. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/EU/79 
17 December 2012  
 (12-6856) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  EUROPEAN UNION  
If applicable, name of local governme nt 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:  mailto:eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
Website:  http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/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 applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Domestic and commercial 
vacuum cleaners 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft Commission 
Regulation implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for vacuum cleaners (17 pages, in English).     
6. Description of content:  This draft Commission Regulation sets requirements for energy 
performance, cleaning performance  (on carpets and hard floors with crevices), dust re-
emission, noise, and hose and motor durability and information requirements for domestic 
and commercial vacuum cleaners. In accor dance with Framework Directive 2009/125/EC, 
products not meeting thes e requirements will not be allowe d to be placed on the EU market.  
The draft Regulation is based on the findings of a technical, environmental and economic 
study which has been carried out with  stakeholders from around the world. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Fight against climate change, increase of energy efficiency in the EU, reduction of 
environmental impact , health benefits.  G/TBT/N/EU/79 
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  8. Relevant documents:   Directive 2009/125/EC of the Europe an Parliament and of the Council 
of 21 October 2009 establishing a framework for the setting of  Ecodesign requirements for 
energy-related products, Official J ournal L 285 , 31 October 2009 P. 0010. 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/Le xUriServ/LexUriServ.do?ur i=OJ:L:2009:285:0010:01:EN:HTML  
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    June 2013 
20 days from publication in the Official Journal of the EU (about a month after adoption approx.)  The first provisions shall apply 2 years 
after entry into force.  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from date of notification. 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [  ], or address, telephone and fax numbers, 
e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:    
European Commission 
EU-TBT Enquiry Point Fax:  + (32) 2 299 80 43 E-mail:  mailto:eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
The text is available on the EU-TBT Website:  http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/  
http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2012/tbt/EEC/12_4757_00_e.pdf