G/TBT/N/PER/71  
24 April 2015  
(15-2175)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: Spanish  
 
  NOTIFICATION 
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Notifying Member: PERU 
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible: Ministerio de Energía y Minas , MINEM (Ministry of Energy and 
Mining) 
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: Ministerio de 
Comercio Exterior y Turismo (Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism) 
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): Technical 
Regulation on the energy efficiency labelling of lamps for household and similar use: 
 85.39 Electric filament or discharge lamps, including sealed beam lamp units and 
ultra-violet or infra-red lamps; arc-lamps. 
 85.41 Diodes, transistors and similar semiconductor devices; photosensitive 
semiconductor devices, including photovoltaic cells whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels; light emitting diodes; mounted piezo-electric 
crystals. 
 94.05 Lamps and lighting fittings includin g searchlights and spotlights and parts 
thereof, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated signs, illuminated name-
plates and the like, having a permanently fixed light source, and parts thereof not 
elsewhere specified or included. 
 85.43 Electrical machines and apparatus, having individual functions, not specified 
or included elsewhere in this Chapter. 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document: Reglamento 
técnico sobre etiquetado de eficiencia energética de lámparas de uso doméstico y similar  
(Technical Regulation on the energy efficiency  labelling of lamps for household and similar 
use) (35 pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content: The notified Technical Regulation establishes the technical 
characteristics of energy labelling and the va rious energy efficiency ranges indicated on 
energy labels, as well as the test methods to be applied for the production, importation 
and marketing of energy equipment. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: This proposal establishes the technical and energy labelling requirements to 
be met for the production, importation and marketing of lamps for household and similar 
uses, with a view to protecting human health and safety and preventing practices likely to 
mislead consumers. The Technical Regulation also establishes conformity assessment procedures and administrative provisions in accordance with the WTO TBT Agreement and 
Andean Community Decision No. 562. G/TBT/N/PER/71 
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  8. Relevant documents:  
 IEC 60612:2014 Integrated compact fluorescent lamps for general lighting 
services. Performance requirements. 
 IEC TR 61341:2010 Method of measurement of centre beam intensity and beam 
angle(s) of reflector lamps. 
 CIE 84:1989 Measurement of Luminous Flux. 
 IES-LM-79-08 Approved Method: Electrical and Photometric Measurements of 
Solid-State Lighting Products. 
9. Proposed date of adoption: Six months after publication in the Official Journal El 
Peruano . 
Proposed date of entry into force: Six months after publication in the Official Journal El 
Peruano . 
10. Final date for comments: 20 July 2015 
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresse s, if available, of other body:  
Ministerio de Comercio Exte rior y Turismo – MINCETUR 
Calle Uno Oeste Nº 50 – Urb. Corpac – Lima 27 – Perú 
Tel.: +(51-1) 513-6100, Ext. 8022 
Fax: +(51-1) 513-6100, Ext. 8002 Email: otc@mincetur.gob.pe  
http://extranet.comunidadandina.org/sirt/public/index.aspx 
http://www.mincetur.gob.p e/reglamentostecnicos 
http://www.minem.gob.pe/_pr epublicacion.php?idSector =10&idPrepublicacion=164 
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