G/TBT/N/EU/616  
 
22 October 2018  
(18-6569) 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/en/   
 
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): Household 
washing machines and household washer -dryers  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Draft 
Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 of the 
European Parliament and of the Council with regard to energy labelling of household 
washing machines and household washer -dryers and repealing Commission Delegat ed 
Regulation (EU) No 1061/2010 and Commission Directive 96/60/EC (and its accompanying 
annexes) (19 pages + Annex 38 pages, in English)    
6. Description of content: This draft Commission Delegated Regulation applies to 
household washing machines and hous ehold washer -dryers to be placed on the EU market 
and repeals Regulation (EU) No 1061/2010 with regard to energy labelling of household 
washing machines and respectively Commission Directive 96/60/EC implementing Council 
Directive 92/75/EEC with regard to energy labelling of household combined washer -driers.  
It requires suppliers, before products are placed on the EU market, to upload the label 
data, the product information sheet and the technical documentation into a product 
registration database.  
The draft Commission Delegated Regulation is based on the findings of a review study and 
of a long discussion process with stakeholders. A study on the understanding of the label 
by users was conducted in 2018 as well.  
7. Objective and rationale, includi ng the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The aim of the draft Regulation is to provide customers with transparent and 
objective information on the energy efficiency of household washing machines and 
household washer -dryers, and on additional info rmation to compare these appliances for 
an informed purchase choice. This will contribute to a market pull towards more 
environmentally friendly products, with increased energy efficiency, thus contributing to G/TBT/N/EU/616  
 
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  the clean energy transition and mitigation of climate change.  
Moreover, Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 requires for household washing machines and   
household washer -dryers, which currently have an energy label showing classes from 
A+++ to D, the introduction of a new, rescaled label showing classes from A to G. 
8. Relevant documents:  Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 of the European Parliament and of the 
Council of 4 July 2017 setting a framework for energy labelling and repealing Directive 
2010/30/EU, OJ L 198, 28.7.2017, p. 1 -23 
https://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_.2017.198.01.0001.01.ENG&toc=OJ:L:2017:198:TOC  
Commission Delegat ed Regulation (EU) No 1061/2010 of 28 September 2010 
supplementing Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with 
regard to energy labelling of household washing machines  
https://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32010R1061   
 Commission Directive 96/60/EC of 19 September 1996 implementing Council Directive 
92/75/EEC with regard to energy labelling of household combined washer -driers  
https://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -content/en/ALL/?uri=CELEX:31996L0060    
9. Proposed date of adoption:  February 2019  
Proposed date of entry into force:  20 days from publication in the Official Journal of 
the EU. The provisions shall apply from 1 April 2021. However, for the purpose of the 
obligations laid down in Article 3(1)(a) and (b) this Regulation shall apply from 1 
December 2020.  
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 EU -TBT Website : http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tool s-
databases/tbt/en/  
 
 
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