G/TBT/N/USA/842  
 
16 july 2013  
(13-3778)  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 AMERICA  
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) [859] 
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 :    
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):  
Refrigerators, freezers and other refrigerating or freezing equipment, electric or other; 
heat pumps other than air conditioning machines of heading 84.15. (HS 8418) 
Environmental protection (ICS 13.020), Test conditions and procedures in general 
(ICS 19.020), Kitchen equipment (ICS 97.040), Shop fittings (ICS 97.130). 
Refrigerators, refrigerator-freezers, and freezers. 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:  Energy 
Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Test Procedures for Refrigerators, 
Refrigerator-Freezers, and Freezers (67 pages, in English).     
6. Description of content:  The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today is issuing a notice 
of proposed rulemaking to amend the test procedures for refrigerators, refrigerator-
freezers, and freezers that will be required for the testing of products starting 15 September 2014. DOE is proposing to amend the test procedure to address products with multiple compressors and to allow an alternative method for measuring and 
calculating energy consumption for refrigerator-freezers and refrigerators with freezer 
compartments. DOE is also proposing to amend certain aspects of the test procedure in order to ensure better test accuracy and re peatability. Additionally, DOE is soliciting 
comment on a potential test procedure to measure the energy use associated with 
making ice with an automatic icemaker. If adopted, that procedure would become effective in conjunction with any parallel energy conservation standards rulemaking that 
DOE would need to conduct pursuant to the six-year review process mandated under 
Federal law. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of environment  
8. Relevant documents:    
78 Federal Register (FR) 41609, 10 July 2013; Title 10 Code of Federal Regulations 
(CFR) Parts 429 and 430. Will appear in the Federal Register when adopted. G/TBT/N/USA/842 
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    To be determined To be determined 
10. Final date for comments:  23 September 2013 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [  ], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresse s, if available of the other body:    
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR -2013-07-10/html /2013-16281.htm  
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR -2013-07-10/pd f/2013-16281.pdf