G/TBT/N/EU/581  
 
5 July 2018  
(18-4234) 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 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: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -databases/tbt/en/  
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): Servers and 
data storage products  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: Draft 
Commi ssion Regulation implementing Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament 
and of the Council with regard to ecodesign requirements for servers and data storage 
products and amending Commission Regulation (EU) No 617/2013 (and its accompanying 
Annexes)  (10 pages + 14 pages of the Annexes, in English)    
6. Description of content: This draft Commission Regulation sets compulsory requirements 
on the energy efficiency (such as minimum efficiency of the internal power supply unit) as 
well as on the material efficiency (such as the ability of certain components to be 
disassembled) of se rvers and data storage products. In accordance with Framework 
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 technical, environmental and e conomic 
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 objectives are to contribute to the EU climate and energy targets 
(20/20/20 targ ets) and to the circular economy targets (in light of the Circular Economy 
Action Plan). More specifically, this initiative is intended to raise awareness on the 
environmental performance of servers and data storage products, to facilitate a 
comparison bet ween products among users and to gradually remove the worst -performing 
products from the EU market.  G/TBT/N/EU/581  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
 Directive 2009/125/EC  of the European 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. 0010. http://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/?qid=1519726698123&uri=CELEX:32009L0125  
9. Proposed date of adoption: End of December 2018  
Proposed date of entry into force: 20 days from publication in the Official Journal of the 
EU (The provisions shall apply from 1 March 2020).  
10. Final date for comments: 60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [  ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:   
European Commission  
EU-TBT Enquiry Point  
Fax: + (32) 2 299 80 43  
E-mail: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
 
The tex t is available on the EU -TBT Website: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -
databases/tbt/en/  
 
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