G/TBT/N/EU/159  
 
10 October 2013  
(13-5515)  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:  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 [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):  Ventilation 
units. 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Commission Regulation laying down ecodesign requirements for ventilation units 
(24 pages, in English).     
6. Description of content:  This draft Commission Regulation sets minimum energy 
efficiency requirements, maximum sound power levels, and information requirements for 
ventilation units, as there exists a cost-effective potential to limit their energy consumption and to increase the space heating energy savings. In accordance with Ecodesign Directive 2009/125/EC, products not meeting these requirements will not be 
allowed 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.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The aim is to remove the worst performing ventilation units from the 
market - thereby pushing the market towards more environmentally friendly ventilation 
units. It will contribute to the fight agains t climate change and to increase the energy 
efficiency in the EU.  
8. Relevant documents:   Directive 2009/125/EC of the Eu ropean Parliament and of the 
Council of 21 October 2009 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for energy-related products , Official Journal L 285 , 31 October 2009, 
P. 010. 
http://eur-
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    March 2014 20 days from publication in the Official Journal of the EU. The provisions shall apply 
from January 2016  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification. 
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:    
European Commission 
EU-TBT Enquiry Point Fax:  +(32) 2 299 80 43 E-mail:  mailto:eu-tbt@e c.europa.eu  
The text is available on the EU-TBT Website:  http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/     
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2013/tbt/EEC/13_4041_00_e.pdf