G/TBT/N/USA/948
9 January 2015 
(15-0152)  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) [966] 
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 : 
Please submit comments to: 
USA WTO TBT Inquiry Point Email: ncsci@nist.gov   
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 applic able, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Single package vertical 
air conditioners and single package vertical heat pumps. Air conditioning machines, comprising a motor-driven fan and elements for changing the temperature and humidity, 
including those machines in which the humidity cannot be separately regulated. (HS: 8415), 
Refrigerators, freezers and other refrigerating or  freezing equipment, elec tric or other; heat 
pumps other than air conditioning machines of heading 84.15. (HS: 8418). Environmental 
protection (ICS: 13.020), Ventilators. Fans. Air-conditioners (ICS: 23.120), Heat pumps 
(ICS: 27.080) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Energy 
Conservation Program for Certain Industrial Eq uipment: Energy Conservation Standards for 
Single Package Vertical Air Conditioners and Single Package Vertical Heat Pumps (65 pages, in English) 
6. Description of content: The Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975 (EPCA), as 
amended, prescribes energy conservation standards for various consumer products and 
certain commercial and industrial equipment, including single package vertical air 
conditioners and single package vertical heat pumps. EPCA also requires that each time the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) 
Standard 90.1 is amended with respect to the standard levels or design requirements 
applicable to that equipment, the U.S. Depa rtment of Energy (DOE) must adopt amended 
uniform national standards for this equipment equivalent to those in ASHRAE Standard 90.1, unless DOE determines that there is clear and convincing evidence showing that 
more-stringent, amended standards would be technologically feasible and economically 
justified, and would save a significant additional amount of energy. DOE has tentatively concluded that there is sufficient record evidence to support more-stringent standards for 
two classes of this equipment. However, for four equipment classes, DOE is proposing to 
adopt the revised ASHRAE levels, due to the absence of any models on the market in two classes, and absence of any models above th e revised ASHRAE level in the remaining two 
classes. Accordingly, DOE is proposing amended energy conservation standards for all 
classes of single package vertical air conditioners and single package vertical heat pumps. DOE also announces a public meeting to receive comment on these proposed standards and associated analyses and results.  G/TBT/N/USA/948 
 
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  7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable: 
Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents:  79 Federal Register (FR) 78613, 30 December 2014; Title 10 Code 
of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 431. Will a ppear in the Federal Register when adopted. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   To be determined 
Proposed date of entry into force:   To be determined   
10. Final date for comments: 2 March 2015 
11. Texts available from: Nati onal enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body: 
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR -2014-12-30/html /2014-29865.htm   
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR -2014-12-30/pd f/2014-29865.pdf