G/TBT/N/EU/347  
 
4 February 2016  
(16-0761)  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 [ ], 2.10 .1 [ ], 5.6.2 [X], 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): Energy-related products 
covered by implementing measures under the Ecodesign Directive (2009/125/EC) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Draft Commission 
Regulation amending Regulations (EC) No 1275/2008, (EC) No 107/2009, 
(EC) No 278/2009, (EC) No 640/2009, (EC) No 641/2009, (EC) No 642/2009, 
(EC) No 643/2009, (EU) No 1015/2010, (EU) No 1016/2010, (EU) No 327/2011, (EU) No 206/2012, (EU) No 547/2011, (EU) No 932/2012, (EU) No 617/2013, 
(EU) No 666/2013, (EU) No 813/2013, (EU) No 814/2013, (EU) No 66/2014, 
(EU) No 548/2014, (EU) No 1253/2014, (EU)  2015/1095, (EU) 2015/1185, (EU) 2015/1188, 
(EU) 2015/1189 and (EU) 2016/XXX [Air heating/cooling and chillers Number of the Regulation to be inserted before publication in the OJ] with regard to the use of tolerances in 
verification procedures  (8 pages + Annex 58 pages, in English)  
6. Description of content: Verification tolerances in product-specific implementing measures 
under the Ecodesign Directive (2009/125/EC) are provided for the use of national market 
surveillance authorities verifying compliance, to account for the inevitable differences in the measurement equipment across Europe. However, some manufacturers apply the 
tolerances to the values they measure, in order to declare non-compliant appliances as 
compliant, or to declare better performance. To tackle the problem and clarify the intended use of verification tolerances, a draft horizontal measure amending the existing ecodesign regulations is proposed.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: The aim is to clarify the intended use of verification tolerances in product-
specific implementing measures under the Ecodesign Directive (2009/125/EC), so that the 
measures can fully contribute to the fight against climate change, to increasing energy efficiency in the EU and where relevant, to im proving the state of the environment in other 
aspects.  G/TBT/N/EU/347 
 
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  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: July 2016 
Proposed date of entry into force: 20 days from publication in the Official Journal of the 
EU  
10. Final date for comments: 60 days from notification 
11. Texts available from: Nati onal enquiry point [X] 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/   
https://members. wto.org/crnattachments/2016/TBT/EEC/16_0460_00_e.pdf   
https://members. wto.org/crnattachments/2016/TBT/EEC/16_0460_01_e.pdf