G/TBT/N/EU/178  
 
28 January 2014  
(14-0450)  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:  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):  Electric 
mains-operated professional storage cabinets including those sold for the refrigeration of 
items other than foodstuffs. 
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Commission Delegated Regulation supplementing Directive 2010/30/EU of the European 
Parliament and of the Council with regard to energy labelling of professional storage cabinets (27 pages, in English).     
6. Description of content:  This draft Commission Delegated Regulation sets requirements 
for the energy labelling and the provision of product information for professional storage cabinets. The draft Regulation is based on th e findings of technical, environmental and 
economic studies which have been carried out with stakeholders from around the world.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The aim is to allow end-users to make an informed choice when buying 
professional storage cabinets - thereby pulling the market towards more environmentally friendly products. It will contribute to the fight against climate change and the increase 
of energy efficiency in the European Union.  
8. Relevant documents:   Directive 2010/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the 
Council of 19 May 2010 on the indication by  labelling and standard product information 
of the consumption of energy and other resources by energy-related products ( OJ L 153, 
18.6.2010, p. 1 12 ) 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/Le xUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32010L0030:EN:NOT    G/TBT/N/EU/178 
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    October 2014 20 days from publication in the Official Journal of the EU (The provisions shall apply 
from 1/1/2016)  
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:  eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
The text is available on the EU-TBT Website:  http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/     
http://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2014/TBT/EEC/14_0383_00_e.pdf