018, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) 
published a notification of petition from the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers 
(AHAM) to withdraw, and immediately stay the effectiveness of, the conventional cooking 
top test procedure. Bas ed on the review of public comments and data received in response 
to this petition, DOE proposes to withdraw the test procedure for conventional cooking 
tops established under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA). DOE has 
tentatively determined th at the conventional cooking top test procedure may not 
accurately represent consumer use for gas cooking tops, may not be repeatable or 
reproducible for both gas and electric cooking tops, and is overly burdensome to conduct.  
7. Objective and rationale, i ncluding the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling  
8. Relevant documents:   
• 84 Federal Register (FR) 39211, 9 August 2019; Title 10 Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) Part 430:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2019-08-09/html/2019 -16892.htm  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2019-08-09/pdf/2019 -16892.pdf  
• Energy Co nservation Program: Test Procedures for Cooking Products, 
Notification of Petition for Rulemaking, 25 April 2018:  
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2018-04-25/html/2018 -08641.htm   
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR -2018-04-25/pdf/2018 -08641.pdf  G/TBT/N/USA/1516  
 
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  G/TBT/N/USA/604 and subsequent addenda  
G/TBT/N/USA/787 and subsequent addenda  
G/TBT/N/USA/998 and subsequent addenda  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  8 October 2019  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2019/TBT/USA/19_4482_00_e.pdf