G/TBT/N/TPKM/136  
 
16 July 2013  
(13-3788)  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:  THE SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY OF TAIWAN, PENGHU, 
KINMEN AND MATSU  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:   
Bureau of Energy 
Ministry of Economic Affairs 13F, 2 Fu-Hsing North Road, Taipei, 104, Taiwan 
Telephone:  (886-2) 2772-1370 
Fax:  (886-2) 2711-5891 E-mail:  energy@moeaboe.gov.tw  
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 [X], 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):  Electric 
instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters (HS 851610) Electric storage tank water he aters (CCCN 8516.10). 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:  Requirements 
on Labelling and Inspection of Energy Consumption and Energy Efficiency Rating for Electric Storage Tank Water Heaters (3 pages in Chinese, English translation available).     
6. Description of content:  The Bureau of Energy intends to propose an energy efficiency 
labelling scheme to regulate the energy pe rformance for electric storage tank water 
heaters. The proposed labelling scheme applies to both imported products and 
domestically manufactured products. In addition to the scheme, the proposed technical regulations also specify labelling requirements, the conformity assessment procedures 
and post-market surveillance actions. Products  that fail to conform to the requirements 
will be prohibited from being sold and placed on the domestic market. 
This labelling for electric storage tank water heaters, under the authorization of Energy 
Management Act, will be divided into five grades and shall include the following items: 
1.
 Product name (Electric storage tank water heater); 
2. Product model number; 
3. Water storage capacity(Liters); 
4. Normalized standing loss per 24 h value (kWh/24 h); 
5. Energy efficiency rating; 
6. Annual electricity consumption (kWh), which is calculated by the Normalized 
standing loss per 24 h value (kWh/24 h) × 365 days/year; 
7. The year and announcement number of th e Announcement containing the Criteria 
for Energy Efficiency Rating of Electric Storage Tank Water Heaters used for this G/TBT/N/TPKM/136 
 
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  rating determination; 
8. Registration number for this rating; 
9. Other text as designated by the Central Competent Authority. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  To promote energy using efficiency of electric appliances to achieve the 
goal of energy conservation and environmental protection.  
8. Relevant documents:   Energy Management Act; CNS 11010: (Electric storage tank 
water heaters)   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    End 2015 End 2015 
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from the date of notification. 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresse s, if available of the other body:    
WTO/TBT Enquiry Point  
The Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection  
Ministry of Economic Affairs 4 Chinan Road, Section 1 
Taipei City 100, Taiwan 
Tel.:  (+886 2) 2343 1801 Fax:  (+886 2) 2343 1804 E-mail:  tbtenq@bsmi.gov.tw  
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